Re: Our Maiden Voyage or MH vs. FW
- From: altar
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 07:35:49 -0700
On 13 Oct 2005 23:50:27 -0700, "Jenny6833A" <Jenny6833A@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Road Princess wrote:
>
>> We are back from our maiden voyage with the Allegro Bay. We spent a
>> month traveling from our home in the Rio Grande Valley (Harlingen) as
>> far afield as Ohio. It's a very nice motorhome and quite comfortable,
>> but it's not a fifth wheel. Here are the negative differences I noted:
>>
>> Passing traffic has a much greater effect on the MH than it did on the
>> FWs. For the first time EVER, we experienced turbulence when a truck
>> passed us and pulled in front of us. The turbulence only happened once,
>> but when trucks passed us, we sure felt it.
>
>You bought an unstable motorhome. They aren't all that way. It's your
>own fault for not checking the wb-to-length ratio beforehand and for
>not giving it a test drive in heavy truck traffic.
>
>> I can't find a way to silence the squeek in the MH. It's more annoying
>> than any noises the Freightliner made.
>
>You lack experience with motorhomes. Try harder. You'll find it if
>you really want to. If you just want to bitch about it, you won't.
>
>> Little holding tanks. Plenty of fresh water but half of the gray water
>> capacity and 2/3 of the black in my now dead fiver.
>
>You bought a motorhome with inadequate holding tanks. They aren't all
>that way. It's your own fault.
>
>> No counter space in the ktichen.
>
>You bought a motorhome with inadequate kitchen counter space. They
>aren't all that way. It's your own fault.
>
>> No gas oven. It takes a heap of electricity to power a convection oven
>> and then it exudes oodles of heat into the RV. If I had ordered the MH
>> new, it would have had a gas oven.
>
>You bought a motorhome without a gas oven. They aren't all that way.
>It's your own fault.
>
>> Teeny sinks in kitchen and bath (the Allegro Bay 37DB has two lavatories
>> and less than 50 gal. gray water for the entire rig. Duh!
>
>You bought a motorhome with teeny sinks. They aren't all that way.
>It's your own fault.
>
>> Hooking and unhooking the car and its attendant Brake Buddy is a PITA.
>
>You need to learn when, where, and how to unhook the car. It's easy
>when you know how and remember to think ahead. If you're having
>trouble, it's your own fault.
>
>No one made you choose a Brake Buddy. There are much better systems,
>ones that don't need to be disconnected. It's your own fault.
>
>
>I wish you and your not-so-new motorhome the best of travels.
>
>:-)
>
>Jenny
Jenny, are you dealing with PMS this morning?
Tom
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