On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:05:04 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On May 15, 3:42*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 4:04*pm, John H. wrote:

Sorry to hear about that pontoon boat you got outbid on.

My wife and I are thinking of RVs as we speak. We went to a dealer last
week and looked at this one:

http://tinyurl.com/5lkdgl

Pretty nice layout and runs around $85K. It has a Mercedes 6cyl diesel
engine that supposedly gets around 20 mpg. It looked like it would be very
comfortable for two people.

But, $85K will buy a lot of plane tickets and motel rooms!
--
John *H*

That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Oh yeah.. something else to consider. When you're done with the motel
and rent car, you're done.

If you find you don't like the motorhome, you sell it and take a hugh
loss.

Eh, spend it anyhow... LOL!

Well, it's probably kinda like the Porsche 911 - just a dream!

Actually, I like touring and camping by motorcycle. It's cheap, at 50 mpg,
and campsites are usually pretty reasonable. But, my wife isn't thrilled
about 8 hours on the back of a motorcycle. When she had her own, in Europe,
we did a lot of touring that way. But she's gotten rid of her bike as
riding in the DC area is not fun.
--
John *H*

On May 15, 4:10*pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:05:04 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On May 15, 3:42*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 4:04*pm, John H. wrote:

Sorry to hear about that pontoon boat you got outbid on.

My wife and I are thinking of RVs as we speak. We went to a dealer last
week and looked at this one:

http://tinyurl.com/5lkdgl

Pretty nice layout and runs around $85K. It has a Mercedes 6cyl diesel
engine that supposedly gets around 20 mpg. It looked like it would be very
comfortable for two people.

But, $85K will buy a lot of plane tickets and motel rooms!
--
John *H*

That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Oh yeah.. something else to consider. When you're done with the motel
and rent car, you're done.

If you find you don't like the motorhome, you sell it and take a hugh
loss.

Eh, spend it anyhow... LOL!

Well, it's probably kinda like the Porsche 911 - just a dream!

Actually, I like touring and camping by motorcycle. It's cheap, at 50 mpg,
and campsites are usually pretty reasonable. But, my wife isn't thrilled
about 8 hours on the back of a motorcycle. When she had her own, in Europe,
we did a lot of touring that way. But she's gotten rid of her bike as
riding in the DC area is not fun.
--
John *H*- Hide quoted text -

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Hey, speaking of Porsche, and Dodge/Mercedes...

Doesn't Eisboch have something like that?

he'd be in the know, I'm sure.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On May 15, 4:10*pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:05:04 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On May 15, 3:42*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 4:04*pm, John H. wrote:

Sorry to hear about that pontoon boat you got outbid on.

My wife and I are thinking of RVs as we speak. We went to a dealer last
week and looked at this one:

http://tinyurl.com/5lkdgl

Pretty nice layout and runs around $85K. It has a Mercedes 6cyl diesel
engine that supposedly gets around 20 mpg. It looked like it would be very
comfortable for two people.

But, $85K will buy a lot of plane tickets and motel rooms!
--
John *H*

That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Oh yeah.. something else to consider. When you're done with the motel
and rent car, you're done.

If you find you don't like the motorhome, you sell it and take a hugh
loss.

Eh, spend it anyhow... LOL!

Well, it's probably kinda like the Porsche 911 - just a dream!

Actually, I like touring and camping by motorcycle. It's cheap, at 50 mpg,
and campsites are usually pretty reasonable. But, my wife isn't thrilled
about 8 hours on the back of a motorcycle. When she had her own, in Europe,
we did a lot of touring that way. But she's gotten rid of her bike as
riding in the DC area is not fun.
--
John *H*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hey, speaking of Porsche, and Dodge/Mercedes...

Doesn't Eisboch have something like that?

he'd be in the know, I'm sure.

Yeah, I think he's got a Porsche 959, like this: http://tinyurl.com/4nse3x

I'd get one, but I don't think I could get a trailer hitch put on it to
haul mulch around. And, there's not a lot of room for grandkids in the back
seat. Other than that, I guess they're OK, if you're just looking for basic
transportation. Some folks would think it's not important to go 100mph in
8.8 seconds on the way to Safeway to get a tomato.

They're kinda cute though!

He's also got an RV similar to what I'm considering.

http://tinyurl.com/3gtxss

I could actually tow the boat behind the new version, which will tow up to
3500 lbs, according to a local dealer.
--
John *H*

wrote:
That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Maybe lately as in the past two years they've improved, but I owned one
and leased one (turned back in Jul 07) and I vowed when I left that lot
I would never again own a Chrysler product. Plain and simply they do
last hold up well.

On May 16, 2:19*pm, DownTime wrote:
wrote:
That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Maybe lately as in the past two years they've improved, but I owned one
and leased one (turned back in Jul 07) and I vowed when I left that lot
I would never again own a Chrysler product. Plain and simply they do
last hold up well.

Hmm, last Jeep Cherokee, 375,000 miles, other than maintenence items,
I put a water pump on it, and I broke a radiator.
My neighbor's 1998 Ram pickup, well over 300,000 and he vows he'll get
at least another 100k out of it.
My fishing partner's Dakota club cab, over 200,000 miles on it, and
he's horrible with a vehicle, had a Chevy that was crap after 100k.
The list goes on. As with anything you need to maintain them.
My wife's Pontiac Montana van, now THERE is a piece of crap!

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On May 16, 2:19 pm, DownTime wrote:
wrote:
That's a beaut! Chrysler is making some damned nice vehicles lately,
the chassis will be fine!

Maybe lately as in the past two years they've improved, but I owned one
and leased one (turned back in Jul 07) and I vowed when I left that lot
I would never again own a Chrysler product. Plain and simply they do
last hold up well.

Hmm, last Jeep Cherokee, 375,000 miles, other than maintenence items,
I put a water pump on it, and I broke a radiator.
My neighbor's 1998 Ram pickup, well over 300,000 and he vows he'll get
at least another 100k out of it.
My fishing partner's Dakota club cab, over 200,000 miles on it, and
he's horrible with a vehicle, had a Chevy that was crap after 100k.
The list goes on. As with anything you need to maintain them.
My wife's Pontiac Montana van, now THERE is a piece of crap!

What s this as they used to build. They used to build real crap and then
not stand behind it. Or in front of the under designed brake systems. My
1968 Dodge Charger 383 drum brakes. 10" Same size as a 1963 Chevy II. 4
starters in a 120k miles and when ever it got hot enough to need the A/C,
the POS overheated. But was a really pretty POS!