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    I belong to both forums.

    I don't like when people get personal and seemingly attack at will. Never have, never will.

    I believe you can get your point across about almost any topic without making the person you are responding to feel like crap.

    Some people don't know how to bite their tongue or just choose not to.

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    Having been working with wood through all my working years, personally, I like the look of the darker grained woods if done tastefully and stained the right color. The richness of Walnut, Cherrywood and Mahogany is incomparable. It's expensive which is why you don't see it in most mainstream coaches.

    Everywhere you look is Oak and sometimes Maple. I've seen too much Oak used for everything from furniture, home finishing, cabinetry etc.

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    Here is what I have been told along with links from 5Star Tuning.

    The SCT X3 would be a nice fit for your RV. See here for some specific tune details http://www.5startuning.com/page3/page3.html. A performance/tow type tune will net you better pulling power from tip in through 4000 RPM's and can net some better economy. The RV just with an 87 Octane tune will run with more power through the entire RPM range and much better shifting.

    And more info here http://www.5startuning.com/index_assets/FearNoMountain.pdf

    The X3 also acts as a diagnostic code reader for any Ford vehicle. Another very flexible advantage the X3 has is it can be used on any Ford Vehicles. So down the road if you upgrade your vehicle to a newer Ford model the X3 still would work on it.

    Pricing for X3's custom tuned are $395.00. This also includes FREE tune revision updates. Once we have all info on your RV item will ship out next business day.

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    I've been toying with the idea of getting our RV Dyna-tuned but am unsure of the benefits for our unit and wanted to see if any others with same have had it done and what your thoughts are. Our unit is a 2000 Winnebago Adventurer 35U with the 6.8 ltr V10 Gas engine. Ours is the 3 speed with overdrive (4 speed).

    The model of Dyna-tuner I've read about is a 5 Star SCT X3.

    Does it make a difference and if so what is different? Please help! I don't want to spend $395 if it isn't worth it. I do know shifting while going up a hill is a bugger cause it feels like it drops into second and screams.

    Also, is there an improvement in torque and mileage like they say?

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    I found out that the power when switching from External Power to Inverter or Inverter to Generator is not clean enough for the computer to keep on running. I will have to add a UPS to the setup too. But there is plenty of more space to work with and I will weld a frame for hanging it from the coach frame above like the computer. Even with the UPS will I still be 15 pounds less than the original 24" Sony CRT.

    With Windows 7 Ultimate is Media Center included too. this is a really nice feature for playing music and video stored on the computer. A simple remote is enough to navigate in the application. I also took the VCR out and have a TV receiver card in the computer too. With the right software is the computer able to record TV too.

    I have more high resolution pictures here.

    You are going to need a "Pure Sine Wave Inverter for your computer. The typical inverters on RV's are not "clean" enough for use with PC's or laptops. In fact it's recommended for LCD or LED TV's as well. In most cases, unless your coach is modified, the inverter (like in my 00 Winnebago)is too small to operate the added equipment. My unit used to have a 125 Watt inverter in the front cabinetry for operating the Analog TV and VCR. After I added the 37" LCD and the 1100 Watt Blu-Ray Surround system, the old inverter would not power up the new equipment. I added a 600 Watt Samlex Pure Sine Inverter. Now I can watch TV or movies when boondocking.

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    I'm Canadian and as others stated, law requires lights to be on when vehicle is started. I can't believe one of the comments on the thought that some might think having your lights on is wasteful. What are you wasting???? Other than possibly yours or anothers life when they don't see you. Turn them on! Let people know you are there!!!

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    Personally, I don't like memory foam. It makes me hot and sweaty.I move around to find a cool spot in the night. Trying to roll over on a memory foam is like trying to roll out of a ditch! Not that I've ever had to roll out of a ditch mind you but I think you know what I mean.

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    We just installed a 37" Flat Panel TV in the front overhead and a 26" Flat Panel in the bedroom of our 2000 Winnebago Adventurer 35U. Both are on a swivel mount and bungeed back for storage. Both are on a 15" articulating arm and move out of the way of cabinets when free. I also installed 5.1 surround sound in the front of the coach.

    If anyone needs photos of my install, send me an email and I'll forward them.

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