Hi Thomas, as as othere has said, welcome to the forum. I have a 2003 South wind, 8.1 work horse with a alison tranmissiom, and we are very happy with it. We live here in Georgia and have been anywhere we wanted to go with no hang ups. I just change the oil and filter every 3000 to 3500 miles and lube it every time I change the oil. We are planning on going to Utah late May and early June and I have no hesitation in going in my South wind. In my signature you can see where we have been. AND YES RVing IS GREAT, enjoy it while you can.