Real world cost of owning a class c - ouch!
I just sold my class c after 7 years of ownership. Since I have all records and an accurate depreciation cost (buy-sell) I thought I would calculate the real world cost of use. The costs outline...
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Very interesting.
Makes me curious to do a similar analysis to yours (based on my best guess for current selling prices for my model/year) and see how my numbers would come out.
I will probably break mine down into two sub-sets of numbers:
First spreadsheet: "Ownership" costs (purchase/sell depreciation, taxes, maintenance, repairs, annual registration, insurance etc.) I'd have those even if it sits in the driveway.
Second spreadsheet: trip variable "vacationing" costs (fuel, campgrounds, attraction entry fees, tours, ferries, etc. we've incurred.
Then I'd add the two and divide by the number of nights, all trips, to get a total picture of how much per night we spent vacationing via RV.
I ran the trip-variable cost analysis last year based on our first three long trips (about 7800 miles and 2 months+ per trip), and came up with a look-back cost per day of roughly $100 "vacationing" expense.
I'm sure our eventual bottom-line number will be an "ouch" too, although not nearly as bad per day as a boat we once owned. The RV has been a great investment in happiness, delivering really priceless experiences.
Makes me curious to do a similar analysis to yours (based on my best guess for current selling prices for my model/year) and see how my numbers would come out.
I will probably break mine down into two sub-sets of numbers:
First spreadsheet: "Ownership" costs (purchase/sell depreciation, taxes, maintenance, repairs, annual registration, insurance etc.) I'd have those even if it sits in the driveway.
Second spreadsheet: trip variable "vacationing" costs (fuel, campgrounds, attraction entry fees, tours, ferries, etc. we've incurred.
Then I'd add the two and divide by the number of nights, all trips, to get a total picture of how much per night we spent vacationing via RV.
I ran the trip-variable cost analysis last year based on our first three long trips (about 7800 miles and 2 months+ per trip), and came up with a look-back cost per day of roughly $100 "vacationing" expense.
I'm sure our eventual bottom-line number will be an "ouch" too, although not nearly as bad per day as a boat we once owned. The RV has been a great investment in happiness, delivering really priceless experiences.
