Reflections on 6 Months of RV Research! ;)

rv4jimnme wrote:

DeanCHS1980 wrote:
Hi rv4jimnme,

Love your post. I am not exactly young at 52, but your post resonated with me. My DW and I are trying to find a way to get into RVing. I have had the bug for about 10 months. Now my DW has it, too! Nice!!! We really like Class Cs in the 22 to 29 foot range as indicated by this string; however, with 10 years to retirement and two daughters in college, thus lots of expenses, I am wondering if a small travel trailer that can be pulled by a tow vehicle doubling as a commuting car makes more sense in terms of getting into RVing earlier. A Class C may become our aspirational vehicle. Looking forward to reading about your search for a small Class C. I appreciate forums like this due to having experts like you!

Thanks!

Dean in my opinion you have hit the nail squarely on the head! We have owned 4 Motorhomes and starting on our last one. We have been all over the map with from two small Toyotas (used as a primary vehicle)a large Class C that did not get used much since both still working and daughter in high school. We ended up with a huge class A that we traveled the entire states (long after kid left home) so that being said, it has always been my opinion that if you can manage and park and tow and are young enough put your money in something that does not have an engine and does not sit there and depreciate year after year, whereas the truck or car that can tow that is useful everyday! Of course you can pick up a Class C pretty cheap if you want the luxury or convenience of not parking a trailer, but you have to remember you have all the maintenance, tires etc and SAFETY considerations. Our Class A over nine years costs us $27,000.00 in upkeep, startling figure huh? So I really believe that it depends on how much fun and how much you will use it. feel free to e-mail me if you like mevansme@sbcglobal.net

Admittedly, I would never own a recreational vehicle of any kind (trailer, 5th, class ABC, whatever) if I could not store it at home. Anything stored elsewhere, whether it be extra stuff in a storage locker, or an RV on a storage lot, then I am living in the wrong house, or should get rid of those items. An exception with an RV would be if we downsized to a town-home/condo-style homestead, stored the RV off-site, but used it for extended periods of time like season-long trips like snow birds as one example.