Worried about looks..

suprz wrote:
This year's trip is to Florida (Disney, the keys, etc...) I'm kind of crazy about keeping the RV looking good. BUT for some reason I keep thinking about all the retirees with their huge class A coaches, and I want to make my Class C look better than usual. I must be nuts

yup you are nuts and ya see it ;)

wash it, wax it, pretty it up as you want but never compare against others in the rv of their choice, it has nothing to do with your choice :) and the rv you need in your life.

you are fine, everyone gets some envy but if you want a Class A then go buy one, if not, forget it and be happy with what you do want and no other thoughts on it!

I try and keep mine clean. I wash it a few times a year when it looks like it needs it.
It is not as shiny as when it was new, but it is clean.

Dontcha just hate it when you spend a day cleaning up the rig when you are lucky enough to find a CG that lets you wash it, then on the day that you depart it rains within 15 minutes of hitting the road & you are back to driving a muck mobile again???? GRRRRR!!!

I can appreciate the part about keeping your rig looking good, but not the part about what others think. Who cares, enjoy yourself. When we bought our rig two years ago I completely buffed and waxed it, polished all the metal, replaced the white vinyl inserts, and painted the mirros white again after some slight yellowing. My wife thought I was crazy to do that much work, but I like to take pride in the condition of it.We were at the Nashville KOA in June in our 10 year old Class C , the place was full of very fancy coaches. I was in awe, I love looking at them. The wife and I hiked over to the two dealers next to the KOA and checked a few out....guess what, not our style at all. We are pretty simple people (I just know there is a joke somewhere in that statement...so fire away LOL), our RV is just fine for us. Anyway, I enjoyed walking around and checking out the million dollar rigs, but never did we feel inadequate. The people we met all seemed pretty nice. My grandfather taught me many years ago that possessions do not make a man. Since then I've known a few millionaires that were the nicest salt of the earth people you'd ever met and also some real nasty people with debt to their eyelids trying to make an appearance. Just enjoy yourselves.

I think some of these folks who buy expensive RV's are older and figure they won't last long enough to pay the thing off, so they get to enjoy themselves for a while while making a modest monthly payment. Just a guess...:@

My little Class-C is paid for, and I'm real proud of it. I often wonder how many of the high $$$$$ rig owners can say the same thing.

"When Finn Murphy, a mover specializing in corporate and other high-end moves and author of 'The Lang Haul: A Truckers Tales of Life on the Road' was asked what, if anything set the rich apart, his response was that their possessions are crushing them, have taken over and defined their lives, which is why he and many other bed-buggers (Movers) have a more Buddhist approach to life that focuses on experiences and relationships while down-playing the importance of possessions. "

I agree 100% with that observation. Even if I could afford it, I would never own a million dollar coach anyway. I wouldn't be comfortable living in it, having to worry that some faux pas on my part might cause minor damage to something.

I was care-taking at a little boutique campground (That means it's expensive!!) during a ridiculously crowded 'Antiques Festival' and had a couple from one of those massive 4-slide 45 foot coaches come up one morning and ask about a good breakfast place in the nearby town (Pop 90.) I commented that they would probably have to wait hours for one of the few tables at the few places in town and maybe would be better off having breakfast in their rig.

"There's no way we're cooking bacon in our million dollar motorcoach!!" was the vehement, no-room-for-negotiation response.

Not the way I would want to live my life!

When Finn Murphy, a mover specializing in corporate and other high-end moves and author of 'The Lang Haul: A Truckers Tales of Life on the Road' was asked what, if anything set the rich apart, his response was that their possessions are crushing them, have taken over and defined their lives, which is why he and many other bed-buggers (Movers) have a more Buddhist approach to life that focuses on experiences and relationships while down-playing the importance of possessions.

I've met folks camping (living) in their cars or station wagons in a county park I used to frequent near San Juan Capistrano. They were all pretty nice, though a bit eccentric. In the same park, I met a young couple with a baby living in a teepee. Made me feel good I had a class A motorhome at the time. Whatever a person uses to camp in, as long as they're satisfied, is what matters.

If you are slighted by someone because they have an expensive rig compared to yours, is that someone you really want to associate with? Someone that shallow, egotistical, and/or self centered? It a character flaw in their personality, not yours. Why try to appease them? Put a check mark in the ‘not fit for human consumption’ box and move on.

Do your own thing. Associate with people that accept people from all walks of life equally. They are a higher cut of people more apt to show their true self, rather than their formulated projection of what they want people to believe. Reminds me of the movie “Meet The Joneses”, which by the way Demi Moore looked absolutely gorgeous in that film. Worth watching for that alone :) But really speaks to the way advertising is pushing more, bigger, faster, expensive, etc, on the masses with no end in sight. There is always something you need more once you achieve the last need or want.

Most people I meet traveling don’t really care what other drive. In fact, many are interested enough to ask for a tour to see what else is available for when their needs or desires change. I’ve gone through most types of RVs as our needs and desires changed over the years. I can’t look down on any of them, because at one time I was them LOL.

So no, don't sweat it. Not your issue.