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Main Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Betsy2023 on December 11, 2021, 02:21:17 am
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(cheer) Yes I own a TRX. Bought it La Mesa RV in San Diego. Ford Transit. Not an EcoBoost. But we love it. It also has a slideout on the driver's side. II think there was a discussion sometime back but thought I would start one here. It is confusing on year. The engine booklet says 2019, the completion date on the coach says 2020, October. And I had to sign a form saying they were selling as a 2021. Go figure, my mistake for signing that. But we still love. So questions? Ask away. P.S. Happy Holidays. My first trip was over 6K on it.
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That's typical in the RV industry. They order the chassis up to a year in advance so they have them on hand. Then the model year changes in September or October. So 2019 chassis, built the RV in 2020 but it's a 2021 model. My own was built in Dec 2014 on a 2014 chassis but it a 2015 model.
Congrats on your new RV!
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Is it the 3.7 V6 gas engine or diesel? MPG please. Have you weighed it?
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What does your vin say compared to your title, compared to how your insurance is classified. Does insurance say you have a 19,20 or 21. Watch they don’t base premium on 21, but a total loss based on a 19. I’ve had that argument with State Farm.
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We bought our first motorhome SEEN HERE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/37432012@N08/albums/72157621472936441) in the fall of 1983. It was right at the time the 1984 chassis became available. The Mirage motorhome model year was a 1984, but it was built on a 1983 Toyota chassis. The vehicle title stated 1983 (matching the year of the chassis). Our insurance company at the time (Allstate) considered the year of the vehicle based on the 1983 title.
We owned that rig for 24 years, replacing it with our 2007 PC-2350. We ordered our PC in early May of 2007 and picked it up from the factory in late June. The mismatch of our first rig always bothered me, hence I made sure our 2007 Phoenix Cruiser 2350 was built on a 2007 Ford E350 chassis.
The only difference I know of between a 2006 and 2007 E350 chassis, was the color of the cab's interior, the 2006 being a dark gray, our 2007 being a shade of tan. There are no technical/mechanical differences.
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Betsy
I'd love to see a photo of the inside with the slide open.
Thanks
RonJ
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That's typical in the RV industry. They order the chassis up to a year in advance so they have them on hand. Then the model year changes in September or October. So 2019 chassis, built the RV in 2020 but it's a 2021 model. My own was built in Dec 2014 on a 2014 chassis but it a 2015 model.
Congrats on your new RV!
Seems different but I get it about ordering things in advance especially now. I think my vehicle registration says 2021. Thank you.
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Is it the 3.7 V6 gas engine or diesel? MPG please. Have you weighed it?
It is a gas engine, and I get around 11mpg, and I have to say, I don't baby it either. LOL 65-72 mph of course depending on conditions. I really like it. Is it the 3.7 V6 gas engine or diesel? MPG please. Have you weighed it? I have not weighed it yet.
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Betsy
I'd love to see a photo of the inside with the slide open.
Thanks
RonJ
I am so new at this, I hope this works. Let me know. Hope these help
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I am having a hard time figuring out how to respond to each individual post and question, so please forgive me. Geeze. LOL
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It is a gas engine, and I get around 11mpg, and I have to say, I don't baby it either. LOL 65-72 mph of course depending on conditions.
That sounds about as expected. Thanks for sharing that.
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Those are great photos Betsy. Thanks for posting. It looks really nice! It's amazing how much extra room there is with the slide.
RonJ
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What is the engine rpm at 65mph?
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ON level roads the rpm is around 2.5, uphills I try to keep it at 3, maybe 3.5, but sometimes I need to push to 4. Does this make sense?
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was just curious about the Transit’s gearing. The E350’s run 2300 at 65. You are right, it’s better to minimize the downshifts and slow down instead of screaming up the grades with the pedal down. My smog tech says we’re not supposed to be in a hurry to get there in a motorhome anyway. That 6,000 + mile trip sounds fun 2o2
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Thanks Calcruiser, It was interesting covering 600+ miles, Next summer hopefully going up the West Coast up to Oregon and maybe to Seattle. May I ask where in So Cal you are? I'm in the Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, CA area.
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Thanks Calcruiser, It was interesting covering 600+ miles, Next summer hopefully going up the West Coast up to Oregon and maybe to Seattle. May I ask where in So Cal you are? I'm in the Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, CA area.
We’re up in Ventura County. Our favorite playgrounds are the Central coast , Sierra Nevadas, and southern Utah. Big Bear was really nice last June too.
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I am surprised and a little confused regarding a slideout on a TRX. I don't see that in the floorplans. Did they just start making the TRX with a slideout option?
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I am surprised and a little confused regarding a slideout on a TRX. I don't see that in the floorplans. Did they just start making the TRX with a slideout option?
Apparently they no longer offer a slide-out. I wonder if the extra weight made the rig too heavy.
As many here know, I find slide-less motorhomes with working floor plans most desirable. I wish Phoenix offered slide-less versions of their other models where applicable. Personally I would pay the same to have the slide-out deleted even though back in 2007 it saved us over $4000 to go slide-less. Now that is a way Phoenix can improve profit margins.....pay the same to get less.
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Ron
The TRX in question is a 2021 model. Do you think they've stopped making it with the slide already?
RonJ
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Ron
The TRX in question is a 2021 model. Do you think they've stopped making it with the slide already?
RonJ
I have no idea. Tina Cooper at Phoenix would know. Here is her number 773-339-0299.
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I am only *guessing* I have zero insider or outsider knowledge...
Is it possible that a slideout was only available for 1 year and perhaps that model didn't sell very well? I say that because I only found 1 video that spoke about a slideout and that was for a 2021 model. I couldn't find a Floorplan for a TRX with a slideout.
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Maybe slide is only available by special order
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Maybe slide is only available by special order.
Last I heard, due to high demand, Phoenix is no longer taking special orders. They build them fully featured with all the bells and whistles including full body paint, and every unit gets sold. Phoenix is in a very good place right now which means it's not so good for the consumer.....I am happy for them.
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Good for them. Good to hear they'll be in business for a while. 😉
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Last I heard they still take special orders. You order through the dealer and they work with the factory to see if your chosen options can be done and how much they cost.
They DO have what you might call standard feature models (still with lots of popular add ons) that are built and shipped to dealers when there isn't a specific buyer already.
It works like buying a car. If you want to walk into the dealer lot and drive away in a new PC, you get the standard dealer package (assuming there are any out there that weren't already snatched up). If you want extra bells and whistles, you place your order with a dealer and wait until it's built.
Yes it's a long wait now. It was a bit over 4 months wait for us back in the "slow" winter of 2012/2013. I think I read someone saying it was 6-8 months over the busy summer this past year.
I toured the new factory last October. They are putting a lot of things in place to streamline the assembly line. They are also attempting to hire more techs. However, the RV industry has gone wild so ALL those dealers and manufacturers are trying to hire. I imagine the hiring pool in Elkhart is really small.