briansac
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Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Dodge Sprinter used by Roadtrek and the Dodge Plateau used by Pleasure Way?
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CrusinSusan
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It's the same ...both are dodge sprinters. The Roadtrek Adventurous and the Pleasure Way Plateau are dodge sprinters.
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AsheGuy
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CrusinSusan wrote:It's the same ...both are dodge sprinters. The Roadtrek Adventurous and the Pleasure Way Plateau are dodge sprinters.
As are the:
Airstream Interstate
Great West Legend
Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser
LTV FreeSpirit
Winnebago ERA
All are RV conversions on the Mercedes Sprinter van chassis (re-badged for North America as Dodge Sprinter or Freightliner Sprinter vans assembled in South Carolina).
And there are custom conversions by:
Sportsmobile
Creative Mobile Interiors
And probably many others.
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briansac
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And for all those listed:
Airstream Interstate
Great West Legend
Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser
LTV FreeSpirit
Winnebago ERA
And,
the Roadtrek and Pleasure Way which is considered the best or leader of the pack?
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AsheGuy
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briansac wrote:...which is considered the best or leader of the pack? That question has two answers.
As far as which has the features that would suit you best, only you can answer that. If you follow these forums much, you will see that everyone has their own priorities as far as features. It's a personal choice.
Quality is a more subjective question. The general consensus here is that Roadtrek, Pleasure-Way, Leisure Travel Vans, and Great West are pretty much on a par quality wise. Not much feed back on Winnebago since their ERA is very new. Also not much feedback on Airstream that I remember but they seem to be different as opposed to not as good. Gulf Stream fit and finish a step down but also considerably cheaper than the others mentioned. Again, this is all related to the conversion. The chassis is exactly the same for all.
As always, others' view may differ. 
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topless
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No dispute here. The chassis is basically the same (the factory options of each chassis being the variable), the conversions companies are the difference.
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Handbasket
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Don't neglect the difference in old vs. new chassis... I-5 vs. V-6, which someone else can explain better'n me, no doubt.
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briansac
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What is the difference between the years for the chassis from 2004 through 2008? What about the difference between the I-5 vs V-6 diesel engines.
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baywoodbill
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Only heresay from me because I've not been in one of the NC3 Sprinters (the ones with the V-6).
The newer Sprinter has a model that is taller and longer than the earlier Sprinter. If the converter uses that one there would be even more room.
The V-6 doesn't get as good fuel economy as the I-5.
The newer Sprinter has an interior that is closer to a luxury passenger car than to a truck... although the conversion company is just buying cargo vans and sprucing them up to fit their product.
That's what I can say.
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AsheGuy
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See these threads:
2007 Sprinter MPG Report
2008 Sprinter Mileage report
2007 and 2008 chassis are the same new chassis
Expected MPG for Roatrek RS Adventurous
There are many other threads that beat the Sprinter MPG to death, here is a search for "Sprinter MPG" for older than 12 months.
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edited 07/06/08 10:23am by AsheGuy *
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