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RoadKingMoe · 07-09-2003, 11:28 AM

Doc, the operable window over the water heater is a good catch! A Fantastic Vent brings a lot of air in through the windows when it's set on the Out position. While carbon monoxide usually disperses in air pretty well, when it's hot in exhaust, it rises straight up in a no wind condition. Especially if air is also being sucked into that window by a vent.

Just one more thing for RV Consumers Group to bash Airstreams with.

DPeakMD · 07-09-2003, 11:30 AM

Ask and ye shall receive! Here's the gally taken from the door...

Pahaska · 07-09-2003, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by Chas
Strange,

What's with the TV outlets under the dining table?? Looks "white boxy" designed to me.

Chas

I believe that is because the dinette is really the only place to put a TV and see it from the L-shaped couch. This is a good argument for a flat-panel TV on a swing-away mount.

Pahaska · 07-09-2003, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by DPeakMD
Ask and ye shall receive! Here's the gally taken from the door...

I see that they have incorporated exactly the same spice rack that I have in my International AS. The first thing that the new owner will find out is that they will be picking up all of the bottles after each tow.

Just about my first modification was to put sliding Lexan doors on my spice cabinet. I no longer have a problem.

DPeakMD · 07-09-2003, 11:52 AM

RoadKingMoe--It still concerns me a little, too, re: the possibility for CO as well as the heat and fumes.

Chas--Good catch with the "white boxes" under the table. I didn't notice them before. It looks like the loop for the satellite dish box is also there. Where would it go?

Pashka is correct. I don't have a picture of it, but there was TV holder on the wall in between the couch and the galley. The dealer told us that a plasma TV (Sharp Aquos) was going to soon be an option for that space.

RoadKingMoe · 07-09-2003, 12:04 PM

I saw a just finished 28 at the factory. It had a small Sharp LCD TV facing the front couch, but on a mount that could be swung around to be viewed from the rear. All the cables from the TV were bundled together with cable ties and it looked a bit tacky. A length of corrugated split wire loom would clean it up nicely.

The interior was "lemon grass" vs halloween orange. Sort of a medium olive drab color as I recall.

Silvertwinkie · 07-09-2003, 02:53 PM

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Originally posted by RoadKingMoe

The interior was "lemon grass" vs halloween orange. Sort of a medium olive drab color as I recall.

Who said the 70s were dead....

Actually, the CCDs are kind of growing on me....truth be told though, if I had the means, the Classic is for me the way I'd like to be some day.

Eric

darkStar · 07-09-2003, 03:44 PM

Silvertwinkie -

We love the classic exteriors and floorplans but the finishes seem dated. So we're thinking:

A - a new safari or CCD

- or -

B - a used classic and a refurbish job

Safari Tim · 07-09-2003, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by RoadKingMoe
Doc, the operable window over the water heater is a good catch! A Fantastic Vent brings a lot of air in through the windows when it's set on the Out position. While carbon monoxide usually disperses in air pretty well, when it's hot in exhaust, it rises straight up in a no wind condition. Especially if air is also being sucked into that window by a vent.

Just one more thing for RV Consumers Group to bash Airstreams with.

I don't think the window over the water heater is new thing.

Look at the third picture of this 1996 Excella and you will find a water heater directly under a rear window.

http://members.aol.com/airstm2268/excella.htm

Pahaska · 07-09-2003, 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by darkStar
Silvertwinkie -

We love the classic exteriors and floorplans but the finishes seem dated. So we're thinking:

A - a new safari or CCD

- or -

B - a used classic and a refurbish job

The CCD is a bit to radical to me, although I generally like the 28' layout. Wonder why the bed is not oriented across the trailer like the Safari. Seems like that would free up a few inches of space elsewhere.

I looked at the newest 25' Safari and really liked the interior which is a pretty much a Chinese copy of the interior of my International AS.

Silvertwinkie · 07-09-2003, 04:22 PM

John, I felt the same way, but it is starting to grow on me. I'm not about to go out and get one by any means, but it's getting softer on the old eyes now that I've had time to digest them a bit.

Still love that Classic, but need a larger bank account and a more powerful tow vehicle. For now Bambi does us just fine though.

It's nice to have dreams.

Eric

desertone61 · 07-15-2003, 12:29 PM

Thanks alot for all the info about the new 2004 models, both the Safari and CCD. I am still searching for the right one in that I have concluded the 25' would be best for me, but still hunting for more info on the new models before going any further. Any suggestions to find this stuff?