Cost of BirdBirds and Fuel

[mariopatti1]

Hi all
Just to restate some facts; 2500 miles ,40 days,7mpg=$41.25 PER DAY
FOR FUEL. I'm not selling!!
Mario 1985fc35

-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
wrote:
>
> 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 a
lot 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 I was 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@yahoogroups.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)
> >
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> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
> Steady Gittin' It!
>