[trackbird]

My wife and I have been camping in a camper we got from her dad earlier this year (I grew up with campers and motor homes, but she hasn't done much camping) and having fun, so we bought a new Winnebago Voyage 2831RB. We love the floor plan and the space, but my truck wishes it was a little lighter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) The Silverado actually tows it just fine (32' overall, 11.5' tall, 7460 lbs empty), but it doesn't like to run above about 68 mph, or it will start trying to use 3rd gear more often (at like 4k rpm) when we hit a slight grade, etc. The 190 watt solar panel and regulator kit will be here in the next week or so and I'm finding that this may cost more than building cars (once you buy all the stuff you want to go with it). Now I have to sort out why the rear view camera I purchased won't stay paired to the monitor (the camper is pre wired for this particular camera, I set it up and then when we got in the truck it wouldn't work, I have to see if the camera is bad or the wiring in the camper).

I got the car to two autocrosses this year. Otherwise, I only ran about one tank of fuel through it. I'm starting to think I should just sell it, but it was absolutely delightful on the autocross course and I just can't let it go. I'm finding that I'm spending nice nights out camping instead of driving back roads with the top down. I did put new tires on the car this year (street tires) and I think they have 50 miles on them. lol.

Here's the one we bought. This is a combination of dealer photos and stock photos. It's generally correct, but I think one or two pics came off the winnebago site.

https://www.markwahlbergrv.com/New-Inventor...041676?ref=list

Mark Wahlberg RV is right down the road from me.

[trackbird]

I couldn't pick up any tv stations or radio stations in the camper the last time we were out. I also mentioned that I disliked the Jensen DVD player/entertainment center. I went over yesterday to start installing the new Furrion DVD/entertainment system. When I pulled the radio out I found that there is a splitter coming from the "amplified antenna wall plate with a switch to power the antenna" The FM antenna lead was hooked to the input of the cable splitter, the other two wires (on a 3 way splitter that should have been a 2 way) are still running to unknown locations. The antenna has a black cable attached to it on the roof, the cable attached to the "antenna input" on the switch plate is white. There is a black cable, but I'm unsure if it's the antenna or something else. They could have extended the cable on the antenna, but it shouldn't need that much cable to get to the AV area in the camper so I'd expect the factory lead to reach. Now I'm going to short each cable hookup (one at a time) and sort out what cables go where, tag them all and then install them correctly. Currently, I don't really trust anything they have done, so I'll start from scratch.