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12-28-2016, 09:00 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: May 2016
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What gas mileage can I expect in a Winnebago Vista?
I am considering buying a Class A Winnebago Vista 32' with the Ford V-10 what kind of gas mileage should I expect to get?
Thanks.
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Joe Koppel-San Diego
2014 Fleetwood Bounder 33C
Full Time
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12-28-2016, 09:07 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Kamloops, BC, 60 miles from the Center of the Universe
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Expect 6, be happy with 7, and pat yourself on the back if you get 8.
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2008 Winnebago Adventurer 38J, GP, dozens of small thirsty ponies. Retired after 40 years wrenching on trucks! 2010 Ford Ranger toad with GSXR 1100T or KLR650 in the back. Easy to spot an RVer, they always walk around with a screwdriver or wrench in one hand!
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12-28-2016, 09:12 AM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 560
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You can expect what ever you want, but you'll get what you get! I haven't owned a gas rig since 2000, then it was a 35' Santara with 460 and Banks kit. I regularly got 5 mpg towing a '95 Honda Odyssey on a dolly. Now I get 7.6 with a 45' Country Coach towing a CR-V, that weighs at least double what the Santara did.
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2009 45' Magna 630 w/Cummins ISX 650 HP/1950 Lbs Ft
Charter Lifetime GS Member, SKP, FMCA,
RV'ing since 1957, NRA Benefactor Life, towing '14 CR-V
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12-28-2016, 09:16 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Olympia, Wa
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From my signature about same size. I plan on 7 and get 7.5 or a little better towing. A real head wind -1 same with mountain passes.
LEN
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2004 Clss C 31' Winnebgo
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12-28-2016, 09:28 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Dec 2016
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I have a question...in the end does it really matter? The only reason I would even check the gas mileage would be to track engine performance changes. When you buy one of these homes on wheels all common sense is left behind, or traded in for new adventures, new lifestyle, new friends, new places.......gas mileage is no longer a concern. Just my opinion.
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Martin & Michelle and our dog Blue, Paradise, CA.
2016 Winnebago Vista LX 27N, Sumo Springs, rear track bar, Safe-T- Steer, Dish
2017 Equinox Premier AWD V6, Blue OX base and bar, SMI Stay and Play Duo
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12-28-2016, 09:33 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Jun 2016
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Weight and speed are the enemies to good fuel mileage. We managed 8.3 mpg overall for the first 10,000 miles - 2,500 in the southern CO mountains. We cruise at 55-60 mph and tow only about 50% of the time.
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Jim & Roy Davis
2016 Hurricane 31S
1961 Chev Rampside toad
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12-28-2016, 10:38 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Kamloops, BC, 60 miles from the Center of the Universe
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Park Super
I have a question...in the end does it really matter? The only reason I would even check the gas mileage would be to track engine performance changes. When you buy one of these homes on wheels all common sense is left behind, or traded in for new adventures, new lifestyle, new friends, new places.......gas mileage is no longer a concern. Just my opinion.
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10 4! I keep telling people it's "Smiles per Mile" that matter!
Happy New Year.
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2008 Winnebago Adventurer 38J, GP, dozens of small thirsty ponies. Retired after 40 years wrenching on trucks! 2010 Ford Ranger toad with GSXR 1100T or KLR650 in the back. Easy to spot an RVer, they always walk around with a screwdriver or wrench in one hand!
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12-28-2016, 01:15 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Western Washington
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When asked I always say "7.5 avg; pretty bad for a motor vehicle, but great mileage for a house."
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2013 Winnebago Vista 27N
2013 Honda CR-V
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12-28-2016, 01:16 PM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Manhattan, Kansas USA
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My 30 ' Vista 27N - long term average is 7.8 MPG while flat towing a 3,000 pound SUV, generally drive 60-65 MPH.
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Randy - Manhattan, Kansas
2015 Vista 27N
2020 Ford Escape Hybrid
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12-28-2016, 01:38 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
Posts: 225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Park Super
I have a question...in the end does it really matter? The only reason I would even check the gas mileage would be to track engine performance changes.... (snip)
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Exactly this. Mine started getting around 5mpg under the same conditions where it previously got 7mpg, so I started hunting around.
