4WD CLASS B CAMPER VAN | 2022 Interstate 24X Walk Through 4x4 Off Road Overland

hello and welcome back to colonial airstream i'm patrick botticelli over the last three years airstream has been developing an adventure van this is my own personal adventure van it's a 1997 airstream b190 it's got the v10 engine in it and gets seven miles per gallon well the new mercedes-benz sprinter chassis could get 16 to 18 miles per gallon so i'm going to introduce to you the all-new airstream interstate 24x [Music] built on the mercedes-benz 3500 series chassis 170 inch wheelbase extended and it is nine foot nine inches tall and it's 24 foot six inches long comes standard with four wheel drive it's got a 7-speed transmission and it has a 3.0 liter turbo diesel bluetec engine with 188 horsepower and 325 foot-pounds of torque this van also has the vb air ride suspension with the air ride suspension it's built to drive well on the highway but this is also equipped with goodyear wrangler all-terrain tires so when you're driving off the highway it's an exceptional ride airstream rhino lined vex tier it's got a heavy paint on the front that if you scuff through some brush it's not going to scratch the paint it has the front lip here the air dam lip here but you got enough ground clearance to take it off road and then there's large aluminum running boards down the whole entire side and the rinding lining continues down the whole entire side of the coach comes with mud flaps it has side view cameras has a rear view camera and if you look up top there is a big spot light that goes across the roof area and there's spotlights on the side so you can flip them on when you're pulling up in the trail to get a better view there's two spotlights in the back that allow when you're backing it to your site to see and illuminate the area at night or when you're parked you could use them for camping there's a large roof rack on the roof and it has a 14 foot long power awning with two arms and a seismic sensor and awning has an led light strip built into it as well on top there is 400 watts of solar that's 300 watts dedicated to the two battleborn 100 amp hour each that gives you a total of 200 amp hours of uh lithium-ion phosphate batteries and there's a 100 watt panel dedicated to the engine battery let's take a look inside it's got a power sliding door there's an insect screen here uh that protects this galley area from insects there's an accordion insect screen here and airstream builds this in-house so it's greatly engineered there's a step well here and it's got vinyl four very durable vinyl flooring throughout with uh aluminum track here for extra grip there is a table mount here on the side and it has a lagoon table that's standard up front here that you could remove and put outside so let me go grab that and this just slips right on and locks in place and now you have an extra table outside you can adjust this up and down as needed also here there's a heavy duty grab handle to get in a lot easier on the switch wall here we have a main battery disconnect next to that we have our ceiling light switches that are dimmable they're all led the awning lights that are built in up top here the floodlights on the side here and the undercarriage lights there's lights that eliminate the undercarriage at night beautiful awning is power we'll just hit this button here let it come out and you can see the led lights are built in on the awning box that awning box is black which gives it the matching look to the body and the material here is a vinyl material it's got red stitching built into it give it the same look as the seats the color scheme in here is called red rock so this comes with one exterior color one suspension which will be four wheel drive air suspension standard and one standard interior decor the only option is a front mattress system that's for children one child could sleep there and you can buy that from the parts department these chairs swivel around both driver and passenger and then you could utilize this table inside in the cab area there's a heavy-duty rubber mat that you could pop out it's three pieces allows you to hose it out when you get the mud and grime inside there's the mbux stereo system that has gps and radio control and there's a separate radio bluetooth radio for the back section with some really awesome speakers in the back door these chairs swivel around we saw how that one works their power so i set memory setting number three to the position that the seat needs to be in so when it swivels it doesn't hit any of the trim work and there's a lever up front that allows it to swivel all the way around and these kick out if you have longer legs or want to lounge you can tilt it back pretty far but very durable material on these seats and again it's used in the airstream base camp there's a ledge up here to store things you have usb on the side of the visor area these flip down and there's mirrors in each one of them and then look at this side door here insect screens on the driver and passenger doors these just slip right up in and you close the window up into a little groove and that gives you some ventilation and some protection against insects and from people getting in the vehicle over here we have a roof locker cabinet that houses the heat for the batteries so this has lithium iron phosphate batteries when the temperature gets below a certain threshold you should have the battery heaters on to heat them up first before you put a charge on them this is uh prepped for the