Downsizing to View/Navion in the near future

[Pointyears]

Congrats!

 

[Bnystrom]

Have you had it inspected independently?

 

[Eagle5]

Full review video from Lichtsinn RV (58 minutes long)
New 2026 Winnebago View 24D - Class C Diesel Motor Home

 

[bigbAZ]

Should you need service, Sprinter of Tucson is one of the best in the country and it's very close to where you have stayed. They have huge modern indoor facilities and are very experienced with the RVs.

 

[creativepart]

Full review video from Lichtsinn RV (58 minutes long)
New 2026 Winnebago View 24D - Class C Diesel Motor Home

Yes that’s a “D”. Each floor plan is a different way to live in the RV. We chose the “R” because of how we use our RVs. Of the three models, R, T and D only the “R” offers two separate areas - living and sleeping. The others mix living and sleeping into one area.

 

[creativepart]

Have you had it inspected independently?

No, we have not. If it were used I would see that as important, but as new it is what the factory built… warts and all. Nobody’s messed with it yet. That will be my job.

 

[Eagle5]

Yes that’s a “D”. Each floor plan is a different way to live in the RV. We chose the “R” because of how we use our RVs. Of the three models, R, T and D only the “R” offers two separate areas - living and sleeping. The others mix living and sleeping into one area.

Oops! I did search for the 24R with Lichtsinn RV, but I didn't notice that further down in my search results, the 24D was substituted.
I did find this video for a 24R which seems pretty good:
2026 Winnebago Navion 24R! The High Tech Highly Talked About Class C RV

 

[creativepart]

Oops!

Yeah, I get it, until I started this process the difference between models was difficult for me to keep track of. I’d see owners talk about their View/Navion and it always seemed like one thing to me.

It’s my 6th RV and very likely my last.

 

[SeeTheUSA]

Very nice! I wish you many many happy and trouble free miles.

Will you tow the Lincoln with your View?

 

[Eagle5]

Hot Rod Lincoln

 

[creativepart]

Very nice! I wish you many many happy and trouble free miles.

Will you tow the Lincoln with your View?

That’s the plan.

We have today and tomorrow to settle in a tiny bit and then we head out for a national forest campground (favorite of ours) 200 mi north of here. That will be a first test of a lot of things including flat towing.

Then we are coming back to ABQ for a few days if there are things to fix. Then middle of next week we head 800 mi home.

Pretty darned ambitious, I’d say.

 

[Pointyears]

No, we have not. If it were used I would see that as important, but as new it is what the factory built… warts and all. Nobody’s messed with it yet. That will be my job.

An inspection would get issues fixed before you sign on the dotted line. After you’ve signed on the dotted line, you’re just a tiny cog in a big machine and they don’t care about fixing any issues, at least in any sort of timely manner. The RV world has changed since you bought your last one.

 

[Pointyears]

That’s the plan.

We have today and tomorrow to settle in a tiny bit and then we head out for a national forest campground (favorite of ours) 200 mi north of here. That will be a first test of a lot of things including flat towing.

Then we are coming back to ABQ for a few days if there are things to fix. Then middle of next week we head 800 mi home.

Pretty darned ambitious, I’d say.

How many miles are on it? Less than 1k I’d hold off on flat towing. Your manual should caution about the diesel break in period.

 

[creativepart]

How many miles are on it? Less than 1k I’d hold off on flat towing. Your manual should caution about the diesel break in period.

Since it was driven from Iowa to New Mexico for delivery it has 1300 miles on it. And it is likely that the delivery driver flat towed his vehicle for that whole way, as well.

That’s just how the RV world works.

 

[creativepart]

An inspection would get issues fixed before you sign on the dotted line. After you’ve signed on the dotted line, you’re just a tiny cog in a big machine and they don’t care about fixing any issues, at least in any sort of timely manner. The RV world has changed since you bought your last one.

This model is so new and full of unique tech that I’m confident that no RV inspector has any training or experience to make any meaningful contributions in an assessment of possible issues.

And after owning and using 6 different RVs, all purchased new, over 23 yrs I feel capable of identifying and handling most typical things.

I am camping in the RV, 1/2 mile from the dealer for 5-days should anything serious crop up.

 

[Waterbug]

Tariffs also effect domestically produced items. Take lumber for example. 30% of our lumber comes from Canada. If there is a 30% tariff on Canadian lumber, it isn't just the wood from Canada that goes up in price. Lumber is a commodity, so instead of raising the price of Canadian lumber by 30%, they raise the price of all lumber 10%. As a commodity, it has a board-foot price, like a barrel price for oil.

 

[HappyNomads]

I couldn't agree more with every word in this post. Dealerships hate third-party inspectors! But, I wouldn't buy a house without an inspection and I'm certainly not going to buy an over-priced, six-figured moving house without one either. Especially when they're all Kmart quality and depreciate 35% the second the last vehicle leaves the lot once the paperwork is signed. I've been researching this for just over five years. If they think a third-party inspector's checklist is bad, wait until they see mine.

Jack, can you share your inspection checklist?

 

[Pointyears]

Since it was driven from Iowa to New Mexico for delivery it has 1300 miles on it. And it is likely that the delivery driver flat towed his vehicle for that whole way, as well.

That’s just how the RV world works.

"His vehicle" was no doubt NOT a 4500lb hybrid. That's just how the real world works.

 

[creativepart]

It’s been four days in the new View… which is much more than the model name but a new view to RVing for us.

We started RVing in 2002 with a Nash 16T travel trailer. It was a tiny space where we had to convert the sofa into the bed each night. We graduated into an Arctic Fox 22H travel trailer followed by another AF but 25’ in length. There was 2-8 yrs between each new RV.

In 2015 we bought a Forest River 31’ Class C, which we did not like and so in 2017 we moved to the 37.6’ Adventurer.

Now, as many times happens as you age we have downsized to 25’ again. Only a 25’ motorhome is actually a much smaller living space than a 25’ travel trailer. So, the change has not been easy or all that comfortable.

As we spend time in the RV, adding towel hooks, storage solutions and making the RV more attuned to how we live it’s gotten easier. When we leave next Wednesday we’ll have spent an entire week in the new View and we will be traveling 1000 mi over 5 days before arriving home.

It will be very instructing to see if the 1/3rd shorter motorhome on a modern Mercedes chassis makes daily travel easier and more comfortable. Since this was a main motivation for downsizing we sure hope so.

 

[Eagle5]

I believe the shorter motorhomes benefit from not needing a Toad, and by being excellent for quick day trips.
You have chosen wisely