Eventually, on the suggestion of a mechanic friend of mine, I ran it at night and sprayed Windex on the plug wires - one side lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree. I had plug wires arcing, but not to the extent that I could hear any change in the engine. Put in new plug wires and right back up to 7mpg.
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12-28-2016, 01:45 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beau388
Weight and speed are the enemies to good fuel mileage. We managed 8.3 mpg overall for the first 10,000 miles - 2,500 in the southern CO mountains. We cruise at 55-60 mph and tow only about 50% of the time.
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Same here with same results!
Al
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2023 Newmar Bay Star 3014, towing 2014 Honda CRV
2017 Winnebago Adventurer 35P
2013 Itasca Sunstar 26HE
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12-28-2016, 03:27 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jmk909er
I am considering buying a Class A Winnebago Vista 32' with the Ford V-10 what kind of gas mileage should I expect to get?
Thanks.
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If you have to ask; you can't afford it.
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Previously - Casita 17' w/Dodge Dakota 3.9L
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12-29-2016, 07:10 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
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dexters, throwing water in someone's face.
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05 Meridian, 39K, 350 CAT. '13 F-150 4X4, Blue Ox Aventa LX, Roadmaster 9160, or 2016 Spyder RT in 7x12 trailer, USAF Retired.
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12-29-2016, 07:14 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: May 2016
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Yeah I felt it
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Joe Koppel-San Diego
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12-29-2016, 08:06 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Beau388 gave the best answer. I have 10,000 miles on a 2016 Vista 30T. If mileage is important to you, slow down. I too drive 55-62 mph. The worst I have achieved was 7.8 mpg towing my Subaru XV Crosstrek into a headwind for 2 days from Las Vegas to Caldwell, Idaho. The last time out from Anacortes, WA to Caldwell over two mountain ranges, 555 miles, not towing, I achieved 8.68. Often the 70 mph drivers pass me twice in the same day. I assume some of their stops are for refueling. I comfortably use 600 miles for a refueling range with my 80 gallon tank.
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12-29-2016, 12:24 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 41
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I have a Sunstar 35F. Driving just the MH, with a full water tank and mostly empty gray and black tanks, we get ~7.8 mpg.
With the tow dolly and car on, adding a bit under 5000 lbs to the total, we get ~6.6 mpg.
I keep our speed at about 63 - 64 mph, and try to drive gently. I'll let it slow down on an uphill rather than have the transmission shift down and race the engine to keep our speed up.
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Allen "Monkeywrench" Freeman, Full-time Nomad
2011 Itasca Sunstar 35F AKA The AdventureMobile
Dragging around a 2019 Ford F-150 with a Yamaha Tw200 in the bed
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12-30-2016, 06:09 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unplanned
Expect 6, be happy with 7, and pat yourself on the back if you get 8.
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Ditto!
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12-30-2016, 06:17 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Osprey RV Resort, Elberta, AL
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I average about 7+- in my 33' pulling a toad.
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Raymond, Dee Dee and Sophie (Yorkie)
2013 Tiffin Allegro (Sold) - 2017 Ventana LE 4037 -
2016 Chevrolet Equinox - V6 - AWD
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12-31-2016, 07:06 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Old truck driving friend said 2 things drivers lied about fuel mileage and women some rv drivers seem to stretch their fuel mileage. Had 1 tell me their gasser Newmar V10 got 11mpg. I like to tell myself I get between 7&8 but really think 6 would be closer.
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09-15-2018, 08:10 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Sep 2018
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hfbundy... what trailer do you tow the Subaru with?
Quote:
Originally Posted by hfbundy
Beau388 gave the best answer. I have 10,000 miles on a 2016 Vista 30T. If mileage is important to you, slow down. I too drive 55-62 mph. The worst I have achieved was 7.8 mpg towing my Subaru XV Crosstrek into a headwind for 2 days from Las Vegas to Caldwell, Idaho. The last time out from Anacortes, WA to Caldwell over two mountain ranges, 555 miles, not towing, I achieved 8.68. Often the 70 mph drivers pass me twice in the same day. I assume some of their stops are for refueling. I comfortably use 600 miles for a refueling range with my 80 gallon tank.
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I am seriously thinking of buying a 35F Vista and wanted to pull my AWD vehicle and everything I'm reading states not a good idea... What do you use to get this done... very happy to read your post
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