[Dystrakti0n]

We have 258, had it for a couple of years, and the initial costs can be shocking, I'm a SCDV so we live on a fixed income. It can be done, Replacing a full set of tires gets expensive quick. I would fully advise you to get Goodsam's Roadside Platinum. Free tow to the closest service center, and they will replace up to two tires for you for blow outs. It also covers your tow vehicle, trailer, motorcycle, rental car, etc. The other thing I would highly recommend is signing up for open road fuel savings card. We have a main fuel tank and an Aux fuel tank that total to 365 gallons of capacity. Yes, you can run this coach at the speed limit, Yes, you will drain the tank quickly by doing so. Towing or not, I drive about 60 - 63 mph, 55 in the mountains, unless it's a less than 5% grade, then I will coast it up to 70ish. It's not an age thing, I'm 39, its a "I spent 5 deployments watching my life flash before my eyes, I'm good on that" thing. 

Things to know about the 2 stroke, they consume oil as a part of normal operation. I like to keep an eye on my oil pressure gauge, if I start dropping under 40 psi while running at 1600rpm under boost, time to check and add oil.  Another point on oil, order more than you need to change it and keep it on board. Most truck stops no longer carry SAE 40, its all 15W40 for the new diesels and that's what they carry. I have gone in specifying that I need SAE40, in an oil change, came to get it, they put in 15W40. Just something to keep an eye on.

We have a 17 foot trailer that we pull either our subaru (when its running, need to do an engine swap on it later this summer) or our Cadillac CTS, also AWD. On the subaru, you can do a on a dolly, but you have to disconnect the drive shaft, so that the rear wheels spin freely. The CTS, just not happening. I notice maybe .25 - .5 a mile per gallon loss when towing over not towing. If you are going to push hard up the mountain then keep an eye on your transmission and engine temps, they will climb if you are running wide open throttle, You'll also get about .5 - 1 mpg doing it. But some people's wallets are deeper than mine, and aren't concerned about such things. I hope this helps, we love our 1991, no kids except for our 2 large dogs. We have ran it from Texas (where we live) to the panhandle of Florida, where my father lives, to Las Vegas, NV. We've had to figure things out with the generator, (wrong fuel filter installed) so it wouldn't build pressure correctly. Replaced water pumps, had to replace the engine compressor. Things will go wrong, it's a 30 year old bus, but we've never once regretted buying a Newell.