RV Inventories?

[Chuck52]

Bird,

I remember 1973 (maybe 1974) as the year I decided my Pontiac Luxury Lemans would make a good trade-in on a Subaru station wagon. Driving down I75 in the Lemans with the air conditioning on I could watch the gas guage move. The Subaru was my first car that got 30mpg.

Chuck

 

[dmccarty]

I have been jaw dropping shocked at how many BIG trailer RVs and huge motor home RVs we have seen on I95 over the last few years. As a kid seeing motor home RV was kinda unusual and was usually "small" not like today's HousesOnWheelsWithADiesel. We see quite a few of these huge RVs. And they are new and huge.

I would guess they are rented. I just cannot believe that there are that many bus sized RV's owned by families. If there are they most all go to FLA at the same time we do.

My family had a distant relative selling a good RV with low mileage for a low price. The relative was not able to sell it. We thought about buying it but the RV could only sleep four and we wanted it to sleep six. And we just could not justify the price even as low as it was.

There are still RV and boat dealers around us with inventory. I do not know how. I drive by a U Store It place twice a day. The place used to be completely full of boats, RV and trailers. There still are some but quite a few of them have moved off. Can't imagine paying for a boat, trailer, or RV and then have the monthly expense to park it. :confused2:

Later,
Dan

 

[smstonypoint]

I bought our first motorhome, smallest Class A Winnebago made, in 1973. It only had a 40 gallon gas tank, and how many of our members remember 1974 when service stations limited gasoline sales to 10 gallons for awhile.:laughing: Fortunately, that didn't last long.

Was it 1972 or 1973 that gasoline was rationed according to the last digit of your license plate (even or odd)?

 

[300UGUY]

Was it 1972 or 1973 that gasoline was rationed according to the last digit of your license plate (even or odd)?

I was working in a factory in 1973, started in September, the oil crisis started in October, and by December, I was laid off. I think the rationing started in late 73 or early 74. It didn't last long. The economic effects are still being felt today. 1973 was the high point for family income in this country. It's been going downhill ever since.

 

[2manyrocks]

The method of rationing was pretty loose--I don't recall any official method around here except that gas stations wouldn't let you fill up--it was limited to X gallons-and not every station had gas. Since a lot of the cars only got 10-15 mpg, it had an impact.

At the time, it was a shock to see gas "jump" from something like .32 cents a gallon to say .50 or .60 a gallon if I'm remembering the prices right.

 

[Bird]

The method of rationing was pretty loose

That's true. In the first two suburbs northwest of Dallas (Farmers Branch and Carrollton), we were limited to 10 gallons, so I could get 10 gallons at one station, go a block or two down the street and get another 10 gallons. But that summer, we made a trip to West Virginia in that little motorhome and I was wondering how much trouble we'd have getting gas on I-30, I-40, and I-81 through Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia, and we never had a problem at all. We didn't find a single station with any restrictions.

 

[dmccarty]

I remember the 10 gallon limit and you got gas based on the last number in the license plate. Odd numbers were certain days of the weeks while even where other days of the weeks. Maybe no gas was sold on Sundays.

I was a little kid way back then but I remember the even/odd rule for some reason. We would have been in GA or LA at the time. LA may not have had gas stations open on Sunday. I know we could only buy food on Sundays back then. Skags Albertsons which is now just Albertsons would put sheets of plastic over the shelves with products they could not sell.

Later,
Dan

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Heard an ad on the radio today for an RV dealers "Inventory reduction sale". thought of this thread.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Heard an ad on the radio today for an RV dealers "Inventory reduction sale". thought of this thread.

That may be the trend for a while. I had to drive up through KY on 80/68 to Russelville today for son to leave out for 100th Boy Scout anniversity in DC area for the next two weeks and pasted some RV dealers. I did not see a lot of action and most only had towables now.

Owning one old MH currently makes me more happy than owning/floor planning a lot full for sure.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That may be the trend for a while. I had to drive up through KY on 80/68 to Russelville today for son to leave out for 100th Boy Scout anniversity in DC area for the next two weeks and pasted some RV dealers. I did not see a lot of action and most only had towables now.

Owning one old MH currently makes me more happy than owning/floor planning a lot full for sure.

I have a good friend in Russelville KY.
The 100th anniv scout parade in DC is this sunday. I'm not going, but some of our scouts will be there. Also the national Jamboree is going on right now at Ft AP Hill in VA.

Regarding campers, etc.. my wife saw a popup with AC, so she wants one with AC. We have always tent camped, have considered a towbehind camper, but maybe we will get a popup. So far I haven't seen any deals that outstanding, and with a camper, I don't want a used one.