2011 Thor 29.1 Review, Poor MPG

7.1 MPG isn't that bad. Go back 10 or 15 years when there was competition and check the mileage data. Owners would have jumped for joy to reach 7 MPG combined with the HP and torque we now have. Pushing 20,000 pound 11' x 9' X 30+' box that has air conditioners, satellite domes, awnings, jacks, tank dump valves and who knows what else sticking up, out and down and I'm pretty amazed I get the mileage I do. Throw 3000 pounds on the back end and I only lose maybe a 1/2 mile per gallon! Any other vehicle and the numbers would be half the normal average, if you're lucky.

For what we as owners/drivers are demanding of our power trains Ford and GM, when they were supplying, are producing a reliable, powerful, easy to maintain and affordable foundation for our rigs. What I can't image is how our fathers got us to Florida, California or what ever for summer vacation in a 1968 something or other we road in the back of with no AC, no DVD players, no XM radio,,,