snapster
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We have had 4 motorhomes in the last 7 years, all coachbuilt and none of them could be considered flimsy.
First was an Autosleeper, this one started creaking above the cab after driving thousands of miles over rough terrain one year. We sold it at 3 years old, it was 2.35m wide, 7.2m long and we never found a road we couldn’t go down.
Next van was an old Swift. Solid as a rock, a little shorter than the Autosleeper but similar width. No creaks or rattles most of the time, loads of room and extremely comfortable.
Next was a wide bodied 33ft Winnebago. Wide body, meaning it was 8’ 6” wide (or 2.59m, not including wing mirrors) Illegal because of the width in many US states and difficult to import here now.
Drove like it floated on a cushion of air, certainly no rattles or creaks, but steered like a hovercraft. A nightmare to keep between white lines and not a vehicle to drive next to a large HGV through the Dartford Tunne, but fantastic to live in.
Our present van, a Burstner is 7.5m long and 2.35 wide. Drives like a dream ( just drove 600 miles from France to a Cambridge in two days). Fewer rattles except on the worst roads and no creaking. We have an Island bed, seating for 8 up front and a proper shower and bathroom than can be closed off from the living area and bedroom at the rear.
You wont get that sort of room or convenience from any PVC, plus, you dont get the incredibly annoying sliding door!
And again, never found a road we couldn’t drive down and we love to visit villages and out of the way places.
First was an Autosleeper, this one started creaking above the cab after driving thousands of miles over rough terrain one year. We sold it at 3 years old, it was 2.35m wide, 7.2m long and we never found a road we couldn’t go down.
Next van was an old Swift. Solid as a rock, a little shorter than the Autosleeper but similar width. No creaks or rattles most of the time, loads of room and extremely comfortable.
Next was a wide bodied 33ft Winnebago. Wide body, meaning it was 8’ 6” wide (or 2.59m, not including wing mirrors) Illegal because of the width in many US states and difficult to import here now.
Drove like it floated on a cushion of air, certainly no rattles or creaks, but steered like a hovercraft. A nightmare to keep between white lines and not a vehicle to drive next to a large HGV through the Dartford Tunne, but fantastic to live in.
Our present van, a Burstner is 7.5m long and 2.35 wide. Drives like a dream ( just drove 600 miles from France to a Cambridge in two days). Fewer rattles except on the worst roads and no creaking. We have an Island bed, seating for 8 up front and a proper shower and bathroom than can be closed off from the living area and bedroom at the rear.
You wont get that sort of room or convenience from any PVC, plus, you dont get the incredibly annoying sliding door!
And again, never found a road we couldn’t drive down and we love to visit villages and out of the way places.
In fact I had a Burgman on the rear lift . In anything other than say over 8mtr moho I dont personally see the need for toad as delivery vans seem to find access and parking in towns OK , as do I with my current MoHo. I have a couple of bikes for "exploring" 
