RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!

mileshuff wrote:
Does fuel costs really make that much of a difference? I have a $40,000 RV and a $40,000 truck to pull it. I often travel 500 miles on an RV trip. I get 10mpg. At $3.65g for diesel thats $365 for fuel for the round trip. Overall I'll spend a couple $1000 on the entire week long trip. Say diesel dropped in 1/2. I'd save $182. Not a big enough issue to make much of a difference in the big picture. Fuel is not the biggest factor in RV'ing for us.

Agreed. The effect on RVing is minimal. It has more of an effect on the daily drive which is why high mpg vehicles can make a difference to the budget. Its also why electrics and hybrids can make sense in the right situation, especially those making a 40 to 50 mile commute every day. Fuel is cheap now and it will be interesting to see the effect on the sales of this group of vehicles. Regardless, our next vehicle wont have a tail pipe.