When did Motorhomes get so Flippin wide (1 Viewer)

[Paul an Jane MK]

Having looked to trade up our 2008 Swift for some time and wanting a fixed bed I was studiously taking the length in to consideration for parking etc.

Having found our perfect van at the show I suddenly realised at 7' 9" it was four inches wider than my old Swift at 7' 5" and the Bailey's are even wider at 8' 1" wide.

I wont be sqeezing into tight car park spaces and down narrow lanes so easily as having got so far in to the process I could not resist.

Oh well time will tell.

 

[mikebeaches]

Know exactly what you mean! That's why we went the other way and changed to a 6.4m van conversion - nice and skinny.

It's the same with cars - they just keep getting wider. A real pain. Fashion.

 

[Jim]

They're not wide, our 101 inches, excluding mirrors and awnings is wide

 

[Stretto Boy]

Looked at a Bailey at the NEC a year ago. Decided against, partly because we weren’t convinced about the build quality but mainly because of the width.

 

[Stretto Boy]

They're not wide, our 101 inches, excluding mirrors and awnings is wide

Stop boasting Oh sorry, see what you were referring to now.

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[vin0114]

Same with my late Autotrail Tracker - mirror edge to mirror edge around 10 feet?

 

[barsteward]

Horses for courses, at least the choice is there.

 

[simsy56]

Same with my late Autotrail Tracker - mirror edge to mirror edge around 10 feet?

Craig

 

[Vanderek]

Looked at a Bailey at the NEC a year ago. Decided against, partly because we weren’t convinced about the build quality but mainly because of the width.

 

[gus-lopez]

They're not wide, our 101 inches, excluding mirrors and awnings is wide

Don't say it too load as it's 3/8" too big to be legal. Or 15,4mm

Same with my late Autotrail Tracker - mirror edge to mirror edge around 10 feet?

Mirrors do not count.

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[Manxcat]

I don't do feet and inches anymore so can't follow the thread

 

[mike mcglynn]

I was always a bit wary in my previous motorhome an Autotrail with long mirror arms if going through a village that a pedestrian would get a smack on the back of the head

 

[Lenny HB]

Most Hymers are now only 2.22m wide, down from 2.35m.

 

[lawry]

I was always a bit wary in my previous motorhome an Autotrail with long mirror arms if going through a village that a pedestrian would get a smack on the back of the head

I wouldn,t worry I,ve been trying for ages and aint got one yet

 

[Theonlysue]

Most Hymers are now only 2.22m wide, down from 2.35m.

Only The mercedes based ones. The fiats are still 235 cms wide.

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[funflair]

I was always a bit wary in my previous motorhome an Autotrail with long mirror arms if going through a village that a pedestrian would get a smack on the back of the head

I think @Jim has knocked somebody's fag out of their mouth without doing any physical damage.

Martin

 

[funflair]

Don't say it too load as it's 3/8" too big to be legal. Or 15,4mm



Mirrors do not count.

Closer to 5/8" actually

Martin

 

[lozbou]

235cm =92.52 inches you must have 8.5inch of muck down the side, get it washed then you will be legal again.

 

[Theonlysue]

Legal limit is 255 cms wide

 

[Paul an Jane MK]

I don't do feet and inches anymore so can't follow the thread

With Brexit, I thought I might get berated for quoting metres

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[Paul an Jane MK]

I was always a bit wary in my previous motorhome an Autotrail with long mirror arms if going through a village that a pedestrian would get a smack on the back of the head

My Mum got stopped by a cyclist to ask the time, as she stretched her arm out to make her watch visible from under the cuff of her coat she caught the cyclist and he lost his balance and fell off his bike.

Would have loved to have witnessed it - sorry

 

[mike mcglynn]

I was always a bit wary in my previous motorhome an Autotrail with long mirror arms if going through a village that a pedestrian would get a smack on the back of the head

Which is why I invested in a pair of mirrorguards as mirrors are so expensive

 

[Lenny HB]

Only The mercedes based ones. The fiats are still 235 cms wide.

Nope other way Merc Star line one of the few at 2.35 & the Tramp.
2018 model Exsis I, Exsis T, B class Dynamic Line, B class SL, ML I, ML T are all 2.22, the Van is even narrower.

 

[jezport]

We were conscious of the width of our Frankia especially in narrow roadworks, we now have a PVC and it is so stress free in narrow lanes.

 

[Lenny HB]

Nope other way Merc Star line one of the few at 2.35 & the Tramp.
2018 model Exsis I, Exsis T, B class Dynamic Line, B class SL, ML I, ML T are all 2.22, the Van is even narrower.

OK just to add to the confusion, on Hymers website the new B Class SL is 2.22m wide, picked up a UK brochure today and in that its 2.35m.

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[Mr Ed]

Legal limit is 255 cms wide

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I think you have too much time on your hands Sue.

 

[nicholsong]

A couple of years ago we had just left our friend's home near Canterbuty, heading for Dover and France along a narrow lane, when 'white van man' came hurtling towards us on an undoubted mirror-collision course - however our mirror survived with a minor blue paint streak(still there) but I think his was broken - German 1 Ford UK 0.

Could have been a bummer of a start to our trip as 'A' Class mirrors are not off-the-shelf, and could have cost a lot in France.

Geoff

 

[Pausim]

With Brexit, I thought I might get berated for quoting metres

I think we will still be allowed to use the decimal metric system since it was first proposed by the English Bishop John Wilkins in 1668.

 

[Lenny HB]

Could have been a bummer of a start to our trip as 'A' Class mirrors are not off-the-shelf, and could have cost a lot in France.

Geoff

Most A Class mirrors are standard commercial mirrors most are easily avalable.

 

[GWAYGWAY]

My MLI is 2.2 ish and it is a lot easier than my old Chausson to get through breathe-in gaps.

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