6m vs 7m driving experience

[Travellin' Vet]

Hello All

I am on a high after hiring a motorhome and driving around South Wales in order to research buying a MH of my own, it was a 6.2m Bessacarr 5 berth. I found it quite easy to drive apart from the obvious diffence in width and manovreability compared to a car (even though I do have a Disco day to day ...)

Feverish nights spent on t'intenet have revealed no wisdom on MH length and how it affects driving experience, or ability to use camp sites in the UK. Given that I will be touring with three generations (G'parents over 70, myself and an anklebiter) I feel I need something over 6m, with at least 5 berths. The Olds wont sit in a cold awning at night (well, mine wont) and require all the mod cons to enjoy the trip.

So, my questions are:

1) Do you find going from 6 to 7m long makes it a very different drive, or to manoevre?
2) Do you find that camp sites are less accessible to 7m vs shorter MH's?
2) We found ourselves tripping over each other when it was raining (oh so infrequent in Wales...) and we were constrained to the inside, also the table a little too slim for two people to sit and eat side by side. I presume that these issues would be resolved by a wider, not a longer MH? (we didnt use the awning for extra space, it was ripped).

Thanks in advance,

Travellin' Vet

 

[peterc10]

You have already discovered and dealt with the bigger problem with driving motorhomes, i.e. their width. The length is less problem until you start getting beyond 8m in my opinion, after which you may have problems getting into some tight sites and Aires in Europe. We have a 7.5m A class and have had no real problems we could not get over.