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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.

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The new radio is in. I had to cut the cabinet with an oscillating saw to get it to fit. The opening wasn't a true double DIN, it was about 3/8" too short. I marked it, and cut it nice and clean and the face of the radio covers it. I did have an issue with a screw that was put in with a "Kreg jig" that had the head in the way on one side, so I just removed it. It still has other screws and it's just a short face plate for the front of the cabinet under the radio. The antenna has been rewired and hooked up correctly. I changed to a two way splitter for the coax and now I need to get out of town to see how the reception does. In town I pick up everything anyway. If that doesn't work, I'll swap to a separate antenna of some kind and move along from there.

Next up, a cell phone repeater with an external antenna and I'm considering adding a Dish for TV (we've had some crappy camping days and having TV would be nice....assuming the weather doesn't kill the signal).