From diesel to gas.

rgatijnet1 wrote:

Fiesta wrote:
What's the rush when your retired or on vacation?

Because I know that my time on earth is limited so why not spend it at my destination instead of behind the wheel. :B

Actually, that's a pretty good answer! :B

Cloud Dancer wrote:
Maybe some of us are quicker at scenery watching, plus we might have "a need for speed".....:B

And maybe some of travel enough that we have already seen what an interstate highway looks like......boring.

Maybe some of us are quicker at scenery watching, plus we might have "a need for speed".....:B

Fiesta wrote:
Half the fun of RVing is seeing the scenery, going fast it's a blurr. Getting to the next park is only 1/2 hour longer getting there going 55-60; saves fuel, atmosphere, money, is safer, and more relaxed. What's the rush when your retired or on vacation?

Some people are just type A personalities. We schedule a lot in our vacations, including some distance between stops. We just don't do sitting and looking very well. That's why they make all kinds of coaches.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
We went from a small Class C gasser to a DP to a Class A gasser and then to another Class A gasser. We loved the ride in the DP, but hated the floor plan and maintenance costs. We love the floor plan in both our current and former gassers, and since like most RV'ers, we spend far more time living in it than driving it, the ride and noise level doesn't bother us enough to consider another DP.

Almost our exact experience. Ford V10 is loud when you "step on it." Otherwise handles fine.

I tow a GMC gas Envoy, with my diesel pusher. I'm happy with both. If I get rid of of my DP, I'll drive my Envoy.......or wheelchair....:B

Fiesta wrote:
What's the rush when your retired or on vacation?

Because I know that my time on earth is limited so why not spend it at my destination instead of behind the wheel. :B

Half the fun of RVing is seeing the scenery, going fast it's a blurr. Getting to the next park is only 1/2 hour longer getting there going 55-60; saves fuel, atmosphere, money, is safer, and more relaxed. What's the rush when your retired or on vacation?

I've had both and have never had any regrets going from gas to diesel or diesel to gas. I've got a few thousand miles behind the wheel of a Liberty Prevost coach so I know what a DP should be. Most DP have a rear engine but they are a long way from being a Prevost. I switch based on the floor plan that we want at the time. We currently have a gas rig but if we find another design in a few months that we like, we may switch again.
We have always made it to the top of any Western mountain while towing with any coach we have owned. We pass some DP's and some pass us, just like on the highway. I travel at the posted speed limit and we are constantly passing other coaches going 55-60 to save fuel. Saving fuel was not the reason why I bought an RV. It was just to get from A to B and enjoy our time at the next location when parked. That is why the floor plan has always been the most important thing with each one of our Class A coaches. If the floor plan doesn't work, the engine is useless.