CJBill wrote: I wanted a third seat up front but this one has the small closet behind the passenger seat. DW thinks that is OK and maybe an advantage
First thing congrats, you have no idea how useful as a second or primary vehicle your new MoHo will be!!
Second, your DW is 100% correct, the storage room far outweighs any extra use you would have gotten from a third seat plus the rear area with lap belts will do in a pinch.
When I picked up my Class B it had a third row seat put in by the previous owner, as luck would have it he did not throw out the cabinet.
While you could argue that a third row seat allows for a twin bed setup, I found that sleeping in it was less than comfortable on the way home after purchase, so first thing I did when I got home is pull out the seat, re-installed the cabinet and have not regretted it once.
You can always set up a pad, sleeping bag and single cot in the isle in a pinch if you must or just carry a tent or screen out the awning and create an extra room!
One other thing, I'm not sure how you are set up for dinning in the rear but I have lap belts installed on either side for safety, just food for thought.
Oh yeah, the added benefit of having the rear seating so far back in the vehicle is that the rear passenger(S) can't annoy the driver about radio stations, pit stops and the like!! (this applies to those who have rugrats in the Teenager/soon to be teenager age category or the DW with the extra nagging chromosome in her gene pool!!
Good Luck, have fun and many happy trails to you and yours
Seat belts in the back is something I do want. Especially without the third seat up front. This van comes with the traditional set up of two twins or king bed. It does not have the seat belts across the back. I know I have seen a similar set up that did have a cushion across and a couple of seat belts at the very back and I do want to get that so at least we could carry a couple of extra persons for short distances. Hopefully it will not be too difficult or expensive.
Fred S, are seat belts along the side in back legal while driving or did I misunderstand what you have.
That depends on the state... in North Dakota they go by the production year of the van, so my 2004/2005 was registered as a 2004 Ford Housecar. (funny term that... )
Welcome to the RT family. I'm sure you will be very happy with the RT. About the van, I talked with everyone who the Chevy/GM vans I could talk to for several months before buying ours. The Chevy vans are great. The only item mention twice by anyone was the starter. Many people had no problems other than maintenance items. Several owners had well over 100,000 miles. One had over 200,000 miles with nothing but maintenance items. They also drive wonderfully and get great gas mileage. 13 MPG city and 16 moving out on the highway.
One maintenance note... my '02 Chevy 3500 RT 190 had numerous grease fittings on the steering. Dunno about the newer ones. One or two were 'hidden' inside the front frame rails. There was also one about half-way back along the driveshaft that was hard to reach unless it was on a rack. IIIRC, it was on the center bearing.
Jim, "I can't be out of money. I still have checks left!"
'06 Tiger CX 'C Minus' on a Silverado 2500HD 4x4, 8.1 & Allison ('Loafer's Glory'); '07 Forester 2.5 ( the 'HANDBSKT'); '95 Toyota SR5 V-6 4x4 pickup, ARB locker, Bilsteins, Warn hubs & M8000, etc;
'94 968, M030 swaybars ('DOPPLER')
The one on the drivers side is hidden pretty good, and kind of a pain to get to. The one on the drive shaft is for the slip yoke, and can be accessed by putting the front, or rear driver side wheel on a ramp, then crawling under from that side. Just did that one last week.
I appreciate the kind thoughts and feedback, and the maintenance suggestions. I am now a lot more interested in maintenance, having brought home a 2006 190P just two days ago. Can you believe I have been following this forum 2 years. Does it normally take that long?
Up to now I have been more interested in threads that might help me decide what to get. Discussions of comparisons, capacities, weight limits and even though Roger doesn't like them MPG threads when they don't get too "testy". Now we need to learn what to do with it and how to take care of it. So far we have been just sitting in it, putting tables up and taking them down, moving cushions around, turning seats around and turning things on and off. Is this normal? So far I haven't got the TV to turn on. It did turn on when they demonstrated it at the dealers. I haven't spent a lot of time at it yet as I had to work yesterday, an experience that's going to last only 30 more hours before my contract runs out. Then we are off to see the world, with so much to learn about this, small but big, big but small, thing in our driveway. I think we are going to like it.
congratulations on taking the plunge,I'm sure you will get lots of enjoyment out of it,as other people have suggested,you should definitely camp in your driveway a couple days,just to kind of see what you need and how everything works,of course wherever we go in America their is a store close by if you really need something.I've only had my trailer a year and I've got stuff inside that I never use,but when I first put it in there I said I need this,only to never use it.but that's the fun of having it. again congratulations
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or the DW with the extra nagging chromosome in her gene pool!!
