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05-17-2009, 17:33

Rich:

If you're going to live in it, go big. I looked at some SPs and they
are very nice, but for my needs I'm glad I bought a PT-40. This coach
is very livable, even on a long term basis. I wouldn't want to try
living in anything smaller, though - it's still a tiny amount of
living space compared to a house. Next coach I'm going to be looking
for a 42 or 45 footer.

I haven't found the size to be an issue at all in getting around - I
drive it through little towns and on twisty roads and in busy city
traffic with no problems. The size can be very intimidating if you've
never driven something this big (I hadn't, and was intimidated by it
at first), but after a few trips you'll be handling it like a pro. For
something so huge, it's still very maneuverable.

Also, I love the cabinet space in this coach. I've got the overhead
bins up front and in back. Storage galore. Seems to me the eighties
coaches have a more "industrial" design with much more storage and
you'll appreciate that if you're living in it. I love the newer models
with the rope lights and mirrors and all of that fancy garbage - every
time I see one I get the urge to upgrade - but when I eventually do
it, I know I'm going to miss all of this extra storage.

Anyway, that's about the extent of my post: Bigger is Better. Caveman
logic at it's finest.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 5:56 PM, richafranco wrote:
>
> What's behind my thought process, what little there is left, is to maybe
> rent our home in the Orlando area, we could get 3-4 times what our monthly
> mortgage amount is and travel the country, getting time to visit some of the
> places I've always wanted to photograph. This would accomplish atleast 2
> things. 1. In a year or so the real estate market should improve(down
> atleast 30% here) and if we decided we liked this lifestyle, we could sell
> our home, hopefully back where it was before the crash. 2. I could be out
> harvesting new images for my gallery(http://www.richfrancophotography.com) when the
> economy does start to kick in, rather than waiting to see it go up and then
> try and get out and take photos.
>