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Grit_dog
Sep 07, 2019Navigator
chast wrote:
Hi—we have a 1997 Pleasureway Excel on the Dodge 3500 chassis. It is wonderful in every way! We are full-time RVers and have been for the past 25 years. Having owned everything from a tent to a large Class A motorhome, we now travel in our Pleasureway. Ours has the 5.2/318 engine and we do not find it underpowered at all. Besides that, it gets a consistent 15-17 mpg every time. I don’t think you can go wrong with that unit. If you have any specific questions, please don’t hesitate to PM me for help. Good Luck!
I agree, the 5.2/5.9 engines were reliable and smooth, but the 90s Dodge auto transmissions were clunky, underperforming units. Albeit pretty relaible in my experience with several pickups of that era.
But 15-17mpg with a 318 pushing a motorhome, any motorhome is laughable at best and a fallacy. 1/2 ton truck "might" crack 15 mpg empty, IF, you drove like a grandma on a flat level road with a slight tailwind!
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