What's the mileage on your coach?

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Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #150 – March 30, 2016, 02:29:59 pm

So, we get "The bottom of the barrel" award: Bought the coach last year @ 167K and have put on 2718 miles. Geez, we better get moving!

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #151 – March 30, 2016, 04:29:27 pm

I bought my coach in Oct 2014. Since then I have put 2300 km on it, or 1435 miles. Used it only 5 times last summer, "Rocket" spends the winters in a heated shop waiting for race season. This is probably my last year racing, so maybe we will use it more. Right now we call it our $80,000 ice maker.
The coach got more use last year than my 72 Chevelle convertible @ 297 miles or my 06 SLK55 AMG roadster @ 592 miles.

Time to sell the business, retire and use some of my toys. Or keep working and buy some more.

Steve

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #152 – April 02, 2016, 12:28:25 pm

We purchased our 1998 U320 in Jan 2014 with 154K, now at 165K and loving every mile!

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Reply #153 – April 03, 2016, 10:52:52 am

Adding my '81 that I retired in 2012 but will not part with at this time. It had 43,000 when I bought it in 1994 and now has 89,001 after 18 years only 46,000 mi. That is the problem with only getting to use it twice a year to go fishing and to NASCAR Phoenix. When I retire the '99 will not suffer that fate.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #154 – April 03, 2016, 12:22:02 pm

November 2014, when I bought it, my '03 had 58,231. Now, sitting in I-O-Way, 1000 miles from home base, it has 73,900. Had it serviced at MOT, and replaced the fuel filters along the side of road in Washington last summer. Been border to border and coast to coast to coast. Pretty good ride so far, I'd say.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #155 – April 06, 2016, 01:01:58 pm

We bought our 95 with 117k 9 years ago. Our latest trip it was 147k.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #156 – April 21, 2016, 09:54:35 am

89 U280 163K

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Reply #157 – July 10, 2016, 05:44:14 pm

We bought our new 1999 U270 from Foretravel of Tennesse, and put 465000 miles on it over the next six years, using it as a mobile office. I did NO significant engine work, although I rebuilt the transmission twice. We traded back to the same dealership, on a used 2000 U270 on which we put over 100000 miles in the next three years.

The manager had a picture of our coach with the mileage on it in his office for a while,.......I think he made a lot of money on that deal.

We miss both of our FT's alot.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #158 – July 11, 2016, 07:09:06 am

Just cleared 50,000 this trip. We're nearing 3000 miles since buying our 98 320

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Reply #159 – July 11, 2016, 08:58:50 am

Just rolled over the 97,000 on Saturday,
7,000 of those on this trip in the last 5 weeks.
We both need a little break!

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #160 – July 11, 2016, 12:59:52 pm

When we return home today, we will have over 10,000 miles since we bought the coach last year in August. Coach will be at 163,000 and change.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #161 – November 20, 2016, 06:31:12 am

A small milestone....
Just rolled over 100,000 on I95 in South Carolina last night. That's 13,000 since we bought her last year. Hope to add another 100,000 to the odometer!!!!

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #162 – November 20, 2016, 07:25:22 am

How about 87,500 .. I did them and want to double that as soon as I can .

Brad Metzger

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #163 – November 20, 2016, 08:31:39 am

Geez Brad, we have almost the same number of miles on our '89 coach!!

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #164 – November 20, 2016, 08:49:22 am

We have 144,XXX on the coach at the moment....All is good...

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #165 – November 21, 2016, 03:25:32 pm

Tell me about the turbo replacement if you could? Symptoms?

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Reply #166 – November 21, 2016, 04:07:20 pm

"Tell me about the turbo replacement if you could? Symptoms?"

Symptoms - lack of hp. Turned out to be a by-product of the resonator install done in NAC. Turbo was not re-installed properly but no visual, audible or flatland driving indication. Got to the hills and couldn't keep up with loaded 18's. Multiple techs confirmed turbo band clamp was installed improperly (one found the missing nut still riding nearby on the frame rail). Not sure why the band was removed at all but the turbo was toast. Fortunately no collateral damage & easy repair but shop in NAC taking no responsibility.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #167 – November 21, 2016, 04:09:29 pm

I've had our 2001 FT U320 for two months...bought it with 33.XXX and have put 15 miles on it. I winterized it and put it in storage...have gone an ran it two weekends in a row...lol Probably won't get to travel in it till March...

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #168 – November 21, 2016, 04:23:07 pm

Mike,

Suggestion while in storage:
Fuel tank full. Add an anti-gel if storing with summer or fall (i.e. #2 diesel) into below freezing temperatures. Walmart sell PS brand.
Add a biocide such as Biobor JF if storing for more than 3 months.

Do NOT, repeat NOT start the engine unless you can drive a minimum of 25 highway miles. You can not get the OIL hot enough without driving under a load to get the moisture out of the crankcase.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #169 – November 21, 2016, 04:29:04 pm

Quote from: wolfe10 – November 21, 2016, 04:23:07 pm

Mike,

Suggestion while in storage:
Fuel tank full. Add an anti-gel if storing with summer or fall (i.e. #2 diesel) into below freezing temperatures. Walmart sell PS brand.
Add a biocide such as Biobor JF if storing for more than 3 months.

Do NOT, repeat NOT start the engine unless you can drive a minimum of 25 highway miles. You can not get the OIL hot enough without driving under a load to get the moisture out of the crankcase.

Fuel is full..just filled it three weeks ago. I have lots of Lucus oil fuel treatment in it now...but I will add the other stuff. Thanks for the warning on the running of it. I ran it for 30 minutes also ran generator with load on it...but I will go drive it unless conditions are too bad...Thanks for the tip. I'm a real newbie to this quality of coach...scares me a little. You guys have been amazing and I really appreciate the help..

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #170 – November 21, 2016, 04:43:48 pm

Quote from: wolfe10 – November 21, 2016, 04:23:07 pm

Do NOT, repeat NOT start the engine unless you can drive a minimum of 25 highway miles. You can not get the OIL hot enough without driving under a load to get the moisture out of the crankcase.

What Brett said......just after we bought this coach, a CAT dealer suggested I start the coach every two weeks for 1/2 hr. WRONG!
I think they may have thought that was to keep our starter batteries up and (misguided) that was good for the engine!

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #171 – November 23, 2016, 09:25:23 am

Quote from: John44 – November 21, 2016, 09:49:39 pm

Sounds like maybe the 2 parts that the clamp holds together may have caused the turbo to bind and not spin.If this shop in NAC
actually left the nut off and caused the problem and now refuse any responsibility maybe they should be named,not flamed.

Not sure why this is considered flaming. I thought was responding to a question but maybe it should have been by PM.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #172 – November 23, 2016, 10:42:23 am

Quote from: oldgrayrider – November 23, 2016, 09:26:03 am

Exhaust side.

What exactly was the damage to the turbo. As Brett said, exhaust side is pretty solid, and unless you actually poke something into the unit and damage the blades of the turbine, hard to hurt.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #173 – November 27, 2016, 11:01:51 pm

Back to the original topic: We just returned from a trip to Knoxville and Nashville. The coach now has a little over 77,700 miles. With the new front tires it road very smooth.

Re: What's the mileage on your coach?

Reply #174 – December 02, 2016, 11:02:41 am

I was looking at a picture of our odometer when we got the coach in Oct 2014 it was 129020
I replaced the speedo at 136784 it had stopped working, but I had had issues with it on and off for quite some time. New speedo says 4709
We've been about 13,000 miles in 2 years owning this! give or take a couple hundred. Hopefully many many more in our future.

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