Forum Discussion
- You can have it both ways. When we tow our Toy Hauler in CA, speed limit is 55. Yes, people do drive with trailers faster, but we will see them pulled over by the CHP. At 55 or so, we get 16.7 towing at 55. That's nice. We enjoy the trip as much as the destination. Now with my Boat, twin diesels WOT is 134 gallons per engine per hour. But slow to 9-11 knots, it drops to 34 gallons per engine per hour. I had a sign in my old Speed shop-"Speed costs money, now how fast do you want to go"
- I'm planning to put my folding mobility scooter in the storage compartment closest to the entrance door. Haven't actually tried it yet but that way I'll have it as soon as I climb out of the coach and unfold it. I'm not sure if I could walk to the back of the coach but I would be whipped by the time I got it unfolded.
- Same here 34 ft DP
In process of moving too 36 ft Ford Gasser
No Toad
Only a Scoot, sets on a rear motorcycle rack - > But, a large RV that gets Prius mileage is a nice thought.
> Until you get to the first hill.
Hey, waitaminnit. I live in the foothills of the Rockies and my Prius does just fine. ;)
> when you 'Drop' the towed and run to the store
I am on my 3rd motorhome and have never pulled a toad. Whatever MH we travelled in is what we used to get around when we got there. That has always worked fine for us, but I must admit we've never used it for driving downtown in any city or on other narrow corridors. - my answer is:
"I don't know, it's my dad's and I have his credit card"! ScottG wrote:
I saw a great bumper sticker on a nice lifted Jeep the other day. It said something like:
Because your kids will not remember 34.9 MPG.
absolutely
my 38yr old son does not remember what i cars i had
but he does remember the Northern calif trip to Mount Lassen and Shasta
using a PU truck and PUP when he was 8
he does remember the summer trip to Utah in the camper van when he was 12
he does remember the Sequoia trip in the first Class A when 15
he does remember me taking his ROTC squad to parade they were going to march in using that first class A, day trip
etc..- When asked that question I reply "How many do you want?"
- Could be a power boat twin diesel 38 MPH, i'll skip the knots and 38 GPH fuel flow.
LEN - I saw a great bumper sticker on a nice lifted Jeep the other day. It said something like:
Because your kids will not remember 34.9 MPG. - I can easily surpass Prius MPG with my DP. When I go down a hill with the exhaust brake on, my Dash computer says I am getting 150.5 MPG! Lets see your Prius do that!
I think WE all realize it is Comfort per mile, not miles per gallon that counts here. And there is a cost per vacation issue as well. We all do need and I am generally speaking here to my side of the gene pool, that what we consider a vacation still has cooking and cleaning happening so don't be shy guys, lend a hand! Even if you do ALL the driving and wood splitting. Make it a vacation all the way around or it won't be a vacation for anyone for long!
