Oh No! Friend making big RV mistake...again.
Three years ago an old friend, who had never owned or used an RV, spent hours on the telephone with me seeking advice. He had already pretty much made up his mind and I was very careful in my response...
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The last place I want to find about RV stuff is from a dealer. The first time (early 2010) I went to look at a TT, the dealer I went to said that towing capacities were just fake numbers vehicle makers used for legal eagle stuff, and that a late-90s half ton could pull 11k pounds without breaking a sweat in real life. Of course, coming from the IT industry where if a program asks for 7 CPUs and you give it four, the program vendor will not help, nor support you, I smelled the nitrogenous cow waste quickly.
Sometimes, I end up the one explaining to a dealer about something because I do a lot of research before making a sale.
Of course, this doesn't mean I don't make mistakes. I blew it somewhat when I made my current RV purchase. I didn't realize that the time I spent driving to where I store my rig, prepping it, hitching it up, driving to a CG, unhitching, then repeating the process, takes a huge part of my minimal vacation time (usually a weekend, if not 3-4 days at most.) So, for me, other than a festival that I drop my TT at for a quarter of the year, I am far better served by a small motorhome that I can park in the driveway, then on Friday, take it to work instead of my daily driver, and once work is done, hop in, vacation starts. However, I have learned a lot from my first rig... such as basic upkeep, electrical and plumbing issues, what I need and don't need for sleeping space, and what my RV-ing habits are.
Sometimes, I end up the one explaining to a dealer about something because I do a lot of research before making a sale.
Of course, this doesn't mean I don't make mistakes. I blew it somewhat when I made my current RV purchase. I didn't realize that the time I spent driving to where I store my rig, prepping it, hitching it up, driving to a CG, unhitching, then repeating the process, takes a huge part of my minimal vacation time (usually a weekend, if not 3-4 days at most.) So, for me, other than a festival that I drop my TT at for a quarter of the year, I am far better served by a small motorhome that I can park in the driveway, then on Friday, take it to work instead of my daily driver, and once work is done, hop in, vacation starts. However, I have learned a lot from my first rig... such as basic upkeep, electrical and plumbing issues, what I need and don't need for sleeping space, and what my RV-ing habits are.