airstream connected wi-fi antenna so the antenna is there the wiring is there you just need the router but if you do that aftermarket on the dealer level there's a key that you could turn the wi-fi on and off this has the new quiet 2500 lp onan generator it's the inverter series and this is the controls here you could also set an auto start on this generator over here we have a 2000 watt xantrax inverter that inverter system will power all outlets in the coach and your microwave but you'll in order to use the air conditioner you'll need to start the generator be plugged into shore power this is the victron solar controller here for the 400 watts of solar that's on the roof this has heated tanks the black tank is in the body and that's heated when you have your heating system on inside the coach and the gray and freshwater tanks are underneath the body and they have heat pads built onto them you can flip this switch and i'll give you about a seven degree boost in temperature inside the tank the tank sizes is 23 gallons for the freshwater tank 24 gallons for the gray waste tanks that's sink and shower waste and has 11 gallon black waste tank that is for your toilet waste to monitor the waste there is a battery monitor here you can see how much fresh water you have it's at four percent right now gray waste is at zero percent black waste is at zero and the lp is at 53 on board there is a 41 pound lp cylinder and that powers your generator that will run a generator for over 30 hours that powers your cooktop that's on board and the heating system is a little bit different the heating system is the timberline heating system that's a hydronic heating system and it's like a tankless water heater but also the main cabin here heating system and there's duct work throughout the coach runs on the same diesel tank which is a 24 and a half gallon tank that mercedes-benz sprinter gives you up to the quarter level so you have anything from a quarter and above to run the heating system and it uses a 12 volt fan to push the glycol through the lines we'll take a look at some of the duct work when we get to the back later and then this has a powder control system which uh when you're plugged into shore power if you're only plugged into 20 amp it will prioritize uh electrical items based on your usage so you don't overload the system it's also prepped for satellites so if you wanted to do a satellite receiver it has the loop here if you wanted to put that in not too many people are doing that anymore they're mostly streaming movies and then it has an antenna booster because up top there is a antenna that gives you television reception now there is no television inside this coach but it is prepped for one if you decided to install one after market in the back that's the antenna booster and the cable that runs out of it carbon monoxide and smoke detector here this table that we had outside you just adjust these little levers and you can get this to come around you could have two people sitting here eating i could bring it up and down in height there's duct work here on the floor that allows the heat from the furnace to come through the control here for the air ride suspension now the air ride suspension is automatic but if you are driving through a parking lot and you need to raise or lower the back end temporarily you could use the controls here to change that there's an inverter circuit outlet here that you would need your inverter on to power but if you're plugged into a campground's power that will come on or if you have your generator on that will power that outlet and then there's four usb charge ports next to it airstream is very generous with usb power because we know our adventure buyers have lots of gadgets whether it's bicycle lights gps all sorts of things that run on usb while you could charge them throughout the coach over here we have the wardrobe closet now you notice there's shelves not a lot of our adventure buyers are bringing a suit or a dress with them but um if you decided to remove these shelves and you could hang things from here you could neatly fold your clothing and have a shelf dedicated and then this is dedicated for pantry or food storage so you do have three drawers that come out that you could utilize down here there's a drawer that comes all the way out full extension all the construction is plywood with laminate no stickers no particle board and they all have a heavy duty j latch to keep them shut when you're driving another furnace duct here down at the floor and then we also have some aisle lights throughout to illuminate the aisle at night over here by the door we have a electrical outlet we have a fire extinguisher cut into the cabinet moving up the undercarriage lights flood lights awning lights dimmer for the ceiling ceiling lights and main battery disconnect to shut the battery down when you're done using the coach the solid surface countertop has a gray tone to it but they inset a red piece that has back lighting so makes a really sharp look at night has a solid surface sink cover and a stainless steel sink with a separate mowing faucet and a sprayer here what i love about these sprinter vans is when you open this sliding door you have a beautiful view all the way out but if you notice throughout the whole entire coach all the way around there's a lot of windows and all those windows have privacy curtains built into them which i'll show you in a little bit moving down the galley there's a two burner gas cooktop so you just pick which burner you