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Title: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Rjlatimer10 on May 06, 2013, 03:16:28 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 87585 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87585)
Can any one tell me what kind of fuel mileage I should expect on a 2007 Intrigue 42 ft /Tag axel, with a C13 cat ?
Title: Re: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Marvin Hardy on May 06, 2013, 06:26:06 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 87592 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87592)
when I towed a saturn and stayed about 63 MPH I got 6.6 now I tow a F350 Ford pickup with a Harley in the back I get about 5.5
Title: Re: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Mark_surber on May 06, 2013, 07:55:28 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 87594 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87594)
We get about 5.5 mpg in CA when we are towing and about 6 when not towing. But outside of CA we get from 7-8 mpg. We got 7.5 from CA to New Orleans taking a northerly route through New Mexico and 8 coming home flying down I10 on a southern route. Going there were seven coaches and we were stopping every couple of hours for somebody but coming home there was just two us and we didn't stop until we got to the end of that days run.
In CA it seems like I am in 5th gear most the time but once I get into another state and can speed up to about 70 it hums along nice in 6th gear eating the miles. Some of the people we run with like to go faster but it just isn't fun anymore.
Legally in CA even on I5 you are limited to 55 mph the nice highway patrolman informed me. At 55 the Silver leaf says I am getting 6 or 7. But at 70 the silver leaf says I am getting 10 or 11 mpg. Of course when I fill up and compute the mileage it just doesn't equal what the silver leaf says.
Of course I am using the hydro hot and generator which also uses diesel. My friends have nice coaches two are Marathons and we still stay in a lot of Walmart parking lots

07 Intrigue 12162 45' tag axle
C13 Cat Allison
06 Rubicon LJ
Title: Re: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Lee Zaborowski on May 06, 2013, 08:02:47 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 87595 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87595)
I've gotten 7.5 MPG (engine consumption only, Silverleaf tells me so) over the last 30,000 mi. with a toad. I go 62, use Econo Mode, try to keep it in 6th as much as possible.

Lee
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Lee (leozbrowski@... (leozbrowski@...)) 2007 Country Coach Intrigue 12153
CAT C-13
Title: Re: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Rjlatimer10 on May 06, 2013, 11:41:48 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 87604 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87604)
Thanks for your reply's Think I just might buy it.
Title: Re: C 13 fuel mileage ?
Post by: Dennisjholmes on May 07, 2013, 11:15:14 am
Yahoo Message Number: 87617 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/87617)
I get 5.6 to 5.9 on mine. I go 58 (any slower and it won't shift into 6th). I also use econo mode when I can.

-Dennis Holmes
06 Intrigue 530
12055