On 6/13/2014 12:06 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:51:52 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:09:52 -0400, wrote:
I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to
amortize the costs of an RV..
My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a
nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used
it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive
his diesel pusher).
I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a
buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a
day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he
threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat,
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Hey, let's not start doing cost analysis and justification on our
adult toys. :-)
You can't take it with you, and if it's something you've always
wanted, then what the heck. That said, I would challenge anyone who
thinks their RV is expensive. Ask your friend when was the last time
he took it in for a fill up and left with an 800 gallon purchase, or
took it in for routine service and left with a $15K tab.
I think you got us, Wayne.
While out on the water at Solomons, my wife asked if I missed the boat. I told her if I could afford
to have a boat in a place which took total care of it and would have it ready to go whenever I
asked, I'd have a boat. Or, if we lived in a house where I could put the boat and trailer in the
back yard, I'd have a boat. Leaving the damn thing on a trailer in storage is tempting fate too
much. And it's a pain in the ass to have to go get it!
I stored a brand new, 19' Center Console at one of those storage places
in Florida during the summers when we were back up north.
One big problem.
They went into bankruptcy the second summer without my knowledge. When
I called to tell them I'd be picking up the boat there was no answer.
Finally drove over only to find the gate closed and locked. I ended up
seeing someone inside, yelled over and was told the place was closed and
no one could get in. By now I had put two and two together, went back
to the house, made some phone calls and confirmed the place was in
receivership.
Went back the next day and just hung around until I saw a van pull up to
the gate. The driver got out, unlocked it, and went back to the van to
pull into the boat yard.
I pulled up right behind him and followed him into the yard. All hell
broke loose for a few minutes when one of the owners came running out of
the building asking me what the hell I was doing. Told him I was
retrieving my boat and backed the truck up to hook the trailer to the
hitch. Noticed the trailer had a flat tire. Meanwhile the owner was
yelling at me, telling me I couldn't take it. Told him it was my boat
and I was taking it. The owner went back in the building saying he was
calling the police. Meanwhile the driver of the van turned out to be a
mechanic and was sympathetic to my situation. He helped me drag the
boat out, hook it up to my truck and I towed it out and down the street
to the nearest gas station to put air in the tire. Brought it back to
MA and sold it. Never heard from the owner, court or police.
What I did was wrong. When a business goes belly up and into
receivership, everything on the property is seized until the court can
sort out who owns what. This can take six months to a year, so I took
my chances and got away with it.