michealwhelan

We are looking to downsize from our Class A. Phoenix Cruiser looks like a great candidate. Two things bother me though. From the video's and pictures (which can be deceiving) it looks like low ceiling. While I am just under 6 ' I have two sone that are a couple of inches over 6' ..... hate to have them having to spend visit time all bent over. The second question is relating to the power plant. Is the V-10 the only option? Any diesel options? That V-10 from what I can remember is a gas hog. I would hate to loose ten feet in length and have worse gas mileage than my present 8 mpg. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Funny and a bit freaky! For the last two seasons I have watched the Class B and C units break camp and leave a few items. Never saw or heard of a problem until now. I bet the office people had egg on their face! 😰 We have not taken our toad on some trips but never experienced that problem or someone commandeering out site. Our 3 month trip this year experienced the toad sitting most of the time as there was a lot of public transportation and shuttles available. We did use it to drive to the shower and camp laundry a couple of times but that was more to keep the battery charged 😀

I have to chime in on the size. We are considering down sizing also. My top 5 choices to date are all at 94 to 96 inches. 3 of them have slides and 2 do not. 4 of the 5 are between 9.5 and 10.2 feet high. One of our favorites is 11'4" and may be out of the running on that fact alone. (My old Class A was 11'6" and caused a few access issues). As for length I have set the limit at around 25 feet. True parking lot standards are between 20 and 22 feet in length. Width wise I can easily fit an 8 foot coach in many of the standard width. As for length my last Ford pickup was 21'6" and 94 wide. There were very few places it could not fit. There is always the option of backing into the parking spot in a area that has a tree lawn and letting the tail hang over a foot of two. Long story short (no pun intended) We have found some great Class B+ and Class C that will improve our ability to explore in more depth. As for a Towed, We ran with our Jeep for years and loved the flexibility it gave us. Some trips we left it home and still managed to get around to almost every place we wanted. As for now we are deciding if we want a Towed or not this time. We plan to run without it for a while and see. Good luck on your quest. 😃