Goodbye 2020 New Aire, Hello 2019 London Aire

Goodbye 2020 New Aire, Hello 2019 London Aire

Quick summary: We recently traded in our 35 foot 2020 Newmar New Aire that we had ordered and picked up from the factory for a leftover 45 foot 2019 Newmar London Aire. Background and our reasons to ditch the New Aire: We picked up a 2019 New Aire 3341 from the...
Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown, Part 3 – Resolution?

Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown, Part 3 – Resolution?

A quick summary: The DPF indicator lamp in our 2020 New Aire (with only 3000 miles on the odometer) had come on twice within 90 miles, indicating a parked regen was needed immediately. The first time we pulled over too late (5 miles after the indicator began blinking)...
Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown, Part 2

Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown, Part 2

As a recap from our prior shutdown the previous day, our brand new motorhome required an emergency DPF regen, which necessitated an expensive mobile technician call to accomplish. After that we figured we had a clean diesel particulate filter and that we were good to...
Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown

Diesel Particulate Filter Shutdown

Driving along a narrow canyon road in a big rig, in a one way construction zone with a line of traffic behind you, with no pullouts available…what is the last thing you want to see? A blinking red message on your dash, in all caps, that says STOP ENGINE, with a...
2020 Newmar New Aire vs 2019 New Aire

2020 Newmar New Aire vs 2019 New Aire

We’ve owned the 2020 New Aire for about 6 months now so I thought it’s time for a review. In terms of what we didn’t like about the 33’ 2019 New Aire, the 35’ 2020 New Aire fixes almost everything. Almost. Sadly, Newmar made a few changes that are less than idea. The...
Traveling in the time of COVID-19

Traveling in the time of COVID-19

To travel or not to travel, that was the question. After quarantining at home for three months, we were getting stir crazy. We are fortunate enough to own an RV. We had made reservations at RV parks in Colorado back in January for a June/July seven week trip. In April...