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[AJMike]

Originally Posted by Chance

I didn’t see which Winnebago floorplan he has.

23T. That is the bedroom slide in the Winnebago Fuse. The RV has a dining room table with one bench seat (not two), a second short bench seat across the isle, a small kitchen, dry bath in the rear, bedroom slide in the rear and a fair amount of internal storage. It is a very nice RV, and aside from the sleeping issue when the slide is in it has been great. Not many issues in the time we have had it, great fuel economy with the diesel and the bedroom, which is the issue when the weather is bad, is really pretty comfortable when the weather is good.

Originally Posted by Chance

Regarding price, i would rank a Class B as most expensive for what you get (lowest bang for the buck). Buyer has to be willing to pay cost premium for other reasons like maneuverability, quiet, ease of parking and driving, fuel economy, etc. Class A are in the middle, and Class C are cheapest to manufacture (offer most for the money). Just saying that going to a Class B doesn’t necessarily mean lower cost.

My wife would prefer a B, but the new Bs don't have any external storage space and so we would have no place to put our chairs, the plastic containers for our dump hose, electric cord and extension, black water flush hose, normal water hose, leveling blocks and other stuff, so a B is no good for us.

When we were looking we almost bought the Winnebago Era, which is a twin bed model, but ended up not buying it for a couple of reasons. One is that there is no external storage and so no place for our stuff, and the other is that we did not like the placement of the bathroom in relation to the bedroom.

Originally Posted by Chance

In my opinion Thor could build a smaller Axis floorplan if they wanted (apparently they don’t). In Europe they build Hymer Class As much smaller than Axis 24.1, so it’s obviously possible. I get that saving $10K or so wouldn’t be much, but it would be an added bonus for those wanting a smaller motorhome for reasons other than lower price.

My personal opinion (but not my wife's) is that the 24.1 is the perfect floor plan for us. A nice large living area, a decent kitchen, a dry bath, and a bedding system that does not require that the slide be extended. My wife feels that it is too large and no matter what I tell her she is convinced that it is too high and too long. It is a bit longer than our C, and a bit higher, but neither by much.

On the other hand when we were RV shopping some years ago she sat in the living area of the 24.1 and just kept looking around commenting about how much room there was and how open it all felt. Then she walked out, looked at the roof and said she did not want to have to worry about the height of the trees when we were driving on secondary roads or in cities. But if we start looking again I am sure we will see some 24.1s (if there are any to be seen) and perhaps she can be convinced, so I wanted to know something about how dependable they were. We don't want it spending all of its time in the shop.