motor home mpg
what brand of mh gets the best mpg? we are considering a vegas 24.1
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While you are fretting over fuel cost, you really need to decide what you want to do.
When I started all this years ago, I started a spread sheet. Gas was cheaper and so was everything else, and nothing has really changed. If you buy a good used coach, and do at least the required maintenance, it should last you many years and miles. Tires and fuel are a given too....
But if you add up the traveling cost, any effectively choosen RV can be a winner.
OK, you spend 100$ a day on fuel. But you don't spend 80$ on a motel.
If you have a decent motel, you may get a "breakfast", that only slightly cuts you meal cost for the day. Meals in the coach are what you might eat at home. Same-same there and you can stow left-overs in the reefer.
Then there is:
You never have to unpack.
You always sleep in your own bed.
If you get tired of driving, there are always rest areas and truck stops.
Then there is the thing that we often go to music and other festivals. There are no accommodations available for MILES.
We find it worthwhile even on our budget that has been so vastly reduced by recent events. (Note: no actual political reference.)
Matt
When I started all this years ago, I started a spread sheet. Gas was cheaper and so was everything else, and nothing has really changed. If you buy a good used coach, and do at least the required maintenance, it should last you many years and miles. Tires and fuel are a given too....
But if you add up the traveling cost, any effectively choosen RV can be a winner.
OK, you spend 100$ a day on fuel. But you don't spend 80$ on a motel.
If you have a decent motel, you may get a "breakfast", that only slightly cuts you meal cost for the day. Meals in the coach are what you might eat at home. Same-same there and you can stow left-overs in the reefer.
Then there is:
You never have to unpack.
You always sleep in your own bed.
If you get tired of driving, there are always rest areas and truck stops.
Then there is the thing that we often go to music and other festivals. There are no accommodations available for MILES.
We find it worthwhile even on our budget that has been so vastly reduced by recent events. (Note: no actual political reference.)
Matt
