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[jutdean]

Originally Posted by w6lmj

I picked up my 2017 Thor Citation 24SR this past Friday and am reading with interest all the comments. I will be considering some of the mods discussed.

I wonder what kind of fuel milage is normal for these MHs? Also, what speed do you travel?

My first mod will most likely be a battery monitoring kit. Then I will consider some level of solar panels and an inverter. I am keen to try living within a solar energy budget if that is possible.

I have about 8000 miles on my Citation. I've tracked gas mileage from the beginning. You really start paying for it once you go over 65 mph. Best I've done is 18 mpg worst was 14 mpg. A couple of notes that I think are important to consider:

I live in FL so everything is very flat.
I'm usually loaded up pretty well.
Not many of my trips involve just setting the cruise control at 65 and running for 300 miles. I bet I'd get more in the 17-18 mpg range.
I've learned not to fill up the water tank when I am just going to a RV park as there will be a hook up there and I don't need to carry around all the extra weight.

Side note - It's really annoying that the gas light comes on at a quarter of a tank. I'm always stopping to fill up thinking I'm running close to empty just to find I had another 6 gallons in the tank.

I'm glad I have the propane generator as I think the range on the RV is not great and it would be even worse if I had the generator running off the same diesel tank.