Would $7 per gal effect your RV lifestyle?
Recently experts have predicted that gas prices could soon reach $7 per gallon. Depending where you go in northern CA, prices have been north of $5 for at least a couple of months. I just filled my Du...
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For over a decade, I have made/improved a trip planner in Excel. I now have a little script in a box that pulls the trip mileage, and looks at $2.50 / 3.00 / 3.50 / up to 6.00 per gallon, in 0.50 cent increments.
Point is, you are right...even with our 7.0 mpg AVG class c rig, it's a few hundred, even up to $800 more than whatever baseline I put in.
Yes, we would still do our one big trip per year (2 to 3 weeks...we are not retired just yet) and a few weekend trips. But, we would budget for it and squeeze something else.
It's sad to me that with all the reserves/potential the USA has with oil, it's not utilized anymore.
I will also say this -- we don't use a dinghy/toad. Wife drives behind in her Subaru, which gets good mileage. We may get a dolly for my Camry, but have held off until we are retired (5 or 6 yrs from now). At one time we did tow a 20+ yr old Jeep behind us, but the Jeep sat most the year. Sold the Jeep/towbar/braking system in order to make sure we could pay for our kids college w/o loans. Point here is, just like you, I cut an expense in RV'ing for college, and if gas goes to the stratosphere, we'll cut a few things to even the load.
Let's hope things settle down...for EVERYONE's sake...and we get back to normal!
Point is, you are right...even with our 7.0 mpg AVG class c rig, it's a few hundred, even up to $800 more than whatever baseline I put in.
Yes, we would still do our one big trip per year (2 to 3 weeks...we are not retired just yet) and a few weekend trips. But, we would budget for it and squeeze something else.
It's sad to me that with all the reserves/potential the USA has with oil, it's not utilized anymore.
I will also say this -- we don't use a dinghy/toad. Wife drives behind in her Subaru, which gets good mileage. We may get a dolly for my Camry, but have held off until we are retired (5 or 6 yrs from now). At one time we did tow a 20+ yr old Jeep behind us, but the Jeep sat most the year. Sold the Jeep/towbar/braking system in order to make sure we could pay for our kids college w/o loans. Point here is, just like you, I cut an expense in RV'ing for college, and if gas goes to the stratosphere, we'll cut a few things to even the load.
Let's hope things settle down...for EVERYONE's sake...and we get back to normal!
