I certainly have given a wrong impression as being too calculating in a recreation activity and taking away a lot of the fun. But really, I never keep close track of expenses, and would not know how much we pay for RE taxes, insurance, car expenses, etc... That's my wife/secretary's job.
The reason for my apparent indecision is that I see the allure of different types of RV, and must read up other people's experience to see where I fit.
Little R-Pods or their equivalent look interesting until we went out to look at them. Neat for weekend trips, but for month-long treks, where would we stow our "stuff"?
We looked at some class As. Nice and roomy, but I can see myself getting upset trying to back it into tight corners. If I dent a corner of it, while my wife was out giving directions, we would be blaming each other for quite some time. I do not want to become a source of free entertainment to bystanders.
In addition, I understand that National Parks have a limit of length, and that may lock out the As.
I knew about macerator pumps. Can it be retrofitted on?
The above are the things I am educating myself about. I just want to prepare myself about pros and cons. Does all this preparation take away the spontaneity of RV'ing? I beg to differ. It should prepare myself about the negative aspects of this activity, so I would have more fun.
The spontaneity will come later, and hopefully will never cease.
Here's another example. Flat towing a car is not as simple as I thought, once I read about Andy's experience. After spending significantly more than I expected, he still had not had a tow-brake system installed in his dinghy, a Honda FIT. I would have bought a Stehl tow dolly with electric brakes for less than $1500. Why didn't Andy? What's the pro and con?
Andy's Web Blog:
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Anyway, talking about RVs may bore some people, but I am obsessed with it now. It gives me a diversion from discussions about SWR, MFs, mortgage payments and such. My mileage does vary.
PS. I am trying to get my wife to go look at another used class C today.