Another Axis Question?

Our Axis is getting around 10 mpg towing a Ford C-Max. Insurance is $829 per year with Progressive. Hard to compare insurance though because of different deductibles and options. We have used them for both our motor homes and love the disappearing deductible when you stay claim free. Ours is at zero!!!!

Thanks, not my coach yet, but your info is moving me that direction.

We just bought the 2015 Thor Vegas which is the same coach as yours, but with different headlights for $68970. We've only been on one trip of 1300 miles. We get 11.2 mpg with no TOAD and a bit of tail wind. Our full coverage insurance here in Miami, Fl. from StateFarm is about $1000 per year.

Thank you for such a complete and thoughtful response, this site is GREAT!.

No direct experience with the Axis, but I can bracket it with two vehicles and 40,000 miles of driving and fueling records.

My C has the same drivetrain, a slightly heavier built version of the E-series chassis, same height, half a foot wider. It has averaged 8.2 MPG over 31,000 miles, best tankful 11 mpg (good tailwind) and the worst 4.9 (mountain climbing). For a big box like this, MPG is determined mostly by frontal area (at 88 sq ft the Axis about 10% less than my 95 sq ft C) and your speed through the air (not always the same as your speed on the road).

My E-350 van has the much higher gearing, an engine 20% smaller, about half the frontal area (48 sq ft) but still a big box to push through the air. In 12,000 miles, mostly highway speeds, it has averaged 14.9 MPG, best fill almost 19 MPG, worst 12.4.

Running full front and rear air costs me about 2 MPG. On the RV, part of that is the engine A/C, part the genset. On the van, it is just a really big engine A/C.

I have no idea what insurance will cost you in Arkansas, because it depends on your location, storage, driving record, age, and credit record.

In NE Oklahoma the insurance for my C costs about $450 a year on a multivehicle policy. C&C for might be double for a new vehicle worth twice as much, but that value would have little impact on premium for Liability, PI, and Uninsured Motorists covers which represent more than half my premium. If I was in one of the larger cities here, the premiums on all three vehicles would at least double.