| 23" vs 26" - is there a difference in "drivability" [message #280488] |
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gibsongo
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Registered: October 2012
Location: Montreal West, Quebec, Ca...
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I have been lurking this site for far too long (more than 2 years). Finally sold my "stick and staple" 28" Class C ( a 1988 Triple E Empress), which has served the family well over the last 14 years - lots of great memories. Now the time has come to buy its replacement....which hopefully will be a GMC.
My wife wants something smaller (an RV that could easily navigate parking lots, city driving, etc. - we don't want to travel with a Toad), newer and more reliable. Her preference would be for a minie winny or sprinter-based RV. I am trying to sell her on the idea that a properly-restored GMC could be just as reliable as a newish RV, and just as drivable as an $80K sprinter.
I fear that if my proposal for a replacement is a 26" GMC, she will nix it because it is only 2 feet shorter than the Class C we just got rid of. While a 23" might be easier to sell to her, they are few and far between, particularly since I don't want a rear-bath model. So my question is whether a 23" would really be materially easier to maneuver around in the city, the Wally-world parking lot, etc. To me, an additional 3 feet in length would make little or no difference, but then again, I haven't driven either a 23" or a 26" GMC, so I am soliciting opinions from the group of resident experts. My selling arguments will also incorporate the fact that a GMC would be lower to the ground and narrower (I think)than a typical Class C, and hence easier for her to drive. Is this a fact, or am I just blowing smoke here?
Finally, I have never actually even been inside a GMC, since most of the rallies and conventions I have read about on this site have been a long, long way from Montreal. Are there any GMC owners out there within a 50 mile radius around Montreal that would be willing to let me visit their coach and take me for a spin around the block?
Much thanks in advance to all for your comments and thoughts.
Gordon Gibson
Montreal West, Quebec, Canada
Gordon Gibson
1976 23" Norris Upfit
Montreal West, Quebec, Canada
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