bagman
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Jerry, the motor home manufacturers that are willing and able to change with the times, will survive and those that can't, won't! Chuck/Bagman.
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coloradodave
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I'l continue to drive my A, but yeah I suspect we may see some changes, like a short, diesel fred that gets decent mileage. Or more C's on the sprinter chassis or something similar. But I'm sure there will still be plenty of the high end gas/DP's as folks who can buy them usually aren't too worried about $$$.
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Look at the late 70s/early 80s. History will repeat its self.
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rvert10
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ArtDude wrote:The avid Motorhomer will not switch to a trailer for sure and many will not go to class c. I think the mfg.'s will start producing smaller Class A's with all the "bells & whistles" of the larger coaches and with new innovation to improve storage, space and gas milage. If they can build a 22 mpg Class A in Europe then they can build them here!
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Getup'ngo
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Jerry B wrote:
Yes sir! I just filled our boat up yesterday. $3300 of biodiesel.
OMG! That must be one REALLY big tank. House Boat?
I use my RV to go live in new places for extended periods. I love the extra living space, so I'll likely keep my Class A and maybe do fewer trips, but stay longer.
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rvert10
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Daveinet wrote:Look at the late 70s/early 80s. History will repeat its self.
Refresh my memory: I was stationed in DC in the early 70's (73 or 74) and I remember the gas lines sweeping the country. What did I miss in the late 70's and 80's. with the Army career keeping me out of country
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Sully2
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bagman wrote:Jerry, the motor home manufacturers that are willing and able to change with the times, will survive and those that can't, won't! Chuck/Bagman.
I dont belive so..but there will definately be a LARGE shift in what some companys do for sure. The "slap them together" and "get them out the door" motorcoach builders will flat go under. People wont pay high $$ for a piece of junk and THEN have to pay thru the nose just to operate it.
When I bought my coach..CC ONLY MADE right at 250 coaches A YEAR...and Foretravel was side by side with them production-wise.
When the day comes that 500 people TOTAL in the USA wont buy a coach such as a CC or a FT..we wont have to worry over fuel costs..because there wont be ANY fuel at all..regardless of $$
But the days of running 4000 motorhomes out the door that are falling apart on the dealers lots are gone forever ( thank god) and the "mass produced" cookie cutter coaches are fast saying "bye bye".
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BurmaShave
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There are already many 22 mpg RVs for sale in America, they are based on the MB Sprinter chassis and made by main stream manufacturers like the Winnebago View.
http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/winnebago/2009/view/
As for exploring for more oil, what makes you think that will bring the price down ? There is no oil shortage, there is a price gouge going on. See any lines at gas pumps ? Nope. No shortage.
Dont blame us 'greenies' for your own mistakes, buying into a 7 mpg life style.
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A larger issue may be will the places to park them survive? Prices so far are up a greater percentage than previous years, but even more spaces are empty. State Park we're in now has less than a dozen rigs, which leaves over 150 empty. The weekend was only about 70% full. We lost lots of campgrounds in the early 70's.
As for the class A's, we passed thru beloved/hated Lazy Days last week. Lots of empty spaces in the campground part; sales lots full. Was told a lot of the guys who bought the expensive ones are still bad at math - some eager to take the $200k loss to move to a smaller unit. How much many years fuel would $200k buy? Discussions with my sales contact sounded like sales were down about 30% from the 1000 per month of a couple of years ago -- until April. Tougher since Canadian buyers went north. Saw 3 new Monaco's on the line with SOLD signs, but delivery dates were listed as Jan, Mar, & Apr - 08! Maybe the buyers haven't found a place to store them??
MPG really hasn't changed since my first one in 1965.
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KOG
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It's a cycle. Fuel will be "cheap" again within 3-4 years and most people will forget that it was ever "expensive".
The reason that there have been so many thirsty Class As on the market is that people have been buying them. And they will again. 25-30 years ago they were buying small cars. It took them about 15 years to start buying 4WD SUVs instead. And now it's back to small cars. For a while.
And then they voted.
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