RV Financing / Zero Down Options?

GoPackGo wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
I don't find the "buy an RV since your time w/ kiddos is limited" thunk compelling since tent camping was and still remains available and all wind up with the same afterglow.

Still if an RV is what someone else wants to spend their discretionary funds on yeah well it's not my pocketbook/business.

Once you have spent a cold, wet, weekend in a tent during a thunder storm, and then moved up to a hard shell camper (or pop-up), you will not be going back to a tent.

My buddies and I biked our way around the country on vacations for several years, sleeping in tents because that was the only option. Nothing worse then riding in rain during the day in the mountains and then having to pitch a tent. No afterglow - just cold and wet.

Still not compelled to change my mind:).
Spent a short summer trip (4 or 5 nights) camping on the CT shore during an unexpected hurricane to tropical storm watch. We got lucky; it was a tropical storm.

The tent leaked massively because I ordered the wrong sized/model rain fly.

The man lost the car keys in the morass of the tent's interior at 3:00 AM in the morn and it took about an hour for him to find it.

Whilst sitting in the relative shelter of the car in our drenched to the skin clothing, the man said it was time to go home. For once in my life, I agreed with nooooooooo counter argument. Did point out that it made little sense to bring dripping wet camp gear and clothing home so we decided to dry as much as possible at the local laundromat.

Arrived at the laundromat at opening time and we're greeted by a host of fellow campers who got there before us. Fortunately, there were still dryers available.

Went to the local Denny's for breakfast and dinna care WHAT we looked like. A bit more humanoid, stopped at a local supermarket and were trapped between delivering making tractor trailers for an hour or so.

Drove back to the campground eventually and found a world of Hades for tenters and RVers alike. Made us realise we were all in it together and we stayed for our remaining reservation.

In all my years of bike camping it never rained so that it was memorable; prolly lucky:).