Knick-Knack
Oklahoma
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Staying in a hotel room where an untold number of people have left unbelievable amounts of bodily fluid in amazing places in the room: $250.00
Stretching out on the floor of my rv after a hard days drive and my son's eyes not swelling shut due to allergens and chemicals in a hotel room.
PRICELESS!
2003 Dutch Star 350 ISC
GO POKES!!
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bmcdonald
georgia
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I have to agree with everyone else. If you can't afford the Rv/fuel and all that goes with it. Just get out of it..plain and simple. We have already talked on ways to save money for fuel for a 3 month trip west starting in June.
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Drew&Corinn
Pleasant Grove, Utah
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OK, I am 37... just purchased a 2005 fleetwood discovery for $150K... My wife is divorcing me and my choice to live in an RV has 3 parts. #1 I love RVing... There are plenty of upsides... no lawn mowing... not utilities etc. #2 There has never been a better time to live in a depreciating asset... see houses are not appreciating... may as well live in a depreciating asset that rocks...#3 The fact is that all Real Estate comes down... and eventually will go up again... at my age I want more good debt... the RV aint good debt but... get this... it allows me to get some more. My wife is taking half my stuff (assetts) eventually Real Estate will go up again... When that happens... Hopefully before that happens... I will own 4 more 4 plexes... see you can purchase a 4-plex as a primary residence... But the thing is you have to not own another primary residence. If I live in the RV... For a couple of years I can buy 4-plexes (now with a 10% down rather than a 5% down that would have worked in the past.) But the thing is you have live in it for 6 months or you have committed loan fraud. Not only that... the rate is one percent better than it is for an investor purchaser. This is sacrifice... Living in an RV I mean... but fuel prices and the economy where it is have created great opportunity if you just figure out how to take advantage of it.
- Drew in Utah
2005 GMC Sierra D/A Crew Cab,Airsprings,4 inch AFE intake-exhaust, Edge w/Attitude+More
2005 Fleetwood Revolution40e
Soon to be Ex-Wife Gets - Cardinal 31BHLE (Maple),4.2 LP
2006 Polaris Ranger XP Browning
2-2008 Polaris Sptsmn 90s
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wa8yxm
Wherever I happen to park
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Song: Grain Train
As I was going up from town
I saw the grain trains coming down
Every day a hundred trains
Every train a hundred cars
Every car a hundred tons
Every ton a hundred sacks
Every sack Ten Thousand Grains
And that's what cities get from trains
(Song goes on to tell of how the politicians decided to tax the trains, the railroads were.. Thus.. .Unhappy and stopped the trains, The city starved within the week and the fat politicos looked a lot like turkeys to the poor.. Who decided to have Turkey for dinner.. A new government (A leaner government) was elected, repealed the tax on the trains and once again the trains rolled and the city ate well)
Not sure if it's a Juanita Coulson or a Leslie Fish, I keep confusing their music... Once carried Juanita's books for her.. She is a wonderful person.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
John is Near Kenwood TS-2000 housed in a 2005 Damon Intruder 377
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tatest
Oklahoma
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And a jet airliner burns 6 to 20 gallons per mile, an average motor scooter gets 60 to 100 mpg.
So what?
Tom Test
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2001 Ranger Edge
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yakman
Carbondale, IL
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My RV gets more MPG than my stick house.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
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fourfurz
Memphis
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How about this one:
A bicycle with a backpacking driver uses no fuel at all. If you're really concerned about fuel, just pack your tent and use your bike! Free yourself from the bondage of the oil companies...
I think I'll keep the RV. Pack the bike in the basement.
2007 Mountain Aire 4528
2006 CRV SE
Based in Memphis area
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JerryPeck
Ormond Beach, FL
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TubaPete wrote:fourfurz wrote:Here's a similar comparison:
A top fuel dragster gets about 10 gallons per mile.
A freight train transports one ton of freight 400 miles with one gallon.
So what?
My favorite was that the Queen Mary went 21 1/2 feet to a gallon of oil.
And I read that the QE II goes 6 inches on a gallon of diesel fuel. 
Jerry Peck
Ormond Beach, FL
2000 National Dolphin 5360
2002 Chevy Malibu - toad (4 down)
1983 Jaguar XJS - altenate toad (on car hauler)
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JerryPeck
Ormond Beach, FL
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Clay L wrote:My motor home gets 7 mpg (pulling my car).
Ummmm ... that raises an interesting point ...
What kind of gas mileage will your car get pulling your motor home? 
Now that is a true comparison. 
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D.R.Bain
Michigan
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bogeyjoe wrote:I doubt if the average mpg's of the cars on the road is anywhere near 26.7...more like 15-17 mpg, making a motorhomes' lower mpg more bearable.
Not to sound like the commercial but Chevy currently has 7 models that get 30 or more miles to the gallon. And they aren't all the upholstered roller skates from Japan, the new Malibu for one even the Impala is rated for 29 mpg highway.
I drive a chevy P-up that gets over 20 miles per gallon on the freeway going 75. The only down side is it is a diesel, so it costs more.
Dan, 2007 Damon Daybreak 3270
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