2007 Itasca Impulse

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Great family RV that is in excellent condition. It has been well taken care of with new house batteries, generator fuel pump and filter. This coach can sleep 8 with two queen beds. The street-side slide out in the living area houses the sofa bed and dinette. Overhead storage cabinets line the entire length of the slide out, which measures 11 feet 4 inches long and 20 inches deep. It is extended and retracted using power from the house battery. The floor plan includes a huge rear “garage” storage area called Smart Storage. The compartment runs the entire width of the coach and measures 47 inches deep and 27 inches high. It’s accessible through two very large, insulated doors, one at the rear and one on the rear curb side. In the compartment are two large plastic tubs that are molded into the floor and have drain plugs in the bottom. They have lids, so the floor of this storage area remains flat until access to the tubs is needed. These tubs can be used for icing down large quantities of beverages or keeping perishables cool. The “cooler” also is handy for stowing your daily catch of salmon, bass, perch, etc. The coach was built on the standard Ford E-450 chassis. With the Triton V-10 gasoline engine this unit can accommodate almost all towed cars, trailers, boats, and toys. Winnebago Industries builders use what the company calls Super Structure construction for the house or coach portion of the vehicle. A tubular steel truss design is erected atop the chassis. The basement storage compartments are a molded composite material. The floor is a laminated structure made of upper plywood, high-density block foam insulation, and another layer of plywood, with the bottom being an aluminum sheet. This is laminated into a single structure using hot adhesive and pressure. The roof includes a centrally ducted air-conditioning system with adjustable vents that lace the ceiling from front to rear, and it’s heated with a 30,000-Btu forced-air furnace that is ducted fore and aft. Winnebago Industries designers elected to go the extra mile and cap the roof with a single sheet of fiberglass, in lieu of the typical rubber-type surface often found on motorhomes. The large galley provides sufficient countertop area for food preparation and service. One feature we especially liked were the three very deep pots-and-pans-type pull-out drawers in the galley cabinet. Anyone who has dealt with the issue of storage in a motorhome will appreciate the utility these drawers offer. The galley includes a split acrylic sink, a microwave oven, and a 6.3-cubic-foot refrigerator/freezer that uses LP-gas or electricity and seeks the power source available. A 20-inch television is cradled above the galley counter, between the microwave and the refrigerator. The television can be viewed from the dinette and the sofa. The interior surfaces are dressed with practical, low-maintenance materials that clean up easily. The Impulse has vinyl flooring throughout except in the rear bedroom, which has soil-resistant carpet. The vinyl-covered interior wall panel is also low-maintenance. A laminate surface dresses the galley counter and the bathroom lavatory countertop. The coach has a 4-kilowatt Onan gasoline-powered auxiliary generator, 30-amp shore power and two brand new Group 24 deep cycle house batteries. The bedroom occupies the back portion of the coach. The head of the island-style queen-size bed is positioned along the back wall; to its left is a nightstand, and to the right is a large, three-quarter-length wardrobe. A shelf for a second television is positioned in the curbside corner at the foot of the bed. Below the TV shelf is a three-quarter-length shirt-size wardrobe. Above the head of the bed is a large cabinet with two lift-up doors. The bedroom of the Impulse 31C offers substantial storage space, the kind that’s needed for a long weekend getaway or an extended (multiple-day) road trip. By the way, you can sequester the bedroom from the center-aisle bath by shutting the accordion-style door. Throughout the coach, the windows are covered with pull-down day-night shades that are accented by fabric-covered valances.