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- Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:06 am
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- Topic: Motor homes
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Re: Motor homes
That ad you linked to tells you a lot. A 10 year old rig with 23,000 miles on it. I wonder what it cost new?
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:00 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Motor homes
- Replies: 196
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Re: Motor homes
There is a 1-800-Justsayno number you can call.
Failing that, it might help to lay on the couch with a cool cloth on your forehead until this passes.
Think of it as a "land boat." Having had both a few boats, a motor home, and half a dozen airplanes, I can say from experience that very few get as much use from them as they cost. I will say that these experiences were all during my business years (I was a lawyer, so "working years" may not be the right phrase!) so my usage of these was much more curtailed, except the airplanes. OTOH, the income made it possible to write the checks essential to their operation.
Several of my friends had large fancy motor homes and large fancy passive incomes. They would go off for months at a time, on coast to coast trips, up into Canada, all over the place. One fellow had sold a car dealership to one of those roll up outfits; his coach cost more than $1 million. I'm not sure I would want to live in it for a couple of months.
That kind of traveling around, that you would get plenty of use of the coach from, presents a problem for us gun owners. These guys were all Californians, not used to carrying, and several did not own any guns at all. Weird, huh? You have to watch gun laws every where you go.
Maintenance can be frustrating, too, and expensive, maybe not as expensive as a boat or plane, but you never know when you will have to write a 4-5 figure check. That cuts into your beer and cigarette money even if you don't smoke! Finding reliable service a thousand miles from home can test your confidence in your fellow man.
Like your close cousins, the boat owners, you will very likely find that the happiest days are the day you buy and the day you sell.
Failing that, it might help to lay on the couch with a cool cloth on your forehead until this passes.
Think of it as a "land boat." Having had both a few boats, a motor home, and half a dozen airplanes, I can say from experience that very few get as much use from them as they cost. I will say that these experiences were all during my business years (I was a lawyer, so "working years" may not be the right phrase!) so my usage of these was much more curtailed, except the airplanes. OTOH, the income made it possible to write the checks essential to their operation.
Several of my friends had large fancy motor homes and large fancy passive incomes. They would go off for months at a time, on coast to coast trips, up into Canada, all over the place. One fellow had sold a car dealership to one of those roll up outfits; his coach cost more than $1 million. I'm not sure I would want to live in it for a couple of months.
That kind of traveling around, that you would get plenty of use of the coach from, presents a problem for us gun owners. These guys were all Californians, not used to carrying, and several did not own any guns at all. Weird, huh? You have to watch gun laws every where you go.
Maintenance can be frustrating, too, and expensive, maybe not as expensive as a boat or plane, but you never know when you will have to write a 4-5 figure check. That cuts into your beer and cigarette money even if you don't smoke! Finding reliable service a thousand miles from home can test your confidence in your fellow man.
Like your close cousins, the boat owners, you will very likely find that the happiest days are the day you buy and the day you sell.