[V8] Re: Still Hanging MOTORHOME

[Unka Bart]

Hi Scott,

> I know nothing about those, but I'm quite intregued.
> Seems cool as hell, and I like the lack of "potty" stops, if bringing 
> the
> family.
>
> How does one learn about the ins and outs of those things.
> It might make a "track car" tow rig with benefits!

I don't know quite what you mean by the "ins and outs," but what got me 
into the RV stuff was planning a 90-day driving trip out to the west 
coast from my (then) home outside Annapolis, MD.  I set up a 
spreadsheet to compare costs between driving my car and staying in 
motels and driving a motorhome and staying in that instead.

Visiting old friends not seen in years was the raison d'etre for the 
trip in the first place.  I based on a 5 day visit at each stop.  In 
the MH option, one night would be spend in the home of my friends but 
the other 4 would be in the MH.  In the car option, the other 4 nights 
would be in motels.   I allowed 6 mpg for the motorhome and 20 for my 
3.6 V8Q.  I allowed one meal per visit in my friends house and one meal 
for 4 adults at a local restaurant in both options with the balance of 
my meals either eaten in restraurants (car option) or in the motorhome. 
  It didn't take long to see that the analysis was not at all sensitive 
to fuel consumption.  The savings on motels and restaurant meals 
exceeded every other consideration my orders of magnitude.  That 
convinced me.  One trip would have paid for a $3000 trailer to haul the 
V8Q behind the bus.

You've got the right idea about using one as a "track car" tow rig.  
Get a diesel pusher and go.  Converted buses are pretty cheap these 
days.

Bart