2000 Discovery 368,500 miles !!!

[Nielswheels]

Hello everyone. I am trading in my 2000 Fleetwood Discovery after 13 years and 368,500 miles. We have traveled around America many times and its time to give her a rest. She had a 275 isb cummins that ran strong up until this past week. I had to go into first gear up a hill for the first time! We have had many good times together and I will miss her.... But her replacement is very similar ....a 2002 Discovery with low low miles that look like new inside and out. The owner kept her in a garage the whole time and was well taken care of. She has a 330 Cat . I hope she is as strong and reliable!


If anyone wants to ask any questions... Shoot me an emaiL.

[msmith1199]

368,500 miles at about 8 mpg equals 46,062 gallons of diesel fuel. You say 13 years so diesel was about $1.60 or so back then and went to over $4? Lets say $3 a gallon average for the last 13 years. That's $138,187.50 worth of fuel you burned in that thing! That is one heck of a lot of travel. I'd love to be able to do that but at todays fuel prices who could afford it?

[Nielswheels]

I noticed that in my new 2002 discovery it still has the original Trojan T105s dated June of 01 . They were marked F 1 on the neg stem....I assume that is 01 not 11. They seem to be working fine.... Do I replace them or keep using them!

I had replaced the ones in my 2000 D every 4 years or so.....! This is 11 years. This seems to be a better brand.

[joeprinter]

Way too go, you should be proud, I just turned 8K in 2 years, I best get traveling

[rgatijnet1]

Now that is the way an RV is supposed to be used......to travel. Congrats 🙂

[slickest1]

You and your DW are an inspiration to all RVer's!! That is alot of miles and great service from a MH. I hope you have as many good miles with your new to you MH.

[sp8gold]

The 2000 36T we had was a POS. Glad that you had better luck.

[John_S_]

That is impressive. I am about the same mileage over the past 12 years. Lots of FT pushing or past 200k now too. Gotta love A MH for putting on the miles. Much better than any other form of transport.

[fcooper]

Nielswheels wrote:
One week with the newer motorhome and we are loving it! The Cat engine is sooooo much more powerful than the tired old cummins. Can't believe the power up the hills. My only concern is do you think I should change all of the hoses on the 11 year old Cat? It has only 58k miles.

I changed all of the radiator hoses on my 330 cat last year, and after 12 years they still looked good. If it were me, I'd change the hoses, flush the cooling system well with distilled water on the last flush, and install the Cat long life coolant.

I've had great service from the cat 330 engine.

Fred

[Don_Don]

20k on paper is not 20k. They took it off the list price which they would do anyway.

[Shipper]

Nielswheels wrote:
I traded it in at Camping world. I thought I would get maybe 5 or 10 k. ... But was surprised when they gave me 20k !!!

Trust me! They probably put -0- in your coach, but made you feel good by not reducing their price by $20K which they would have done for a cash buyer.;)

[Nielswheels]

One week with the newer motorhome and we are loving it! The Cat engine is sooooo much more powerful than the tired old cummins. Can't believe the power up the hills. My only concern is do you think I should change all of the hoses on the 11 year old Cat? It has only 58k miles.

[univmd]

Wow!

[paulcardoza]

Wow...... Lots of driving! That's over 28,000 miles per year for 13 years. Impressive and great to hear how well the rig held up.

Nielswheels wrote:
Hello everyone. I am trading in my 2000 Fleetwood Discovery after 13 years and 368,500 miles. We have traveled around America many times and its time to give her a rest. She had a 275 isb cummins that ran strong up until this past week. I had to go into first gear up a hill for the first time! We have had many good times together and I will miss her.... But her replacement is very similar ....a 2002 Discovery with low low miles that look like new inside and out. The owner kept her in a garage the whole time and was well taken care of. She has a 330 Cat . I hope she is as strong and reliable!


If anyone wants to ask any questions... Shoot me an emaiL.

[hershey]

Your experience with your MH really makes me feel good about my MH. Its a 2001 Fleetwood Expedition with the same engine. I've got just under 80,000 miles and my reliability so far has been the same as yours. Regular maintenance, mostly by myself and for the first time in 9 years of ownership, I had to be towed 90 miles because of a fuel pump failure. Coachnet took care of that bill for me.