want on press ignite you do this one the same way turn it to light turn it on and while you're cooking to vent outside up here on the roof there's a max air fan so you could turn the fan on and off it has a manual lid which is cool because it has a cover built into it so if it's raining out you can still have this open as a vent you have to worry about water coming in or any rain sensors you turn the fan on there's four different speeds and this pulls a high volume of air i use this solely in my adventure van i rarely use the generator i rarely use the air conditioning i probably would use the air conditioning on a day like today but this fan is very efficient and you can shut it off and then turn it down when you're done but i leave mine open all the time over here in the galley this flips down so you can put the sponge in the brush in it and then instead of having big cabinet doors we know our venture buyers to have duffels and large items that they want to put in so they put this netting here so this is a pretty big space you have four three total that go across the front here and then underneath them you have large drawers as well and this one comes out a little bit further on this side we have a 6.8 cubic foot novacool refrigerator and freezer and the controls here are on the side you can put one through seven these shelves are removable if needed i have one of these in my airstream and i love it i switched over from the propane one it runs greatly efficient doesn't throw off any heat the fan is very quiet in it and it uses very little battery power to run but the top is the vents for the refrigerator just to vent any heat that builds up back there there are locks on the doors the freezer is a drawer i love this it's much more efficient having a drawer style freezer because when you pull it out all the cold air stays inside and you really load it up moving back here we have the bathroom area so this is a wet bath this is identical bathroom setup that the grand tour airstream interstate grand tour has same position same location different laminate it's got a gray laminate here flush latch so when you walk down the aisle you don't bump your pants loops on the handle and then it has a porthole style window on the door and the lighting control for the bathroom is over here over the galley and there's other switches here as well we have the galley lights the accent light that's built into the cabinet and then we also have the water pump switch so i could turn the water pump on that demand pump pumps up water pressure once it feels a drop from pressure uh when you kick on a faucet it will kick back on and then shut off and in the shower there is a bathroom fan that you can push straight up and push the button and that will allow you to vent stale air outside also in here we have a mirror with magnification so this flips around there is a clothesline that pulls across it snaps in you can lock it and you can dry some light items i love that feature this is the shower wand that's on the wall right now but it retracts and becomes your bathroom sink with two different spray patterns here over here on the back wall there's a little rack there's a heat duct here and then there's a sensor here that when you enter the bathroom this halo glows instead of having to turn on the big bright lights it turns it on so you can see what's going on i just put one in my airstream and that's all i use for my bathroom now i love it and it shuts off automatically once it doesn't detect uh motion and then the shower curtain comes unsnapped from the wall and pulls across and velcro's in place and that just protects this laminate from getting wet not that it can't get wet but there are seams here it prevents water from getting out and what i found is using small hand towels to dry off is better than a full-sized residential towel they dry a lot quicker and there's a lot more room to use them there's the dometic toilet with a foot pedal here on the side so you put it partially to fill the bowl up all the way down to flush it and when you're driving around you only have about an inch of water in the bowl so you have to worry about splashing around the shower pan here has a shower drain built into the floor and there's a toilet paper holder that is water resistant so when you're showering here your toilet paper doesn't get soaking wet on the back of the door there's also a little towel bar here for the small towels that we talked about up top we have a 13 500 btu coleman mock quiet air conditioner uh it has different fan speeds and you'll need to run the generator or be plugged into shore power to run this and then there's intake rates here and then the air flows out the sides here this has the contour regular microwave it's about .08 cubic foot it's big enough to heat something up quickly and that runs off your inverter system these blinds here these shades that we call them privacy shades just flip down and they velcro in place it's that simple or they're completely removable if you didn't want them on board you can just rip them out and then there's little pockets built into them for all your little gadgets there's i have pockets similar to this in my airstream and i utilize every one of them and then you just flip them up when you're done the back area has its own separate ceiling light control for the bedroom area and this is the large king-size bed and this bed system you could just use as a regular twin by taking the cushion off and laying down this way but if you want to set it up as a