Revisiting pop-up campers
Some years ago I gave serious thought to getting a truck and pop-up camper. Then life happened, and everything got put on hold. Now, as I approach retirement (at 70), I am revisiting the idea. Curr...
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mkirsch wrote:
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BTW, the day they build a camper that REQUIRES a diesel engine is the day I give it up. Gas is more than adequate for any camper currently on the market.
Ditto that.
Diesels are nice especially in the Colorado mountains. I could keep a 75MPH pace up Vail Pass or to Eisenhower with plenty left, but if I had to do it over I would go gas. I say this more now that the truck is not my daily driver and that I no longer have the camper.
I use the truck for Home Depot runs... and it sits more now.
(...besides that, no truck maker produces a diesel with manual transmission anymore. Call me old-school, but diesel with automatic is an oxymoron)
