My wife and I just got back from Dumont Dunes and just wanted to share my thoughts on the new coach, the pulling power is incredible it pulled my 28ft inclosed car trailer with two Can Am X3s fully loaded and 65 gallons of fuel up some steep hills at 70 if it wanted to I mostly set the cruz at 65, the power is where it's at for me, last October we went to the same place using my buddys 07 30ft. Ford F450 V10 pulling the same trailer and on the some of the same hills we were doing 28mph the XG 32 could go 70.
The ride is comfortable smooth and quiet,I've watched some videos where people said it was nosiey inside we didnt notice that at all, it was a enjoyable drive all the way to our site! They probably were used to driving thier luxury cars lol.
Now I want to discuss what I hate about it.....
THE INSTANT HOT WATERLESS TANK,it is NOT instant hot it takes a few to get hot and being where we are it's dry camping so conserving is a must thankfully my buddy that stayed with us brought 55gal. of water with him.
As your're taking a shower I wet down then turn it off wash my hair,face body and turn the water back on and it's hot for 2seconds and then goes cold for a bit the starts getting hot again and in meantime it's just wasting water,and that sucks...I never had that issue with my 5th wheel toy hauler,it had a 10 gallon water tank was wondering if this could be coverted??? maybe some of you could chim in.
Same goes for the toilet what in the world were they thinking, too much water wasting going on here,again was thinking if it can be converted to what I had in my 5th wheel???
While at the dunes we had some wind pickup and the shade over the kitchen slide was flapping up and down like crazy so we put a rope over the top and down the slides and that took care of that, the recliner chairs are ok but not so uncomfortable to go out and purchase new ones,the slide over the cab works a lil goofy but gets the job done.
Those things aside we love it and having 4x4 was the best part of it all, no more worrying getting stuck out in the dunes and having to be pulled out, the outher class Cs in our group all had to be pulled out ,my buddies didn't notice that lil 4x4 badge on the door at first but when they did...:hatw1:
I'm planing on having having 100 gal. water tank under my trailer with a pump so I can keep the coach full at all times so the wife can be happy on those long showers and a fuel station underneath as well that way I dont have to strap down 55gal. drums.
All in all the trip was great and we can't wait to use it again!
The ride is comfortable smooth and quiet,I've watched some videos where people said it was nosiey inside we didnt notice that at all, it was a enjoyable drive all the way to our site! They probably were used to driving thier luxury cars lol.
Now I want to discuss what I hate about it.....
THE INSTANT HOT WATERLESS TANK,it is NOT instant hot it takes a few to get hot and being where we are it's dry camping so conserving is a must thankfully my buddy that stayed with us brought 55gal. of water with him.
As your're taking a shower I wet down then turn it off wash my hair,face body and turn the water back on and it's hot for 2seconds and then goes cold for a bit the starts getting hot again and in meantime it's just wasting water,and that sucks...I never had that issue with my 5th wheel toy hauler,it had a 10 gallon water tank was wondering if this could be coverted??? maybe some of you could chim in.
Same goes for the toilet what in the world were they thinking, too much water wasting going on here,again was thinking if it can be converted to what I had in my 5th wheel???
While at the dunes we had some wind pickup and the shade over the kitchen slide was flapping up and down like crazy so we put a rope over the top and down the slides and that took care of that, the recliner chairs are ok but not so uncomfortable to go out and purchase new ones,the slide over the cab works a lil goofy but gets the job done.
Those things aside we love it and having 4x4 was the best part of it all, no more worrying getting stuck out in the dunes and having to be pulled out, the outher class Cs in our group all had to be pulled out ,my buddies didn't notice that lil 4x4 badge on the door at first but when they did...:hatw1:
I'm planing on having having 100 gal. water tank under my trailer with a pump so I can keep the coach full at all times so the wife can be happy on those long showers and a fuel station underneath as well that way I dont have to strap down 55gal. drums.
All in all the trip was great and we can't wait to use it again!