Subscribed since you helped me fix my dishwasher, and decided to stay 😂 I really like your channel, it feels like going back in time to the golden era of yt, around 2005/2010, just simple videos no bs
I just returned from a long (3200+ mile) trip through British Columbia in a 2022 Thor C-Class XL with a Ford E450 motor, and everything you said was right on the money. The longest part of the trip I drove was around 7 hours (with several stops along the way to stretch the legs, have something to eat and drink, take pictures), but it was actually a lot easier to do that I thought it would be. Particularly backing into a spot. That camera turned out to be useless most of the time, because it's not pointed towards the driver, and when sunlight hits the cab you can't see anything on it. I'm used to using the door mirrors anyway. But yeah, getting out and having a look around to see the clearance and get an overall feel for the size of your site and any obstacles, is something I would recommend too. If you're an experienced driver, a quick walk-around is all you really need. I laugh every time I notice the rearview mirror inside the cab, which is completely useless on a vehicle with a closed rear end. One road in particular I had to drive over was 100% gravel and bumpy, and was like driving over a 3 mile long cattleguard, only worse. One of the side windows shook free of its lock and slid open, one of the shelves inside a kitchen cabinet popped loose and dropped overthing off of it which then came tumbling out as soon as I opened it for inspection. And all this doing 5 mph. The longest drive of my life! The arm rest on the driver's seat is too low for me, as the driver, to actually enjoy. I don't know how other drivers ever used it, but in my opinion it should be raised 2 inches and then I could rest my arm on it while driving. I found this vehicle's fuel consumption, for a V-10 motor, to be better than the manual described. Maybe it's the clear mountain air of BC that did it, maybe it was my driving, but the manual said I could get around 370 miles out of a full tank (54 gallons), but I managed to get almost 500 miles out of a full tank. I know driving continuously for long periods is good for fuel efficiency, as opposed to lots of stop and go driving, but improving the fuel use by that much? Did Ford just get it wrong? This was my first solo trip in any size rv, but it won't be my last. I had a blast out there, driving literally around the Rockies, BC into Yukon, touching the Alaska border, seeing remote lakes, glaciers, and lonely highways with lots of wildlife, a little boondocking along the way, and much more comfortable behind the wheel than I could have been in a regular car. My brother-in-law calls what I did "glamping", because he prefers sleeping in a tent that he can put in the back of his pickup, but I like being a bit more comfortable, and this really was just that. I enjoyed your video, and now regret not making my own. I'll have to work on that.
Sounds like a lot of fun! That sounds like pretty good MPG. I use a scangauge E which tracks fuel consumption. I usually get around 8 mpg. You should definitely make a video!
@@poodledad I'm already planning my next trip for 2026 (Toronto-Halifax via NY, MA, NH, ME, then NB, NS, QC anc Toronto ON again), and making kind of a video journal has been on my mind ... since the many I've seen of others helped me out so well.
Subscribed since you helped me fix my dishwasher, and decided to stay 😂
I really like your channel, it feels like going back in time to the golden era of yt, around 2005/2010, just simple videos no bs
Awesome. I think I should switch my channel name to “just simple videos no BS”
I just returned from a long (3200+ mile) trip through British Columbia in a 2022 Thor C-Class XL with a Ford E450 motor, and everything you said was right on the money. The longest part of the trip I drove was around 7 hours (with several stops along the way to stretch the legs, have something to eat and drink, take pictures), but it was actually a lot easier to do that I thought it would be.
Particularly backing into a spot. That camera turned out to be useless most of the time, because it's not pointed towards the driver, and when sunlight hits the cab you can't see anything on it. I'm used to using the door mirrors anyway.
But yeah, getting out and having a look around to see the clearance and get an overall feel for the size of your site and any obstacles, is something I would recommend too. If you're an experienced driver, a quick walk-around is all you really need.
I laugh every time I notice the rearview mirror inside the cab, which is completely useless on a vehicle with a closed rear end.
One road in particular I had to drive over was 100% gravel and bumpy, and was like driving over a 3 mile long cattleguard, only worse.
One of the side windows shook free of its lock and slid open, one of the shelves inside a kitchen cabinet popped loose and dropped overthing off of it which then came tumbling out as soon as I opened it for inspection.
And all this doing 5 mph. The longest drive of my life!
The arm rest on the driver's seat is too low for me, as the driver, to actually enjoy. I don't know how other drivers ever used it, but in my opinion it should be raised 2 inches and then I could rest my arm on it while driving.
I found this vehicle's fuel consumption, for a V-10 motor, to be better than the manual described. Maybe it's the clear mountain air of BC that did it, maybe it was my driving, but the manual said I could get around 370 miles out of a full tank (54 gallons), but I managed to get almost 500 miles out of a full tank. I know driving continuously for long periods is good for fuel efficiency, as opposed to lots of stop and go driving, but improving the fuel use by that much? Did Ford just get it wrong?
This was my first solo trip in any size rv, but it won't be my last. I had a blast out there, driving literally around the Rockies, BC into Yukon, touching the Alaska border, seeing remote lakes, glaciers, and lonely highways with lots of wildlife, a little boondocking along the way, and much more comfortable behind the wheel than I could have been in a regular car.
My brother-in-law calls what I did "glamping", because he prefers sleeping in a tent that he can put in the back of his pickup, but I like being a bit more comfortable, and this really was just that.
I enjoyed your video, and now regret not making my own.
I'll have to work on that.
Sounds like a lot of fun! That sounds like pretty good MPG. I use a scangauge E which tracks fuel consumption. I usually get around 8 mpg. You should definitely make a video!
@@poodledad I'm already planning my next trip for 2026 (Toronto-Halifax via NY, MA, NH, ME, then NB, NS, QC anc Toronto ON again), and making kind of a video journal has been on my mind ... since the many I've seen of others helped me out so well.
Was the campground you drove into an army corp campground? If so can you tell me the name? It looks so nice.
That was Mile Creek County Park in Six Mile, SC. Very reasonably priced too.
@@poodledad awesome
Thank you!