large king bed let me show you how so for to set up the king bed first thing i wanted to do is i'm going to open some windows because it's a little hot out today these bottoms just crank right out and then you can use your fan or turn on the air conditioner but we got all four 40s that open and then what you could do is you could pop open the back doors and you could roll down this screen here so if you're worried about insects getting in there's a rear screen system that zips down all the way to the floor and has a heavy bar on the bottom that keeps it in place so the bugs don't get through and now you could have that awesome cross breeze and man did that just make a difference up top here to make the bed airstream give you some bed supports and look at the nice stuff that airstream did even the attention to detail they made a special case for it it's all sewn up got a nice zipper on it and it's got foam inside so you don't hear these things clanking around when you're driving so i if i was traveling this by myself i would just use it as a twin bed i don't think i would make into a king bed just for one person but if you wanted that opportunity to make it into a king bed you take out all these supports all right and you basically just lift up slide it in snap it in place same thing here one here now you have all your supports in you grab the backrest that has a hard back to it that will support across these rails and you put it in place same thing on this side [Music] and then you lift it up and you squeeze it all together and if you notice there are four seat belts back here there's two on this side and two on this side so this is a four passenger vehicle and you could this is big enough you could actually sleep four people back here mom dad and two little kids if you really wanted to what's great about this is you can leave the bed set up all the time if you wanted to but if you want to convert this area to dinette those that lagoon table has two more tracks here that you could slide it into so you could put on this side or this side and center it in the middle up here instead of having a regular roof locker they have these little wafts and uh this l track here these snap right in you just push the little button and line it up and lock it in place and this holds this locker in place and on the bottom there's a clamp system built into it so you can take this whole entire aluminum structure roof locker out and then if you look on the wall there's l-track here there's l-track here even here and you could have your mountain bike vertical here or you could put it in this position or you could tie other gear there's so many things that are compatible with these tracks and if you notice there's also tracks on the floor and they have these little rubber covers so your pinky toe doesn't get stuck in here you don't drop dirt and debris that just covers it up airstream puts them in so you got two tracks here and you got two tracks towards the front if you lift up each one of the beds there's storage so this storage right here i happen to have the power cords in some tools this one lifts up and that gives access for a technician to get to the xantrax inverter you can see it's all plywood with laminate nicely routed on the cnc machine they do great stuff very tight fits on the airstream products this one lifts up and this is carpeted this is right over the wheel well there's also additional storage here they have these really nice vent grates made out of aluminum to vent inverter compartment on this side same thing this one lifts up here you got two more storage compartments and then this one lifts up as well and goes right over the wheel well that area is carpeted we have your fuse box and breakers built in right here and then the electronic battery disconnect you could manually do it if you needed to propane leak detector iolite and another electrical outlet on the walls there are some reading lights that are different brightness that you could change and there's a usb charge port built into them and they're flexible you can put them in a lot of different angles matching tracks on this side and check out these blinds there's different ways you could use them but right now i have it folded up and folded over but you could fold it partially down like that or you could fold it fully down and have the same pockets that the front one had another matching roof locker up here back to this side this is just the owner's manuals and bag they give you a portable tire inflator so if you're going to drive this onto the beach and you deflate the tires down to your recommended 13 psi you could pump your tires back up when you're ready to hit the road again this will run off for regular dewalt lithium battery pack if you have one or this plugs into a 12-volt socket or an electrical outlet on board and then they also give you an item that's waterproof that you could store so it's like a little safe that you could put in here on the ceiling you'll notice some more l-track aluminum interior finish so when you're loading gear in and out and dust and dirt this stuff's really easy to wipe down instead of a vinyl type headliner on the back of the bathroom wall these bolts here are the prep for tv bracket if you ever decided to install a television aftermarket this inverter circuit right next to it this is a temperature sensor for the heating system that's on board which is the timber line and what's cool about this it runs off a diesel but it also runs on electric so if you're going to run on