Gas prices
I now shop around (on Internet) for gas prices now that they are avg around 4.25 per gal here in Mn, I found mid-grade @ 3.99 so I went for it. While I was fueling, a gentleman came up to me (he has a...
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workhardplayharder wrote:
My standard answer when some one ask -"This motorhome gets better gas mileage than Al Gore's limo"
I love (and will use this one).
I have lived my life at the bottom right corner of a spreadsheet for many years. The ROI of everything gets looked at. We currently have a classic coach that is inexpensive to maintain and I use 9.3 for my fuel management and I am always real close.
If we compare something the recent 3800 mile excursion to anything else, the coach comes out a winner.
OK,
150$/day for fuel vs 45$ for our best traveling car.
10$/day for food and drink vs 40$ for restaurants and small packages and things that have to be carried in a cooler (needs ice).
Average 5$/day for overnight vs 50$/for ho/motel (we blacktop a lot)
OK cash out of pocket is close depending on the location we are traveling. But,
We Never have to be groped by TSA.
We are never worried about where things get packed.
We sleep in our own bed and the dog along (oops, that's 30$/day that I forgot above.
We eat only what we want never what is written on the wall.
We always know where the nearest clean bathroom is.
I'll take it.....
Matt
