Thor Vegas 3rd year report.

jolooote wrote:
After owning my Thor Vegas for the 3rd year here is my report on pro's & cons...
Pro's
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I get an honest 10 MPG. Ours is between 8 and 10 towing a Wrangler, varies with terrain.


No worries if the camp spot is big enough.
Very easy to drive.
Love the individual beds.
Cons...
This Ford E-350 chassis has a flaw of the Transmission shift cable comming loose, laying against the hot exhaust header, burning thru leaving you stranded. Ford will fix it free.

We have the E 450 chassis and this was fixed at the Ford factory.


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Engine battery almost impossible to get to.
My fix was to remove the plywood above the battery and hinge it.

All side windows leak water into side wall rotting wood.

Only the escape window on ours when open

Inside tranny/Engine access cover VERY difficult to remove.
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Access to Black & Gray drain hose connection VERY difficult. Ditto
Windshield wipers fall off. Think there was a recall.

LED lights on awning are failing. Ours keep falling out.
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Roof vent open/close knobs are too high to reach.
Microwave oven is too high.
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There is lots of storage area under the slideout couch but is not accessible without modification to front of couch.
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No streetside lighting for night time hooking up.
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Badly in need of sun shade on top half of both front side windows!!!
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Kitchen counter extension broke off if too much weight. Had one pin shear on ours
Bathroom sink drains into Black tank!!!
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Left & rite rear view mirror need to be longer. Right is blocked by awning, camera is fine.

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Due to front fatia being so low to ground, there should be a wire mesh guard in front of radiator to protect from stones.

There a mod for this on the Thor forums.

After a year and half and over 13k miles we are pleased with our Axis. Same thing as a Vegas, different color scheme.

I've edited the OP's original comments to reflect ours.

We are pleased over all and for our style of camping, back country small CG's, over 90% is dry, this RV works well.

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