heat you got your your diesel portion of it which isn't going to come on today because it's way too hot and then you can adjust your temperature by your hand here i just heard a kick on temporarily and then you could also boost it with electric but you don't want to turn that on if you don't have water in the system to heat the water you put on the water setting and there's no adjustment on temperature it already pre-heats the water um and gives you about 125 130 degree temperature out of your faucets and then you can do different settings on this this is something that's used on other adventure vans in the market and was well received so now airstream includes it as well on this model one last thing i want to show you before we head outside for some more cool items is the rear privacy shade so you roll this down and that blacks out this area you got this one you got that one this whole back area is going to be dark what about the cab area well for the sliding door and the front cab area in this overhead roof locker there are some removable panels that go across the windshield driver and passenger door and down the sliding door so you can really get it pretty dark in this van this cabinet's carpeted so whatever you put in here if it's moving around it's going to be very quiet and you look at this cabinet structure it's all extruded aluminum very durable material here so you don't want about staples and screws coming out this is a aluminum structure i just love these running boards the the wide track you can lay some things on if you're out camping and because the way they're made it's easy to spray and power wash the mud off of it engine exhaust comes out here to the side this is ready to get 16 to 18 miles per gallon it's got that excellent turbo diesel 6-cylinder bluetec engine that seven speed transmission like i've already mentioned in the beginning it's got the 170 inch wheelbase this is a dual rear wheel because it's a 3500 series chassis and the tires are currently using are the goodyear wrangler all-terrain and they're 16 inch rims it's a profile of 2 15 35 r16 rhino lining continues down to this compartment here that's made out of aluminum this flips down and it gives us access to fill the propane tank to bleed the propane there's a light that eliminates this compartment at night and there's a quick release port here so if you got a little portable low pressure barbecue grill you could snap this in turn on the gas valve and and fire up your grill and then the propane system instead of having a regular lever on it to turn on and off it has electronic uh solenoid built into it that allows you to power up the propane over here is a regular electrical outlet and there is a zam quick disconnect port so if you wanted to add more solar and do some portable panels this thing's parked in the shade you can plug in a portable solar panel on this side or the other side of the coast they give you two back doors swing pretty far around you can unzip your screen and shade and you can roll it all the way up i'll just tuck it up temporarily to give us access to our rear docking lights that are up there so you can turn those on and off when you're at back here working on your mountain bike or setting up camp uh you also have an electrical outlet here and there is a 12-volt charge port built in for that air compressor on this side here there is a spray hose so this is plumbed right into the tank and you could wash off your bike or your boots when you're done hiking and that quick disconnects and comes out you can store it in the pocket here in the back door up on the top of the doors there's resonator speakers there's four on this side and four on that side you have a dual backup camera system one for the mercedes stereo one for the aftermarket one that goes over the rear view mirror they can leave on the whole entire time when you're driving down here we got a hitch receiver this tows up to 5 000 pounds with a 500 pound tongue weight rating has the rear bumpers built into the hitch so if you bottom out somewhere and then it also has a seven white trailer plug so if you got an aftermarket brake controller you could tow a travel trailer maybe a base camp behind your airstream interstate x on this side of the coach has a smart plug connection so there's an upgrade from a regular shore power cord that you're familiar with it has better contacts so power cord won't heat up when you're plugged into short power this is another zamp port here and the dual exhaust on this side one is for the quiet generator and the other one is for your diesel heating system up above we have the city water connection that will supply water to all your faucets when you turn them on based off of campground water pressure and then moving forward we have the potable water fill for the 23 gallon fresh water tank directly below this tank there's a drain plug built in so you could drain it down when you're done adventuring and then in this compartment here it has utilities to empty the waste so it has the black valve the gray valve these will open the gates to discharge the waste has the macerator pump system uh service light so you can see at this area at night cable inlet you can run through this port here and the reel which we're gonna pull out a moment is power so you can roll it back in when you're done using it let's go take a look at that compartment in the lockable compartment we have the macerator hose reel you pull out there are a rubber donut and fittings so this is for like a three inch waist