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Price of a Bluebird
01-19-2008, 04:52
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Price of a Bluebird
Don,

I'll admit I didn't do a scientific survey, just imho. But for someone considering a first coach..and an older Bird to boot, I thought a realistic view of the ongoing costs of storage, maintenance and repairs might save disappointment later.

Brad Barton 00LXiDFW
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To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
From: bluethunder@...
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:09:01 -0700
Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Price of a Bluebird


I suspect that is not true.

I'm in my 5th winter in Arizona, visiting with the same travelers that I saw back when diesel was $1.29 a gallon. I will admit to having spoken with only a few of the "always in storage" folks around the country - they aren't found where I am, which is on the road with others - but those I have spoken to have the same universal answer for why their coach always sits in their driveway or in storage: Time, and the lack thereof.

People who own those stored coaches are predominately still in the workforce, and getting at most a few weeks a year for vacation. The more a coach sits the harder it is to pull it out and get it ready for a weekend or other short trip. Eventually inertia sets in and it never moves.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Posting today by satellite from Yuma, AZ

On 1/19/2008 at 8:41 AM brad barton wrote:

>The reason most coaches spend more time idle than on the road is the cost
>of operating and maintaining the coach.



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