The Honda will be cheaper. A little cramped at night sleeping, but doable. In the summer, the streams will be warm enough for a quick dip, eliminating the need for showers etc. They make little soup warmers that plug into the power outlets in the car, and you can have Ramon noodles morning noon and night, probably can figure on $1.00 a day for food. Figure 5000 miles at 30 MPG, 166 gallons. Even with $4.00 gas, your entire trip will only cost about $700.00 Enjoy..
1) will there be a motel near where you are going
2) will it be one that you would want to stay in?
3) How important is it to see something different vs the view from the same old Motel 6 every night.
4) How often do you eat and need to stop to use bathroom facilities?
Don't forget the cost of extermination services for the bedbugs you may pickup in the various motels across the country.
Alaska is next! Still trying to fit the pontoons to the RV so We can get to Hawaii!
No one can tell you without knowing the exact details. With the car, what type of hotels will yo stay in? With the MH, will you boondock, stay in a park, and if so what type of park? Prices will vary. In the car you will more than likely eat out. If so, what do you plan to eat and at what costs? In the MH, will you buy groceries and eat in it? Every meal? Will you eat out while in the MH?
We can not assume that if you are in the MH that you will boondock and make ramen noodles every day. Only you know what your lifestyle is and warrants.
Some numbers (insert yours to get a more accurate value):
5000 miles roundtrip. RV gets 7mpg and car gets 30mpg. $4/gal diesel $3.70/gal gas. Net savings $2329
Hotel vs campground. Assume a basic $75/n hotel vs $30/n for campsite (boondocking would change this). The car would cost an additional $1350.
Food: Assuming you would be eating out some and still need groceries in the MH assume the car would require an extra $30/day for food. The car would cost an additional $900.
Unless you are considering selling the MH, it is a sunk cost and irrelevant.
Net difference is around $78 savings by taking the car. That's so close that very minor changes in the assumptions could result in a different choice based on the numbers.
Drop this to a 2week whirlwind trip and taking the car starts to make a lot more sense.
For $78, I would want the convience of taking all our stuff and sleeping in my own bed.
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Fuel will probably be more expensive out west, especially diesel. But you have to reason what you will lose if your drive an auto over your mh. Motels always raise rates in the travel season, food prices go up along with everything else. I would take the mh for the convenience, familiarity (and food storage)and just eat the high fuel cost as the expense of having a really good trip you may never get to take again. We only go around once so make it a fun trip.
I think the real difference is the speed, not the cost. As valhalla360 said the price difference is not much but in the Honda you can drive 90 MPH in the MH 65 is a better speed. So over an 8 hour day.... you can see 200 miles more of the highway in the Honda.
JAXFL wrote: I think the real difference is the speed, not the cost. As valhalla360 said the price difference is not much but in the Honda you can drive 90 MPH in the MH 65 is a better speed. So over an 8 hour day.... you can see 200 miles more of the highway in the Honda.
When did they raise the speed limits to 90??? That is one law I would truly welcome, and I missed it.
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