Passenger entry door awkward? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Cartap · RV-Dreams Community Member

Passenger entry door awkward?

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'm presuming that you are referring to something like a diesel Class C. Those would have driver and passenger doors for entering/exiting the cab while traveling. I've not looked at a Class C in like forever, but I presumed they had a separate door for entering the "camper" part of the RV. I'm also presuming that in a Class C that one can enter and exit the camper part through the driver and passenger doors, but that way could be a bit awkward.

If you are referring to a diesel Class A, then in most cases, all entry and exits are done through the one door.

So, what type of RV are you looking at?

Terry

Cartap · RV-Dreams Community Member

It's a 2005 class a Winnebago Journey and the only entrance is the passenger door.

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

Very few Class As have more than one door. A few will have a driver's door. Most DPs have front doors, and gassers have mid doors. We happen to have a mid-door DP and like it very much. Just takes a while to get use to them.

Barb

LifeBeganInaWinnebago · RV-Dreams Family Member

Never really thought about the doors. Our Winnebago had a front and rear door on the curb side and the front door was wide which made loading and unloading easier. Our current RV just has the front door which is not bad but the passenger chair must be moved back to have much room for getting in and out. I would think if you are only going to have one door the mid door might be better. It does seem we make a lot of trips in and out of the RV.

Mark

-- Edited by LifeBeganInaWinnebago on Saturday 19th of September 2015 08:00:31 PM

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

Some say you lose valuable floor space with the mid-door models as compared to the front door models.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Our first motorhome was mid-entry and our current one has a front entry. I agree mid-entry is better, but not massively better. We have been dealing with a front entry for 11 years and are still OK with it.

Cartap · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thanks all. I probably wouldn't have noticed the door thing if I hadn't heard the in and out comment during our shopping. I'll check to see how far the seat goes back and if it's roomy enough. I'm sure it is but In my memory it seemed a little inconvenient.

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

When parked, we swivel our front seats and the navigator one slides back to the dash - into where the door is on front-door models, so I'm not sure how we lose. But either way, you just get use to it.

Barb