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Needing advice!!

Within the year we will begin our life long dream of traveling cross country in a RV, but which type??? With gas prices so high and driveable RVs' getting 8-10 miles to the gallon we are undecided what to do, We looked at a beautiful 34' Winnebago in excellent condition with 45,000 original miles and fell in love with it..but we would need to tow a car thus the gas mileage would be less. If we bought a towable trailer we have a vehicle to pull it (Jeep Larado) and would get 15-18 miles to the gallon. The fifth wheels are nice but we would then need to buy a truck. We will be on a fixed income and do not want payments so I guess that takes the fith wheel out of the mix. Any advice would be appreciated.

Also anyone that has gone cross country and would like to share their experiences I would love to hear from you.

thank you Mary Jane

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Permalink Reply by Mike and Rose on December 13, 2008 at 6:10am

We rented first. We rented a Class C and after a 2 week trip, we scrapped the idea of buying a Class C and are now in the process of buying a Class A. Good Luck..

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Permalink Reply by Ron Buckner on December 13, 2008 at 6:25am

Good stuff, I'm always cautious when it comes to Rig-choice, There's no way to know what level of experiance any one may have, and the dealers can be absolutely unscrupulous when it cames to chrome plating. The worst thing I can imagine is watching a brand new RV'r get himself into trouble by not really giving some thought to what the rigs over-all intended purpose might be, and being forced to live with a "first" mistake that might become his last.