you could screw that in and then what you do is you take this cap off and you replace it with this one and you can screw this on that tightens it now you can screw it in at the campground if it doesn't fit you could use the rubber donut in this one lots of different options and then once you're all set up you open this up then you open your wastegate starting with the black first once that's open all the way you're gonna turn the waste pump on now obviously you wouldn't do this on the ground but this is for demonstration purposes once that's done you're gonna turn the pump off and then you close your waste gate then you're going to open the gray waste turn on the pump again and that's your sink and shower waste that's going to flush out and clean this hose out when you're all done you close this up and then you roll in the hose and you sometimes you have to feed it back and forth so it doesn't punch up and then you put this item in here and you put your little fittings away i'd recommend using rubber gloves off to the side here there's a black tank flush so while you're emptying the black tank and you have the pump on and the gate open you could hook a garden hose to this fitting and under pressure will spray the walls of the tank down and discharge it through your macerator pump you don't want to hook any type of hose up to this unless your black tank is open and your macerator pump is on the shower hose we used in the back you could remove it and snap it on the side and then you have cotton cold water you could pump through here if you want to hose off your dog or your feet when you're done at the beach what's nice is this running board could be utilized to store some of your items up front here you get a good view of the outside of this vent here for the front windows i wouldn't recommend driving with them in but if you're parked somewhere fuel doors here for the 24 gallon diesel tank this is ultra low so for diesel fuel that they use there's some covers for the front light bar that you could snap on for protection some canvas covers here as well lots of room in these doors to store some gear cup holders inside and everybody's familiar with the mercedes-benz sprinter chassis but airstream loads them with a lot of features they pretty much check off all the boxes so this has the parktronic the collision avoidance blind spot detection adaptive screws control on board and many many more including the power seats and the heated seats under the driver's seat there is a solar controller for the dedicated 100 watt panel that charges the engine battery the engine battery is underneath the floor here there's a tool kit on the passenger side to gain access if you ever needed to get to this battery the battleborn lithium r phosphate batteries are all the way in the rear of the coach underneath an aluminum battery box also back there is the generator and the propane tank come around you can see this has the steel mercedes-benz rims painted black gives a nice stealthy look led headlights hood lifts up prop rods here on the side fresh air cabin filter built in air filter master cylinder washer fluid jump start port you can push this in positive lead here negative lead here and then there's emergency inflation system built in if you had a failure in your vb ride suspension you could pump up with air with using a regular pump oil filters right here and this is the radiator overflow and the depth fluid fill this van has up to a 20 000 mile oil change interval we recommend doing it every 20 000 miles or once a year whatever comes first on the front bumper here there's a step that's built in you can grab underneath the hood come up here and you can clean all the mud and grime off your windshield all the bugs and that's a good view now you can see the airstream branded roof rack system that's up top and they utilize every inch of that roof over the solar panels there's crossbars so you can load up some gear that's on the roof and put a kayak or canoe up there or stand up paddle board now i know you have a lot of questions one of them being the price the msrp is 215 500 and that includes the 1650 national destination charge there will be another option available that will be leveling jacks so you want to park at a campsite there's hydraulic leveling jacks that will level you out those are going to be 6 900 the front mattress is available through parts for 11.50 this airstream is available at colonial liter stream on display all summer long if you want to come down and take a look at one before you place an order we'd love to have you again this is patrick botticelli with colonial airstream our website is colonialairstream.com telephone number is 800-265-9019 and make sure you follow us on social media colonial stream on instagram and facebook see you soon [Music]

Channel: Colonial Airstream

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Keywords: airstream, interstate 24x, basecamp x, airstream interstate, winnebago revel, storyteller, outside van, adventure van, camper van, campervan, westfalia, sprinter camper, 4x4 van, off road camper, overland camper, class b, class b rv, van conversion, airstreams, colonial airstream, patrick botticelli

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Length: 38min 29sec (2309 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 10 2021

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Patrick is awesome. I watched so many of his videos before buying my Airstream Caravel.

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