Newmar Owners and Want-to be's, Comfort Drive

[Lug_Nut]

Of interest to most Newmar DP owners and perhaps those contemplating buying one is the Comfort Drive steering aid. Here's an article covering some of the workings and applications. Check it out Here

Also, go ahead and score it 1 to 5 stars at the bottom.

Peter

[Lug_Nut]

Of interest to most Newmar DP owners and perhaps those contemplating buying one is the Comfort Drive steering aid. Here's an article covering some of the workings and applications. Check it out Here

Also, go ahead and score it 1 to 5 stars at the bottom.

Peter

[RVDude]

lug, that pic in your column says it all. Great shot, great piece...

Maybe a Surgeon General Warning would be good too, "Use of Comfort Drive will DECREASE heart rate and blood pressure!"

Cheers..

[rebelsbeach]

Say hello to LugNut!!

[Lug_Nut]

You know, Jeff is right. The photos seem to speak for themselves about CD. These pic's were not staged. This is doing 64 MPH while passing a truck on the right side and being passed by a truck on the left side. The amount of hands-on is the same at 75 MPH with or without winds.
Thanks for posting it Bob.

Peter

[Gasser]

I will say up front that I am all for innovation and anything that makes things safer I am all for but I have to say, my coach is just not that hard to drive in those same conditions. I just don't feel my coach is a hand full and I am usually going right at 70MPH. I pull a 24 foot V nose car trailer a lot as well and stability is basically the same. I really should go drive some other coaches and see if my coach is better handeling than most others of the same age...

FWIW.

Jeff

["007"]

Good comments Gasser and welcome to the Newmar forum and irv2.
After doing some upgrades with my gasser I feel the same way driving down the highway.
Haven't had MH in driveway for over a month and took it on a spin yesterday while at sons and it sure welcomed the ride.

[KenSherwin]

Referencing the usefulness of the efforts control: I use it when my lower back gets stiff and I need to stop and stretch, but I don't. (Oh, come on. Neither do you!) I just lean up and put my elbows on the wheel. The problem is that with the light efforts of a ColumnDrive, it doesn't feel comfortable, so I turn it to full heavy. When I get the kinks out, I can lean back, turn the efforts down, and keep moving.

One person I know turns his heavier when the wind starts gusting, making it easier to hold on center. Another one turns his lighter in the wind gusts, making it easier to correct. They're both right because it works for them. By giving the driver control, he can make it right for him at that moment, and change it as the needs change.

I guess it's Personal Comfort Drive.

Ken

[Dav5942]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Gasser:
I will say up front that I am all for innovation and anything that makes things safer I am all for but I have to say, my coach is just not that hard to drive in those same conditions. I just don't feel my coach is a hand full and I am usually going right at 70MPH. I pull a 24 foot V nose car trailer a lot as well and stability is basically the same. I really should go drive some other coaches and see if my coach is better handeling than most others of the same age...

FWIW.

Jeff </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Similiar report here-driving absoutlely no effort with the Mid-Engine(seldom use more than one hand on the wheel and absolutely no movement from wind/trucks). Now our old Bounder-that was a different story.

Just drove our Suburban the same trip we take with the coach and the coach handled much, much better!

[Route 66]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">efforts control </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The "official" name is hereby noted for the little twisty, turning, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, giddygotch like knob.

[Spikester]

Must roger Jeff's (DAV5942) comment. Sunday I drove my Motorhome 250 miles south to the service center, on Monday drove my toad (93 Nissan 4WD PU) home over the same route. Half way home I was wishing I was in the MH rather than the truck. The after effects of the drive were completely different than after the Sunday drive. CD is a pleasure, with or without the "twisty, turning, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, giddygotch" knob.

Spike