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precioustime
Explorer II
Dec 08, 2015

Advise on 2016 Fleetwood Storm 26D?

Thinking of trading my 2014 Thor Siesta 24SR diesel for a 2016 Fleetwood Storm 26D gas Ford engine. My Thor gives me 15 mpg but the Storm gas engine will give me about 7 or 8 mpg. Any complaints on Fleetwood Storm? Mistake changing diesel for gas? Quality of Fleetwood rv's?
  • Gjac's avatar
    Gjac
    Explorer III
    Ranger Smith wrote:
    Gjac wrote:
    What would be your reason for buying a new MH so soon? Is your current one under powered? If so the storm will have a lot more power on hills.


    My last one was a 2007 Itasca Suncruiser gasser. Wife wanted a diesel because of ride and cabin noise and newer technology. I love the current Journey and won't be parting with it any time soon. Geeze I just made first payment on it.
    isn't the Thor a front end diesel? I think that would be just as noisy as the Ford.
  • Gjac wrote:
    What would be your reason for buying a new MH so soon? Is your current one under powered? If so the storm will have a lot more power on hills.


    My last one was a 2007 Itasca Suncruiser gasser. Wife wanted a diesel because of ride and cabin noise and newer technology. I love the current Journey and won't be parting with it any time soon. Geeze I just made first payment on it.
  • Gjac's avatar
    Gjac
    Explorer III
    What would be your reason for buying a new MH so soon? Is your current one under powered? If so the storm will have a lot more power on hills.
  • We looked at a few Fleetwood Excursions at Camping World in Ft Myers a few months back. I told my wife we would never buy one. She asked why and I told her. Dash switches were loose. Wiring was all ty wrapped in a rear compartment with what seemed like 50 fuses all bundled up. Just poor quality. We were going to buy a Winnebago from them but at the last minute they changed the value of our trade. We walked. Ended up buying from North Trail down the street. They treated us real good there.

    The Expeditions we looked at were not much better. I think the Storm is an "entry model" like the Hurricane.