October 4th 18, 11:43 PM
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"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:47:03 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:27:22 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:52:15 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:21:29 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:04:27 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:11:04 +0100, Rod Speed
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 03:13:46 +0100, rbowman
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On 09/29/2018 03:48 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Finally, if you live in an RV you get to keep it. And
modify
it.
Lot
rent is quite a bit less than rental properties.
I take it RV means campervan? Those depreciate way faster
than
houses.
If you don't plan on selling it who cares? Besides, as you
argued
for
automobiles, buy them used after they depreciate.
Still a lot of repairs to do, like rust, and the engine of
course.
Aluminum doesn't rust. RV's also include trailers so there
is
no
engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_vehicle
My brother had a motorhome but he towed a Toyota yacht tender
behind
it.
That's a very common practice so you have a vehicle smaller
than
a
bus
to drive around. With the trailer, you can drop the trailer
and
you
have
the tow vehicle for driving around.
There are quite a few full-time RVers in the US. Some are
retirees,
others are younger and find employment as they go.
https://www.outsideonline.com/185778...re-you-park-it
When I hit the road it was in a pickup similar to the 3rd
photo,
rather
than a van or some of the pickups with larger camper shells.
It
was
inconspicuous and could go anyplace. I wandered around the
western
US
for a year, going to Arizona for the winter months, and then
spent
a
year as a Forest Service volunteer. It's an interesting life;
you
learn
to travel light and improvise.
I don't understand why they're still using steel on any
vehicle,
Because its much cheaper than the alternatives
and isnt hard to treat so it doesn't rust.
Yet all cars rust. After the warranty period though.
No rust on my Getz and it's a long way out of warranty now.
But you live in a huge desert compared to the soggy island I'm
stuck
on.
You'll find no rust on the 12 year old Getzs you find there too.
I have rust on my 16 year old Renault.
Because its just another frog steaming turd with wheels.
Although to be fair it's not significant. Why did it take them
until
now
to work out how to stop steel rusting?
It didn't, they previously chose not to bother.
Cars used to rust after 5 years.
My 69 beetle didn't. Neither did the 73 Golf.
My 98 Golf rusted to the point that it wasn't worth repairing for the
annual safety test. That was about 5 years ago.
Bet you wont find any Getz like that there.
**** all Getzs here.
Irrelevant to whether they are rusty or not.
I've probably seen one every few months, so I can't check. They're mainly
i10, i20, i30.
Bet none of those are rusty either.
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