Cost of BirdBirds and Fuel

[dru penland]

I hear it ALL the time. You must have money. How can yu afford to travel around in that old bus. For those who really want to know, I can show. My trips turn out 1/2 to 2/3 what my peers pay, traveling in the subcompact and lodging at Motel 6 and I'm having a hell of alot more fun parked under a tree with a happy family that has a familiar place to sleep at night. With three roof A/C' s and hard sides to keep the bears out, I wish Iwas a full timer already!

On the flats at 10 to 11 mpg and climbing the rockies at 7.3. Not to bad for a bought and paid for ride. I'm afraid she'll out live diesel supply...it will still make a good stationary home, when that happens, NEVER!

Gregory OConnor wrote:

Bill's beer is 1/2 full, well said. go 1/2 the distance and stay
twice as long. Getting the bus there is the changed cost variable. I
bet I will learn how to relax, hike, fish and explore now that go go
go has a proven cost.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomoland --- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "pattypape"
..> wrote:
>
> I was tired of the old thread, maybe we need to change the
topic??...
>
> I think "Chicken Little" has arrived on the Motorhome market.
> No question sellers on the fringe of selling or changing their
life
> style have hastened their plans & have decided to sell,
and their
> timing is really terrible.
> I think BB's are selling, but the inventory is growing faster than
> the demand, thus a buyers market. A higher supply, Same as a
> home/house.
>
> But, if you are into traveling in a Motorhome, There is no better
> solution than a used BlueBird. Actually it is still a real
bargain.
> Where else can you receive factory tech support and drawings e-
faxed
> the same day for your 20/30 year old Motorhome
>
> For the many reasons, we all decided, to arrive at a decision to
> purchase a Bird, Those reasons are still valid, even more so now
in
> this economy, with rising costs of motels, restaurants, airfare
etc.
> We feel every day, we travel in the Bird, we save money.
>
> If you made a trip and used 500 gallons of fuel last year ,
> It will only cost just over $500 more to make this same trip today.
> So
if you can just eek out 20% increase in fuel, all other costs
are
> about the same.
> We will continue to travel, "NOW" , it will not be less expensive
> next year. The "Good Old Days" are Today.
>
> Bill 88 FC Michigan (not for sale at any price)
>

Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB
Steady Gittin' It!