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12-01-2014 07:36 PM #9
Umm...just my thoughts Joe...but are you sure you want one as large as that?
We had one of a comparable size (originally a 44 seater,) and found it to be a pain in the butt. If you wanted groceries it was impossible to get into and out of supermarket car parks... you had to park three blocks or more away and carry your groceries back to the bus...which sometimes entailed two trips.
The same thing at a liquour store or a diner.
Also, in some towns with angle parking we had to park a mile or more away from whatever it was we wanted to visit...bloody nuisance.
Driving a machine that size was never the issue, I've driven trucks and buses pretty well all my working life, the milk tankers I drove for years were up over the thirty tonne mark; so that was no problem.
The interior space was good I must admit, but for sheer practicality...nah.
This time around we bought a Tonka toy.
Just my 2c.johnboy
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