Short diesel (pusher)
The wife and I have been talking about eventually trying the rv thing. I guess that's why I'm here, right? Initially I was thinking a class c would be best for us, as we have 1 child and are planning ...
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Sounds like I would be better off going with gas on something smaller. I just have fears of too steep of grades as we plan on a few trips to different parts of the rockies.
Some part of me really doesn't want to tow anything. Nothing against those of you that do, but to me it seems like more hassle, and I think we would be better off with hotels and better fuel economy at that point. All of my trips in the past, we would see multiple things, sometimes multiple states in the same day.
With a toad (or TT like the wife asked about) seems like I would have to find a place to leave the RV go see what we want, then back track to go get the RV, then go back the direction we just were to continue the trip. The biggest plus of the RV to me would be the ability to move around and stretch out. We would lose that when doing the sight seeing.
I really haven't even considered budget yet. More trying to find what class/engine/floorplan/etc will work best for us. Then figure out which model and start planning for that budget. I just know it won't be much. As I'm on a fixed income, and wife is full time student with a year left. We were originally looking at renting, but then figured we get into something a little older, and have some time to adjust to it. Then, if it doesn't work out, we won't be out much more than what we would have been paying for a rental or 2.
A few years will pass before we buy something. Don't want to take to small of a baby with us, and don't want to make any rushed decisions.
I did ask about how child seats work in my other thread, but didn't get any replies to that part. So I didn't even bring it up in this one.
Really going back and forth between A and C.
Some part of me really doesn't want to tow anything. Nothing against those of you that do, but to me it seems like more hassle, and I think we would be better off with hotels and better fuel economy at that point. All of my trips in the past, we would see multiple things, sometimes multiple states in the same day.
With a toad (or TT like the wife asked about) seems like I would have to find a place to leave the RV go see what we want, then back track to go get the RV, then go back the direction we just were to continue the trip. The biggest plus of the RV to me would be the ability to move around and stretch out. We would lose that when doing the sight seeing.
I really haven't even considered budget yet. More trying to find what class/engine/floorplan/etc will work best for us. Then figure out which model and start planning for that budget. I just know it won't be much. As I'm on a fixed income, and wife is full time student with a year left. We were originally looking at renting, but then figured we get into something a little older, and have some time to adjust to it. Then, if it doesn't work out, we won't be out much more than what we would have been paying for a rental or 2.
A few years will pass before we buy something. Don't want to take to small of a baby with us, and don't want to make any rushed decisions.
I did ask about how child seats work in my other thread, but didn't get any replies to that part. So I didn't even bring it up in this one.
Really going back and forth between A and C.
- Wife likes the look of A's better, while I like the look of C's.
- I like the higher driving position of the A, but some of the accident scenes of them kind of scare me.
- C's seem to sleep more, while A's seem to have more floor and storage space, plus I think I could customize the inside a bit
- A's generally have a higher CCC, but I'm used to packing light (boy scout for many years)
- C's have a regular cab with driver's door that I think would be easier for me to get into with my disability
