brodie
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We all experienced a clear demonstration, a couple of years ago, of the risks associated with financing oneself up to the hilt. People who suffer because they have done so in the intervening years have only themselves to blame if they haven't factored in sufficient contingency.
Hi
We were about to finance ourselves to buy a new m/h just a couple of weeks ago, it was going to be a short term thing until we sold our house and could pay it off in full with the equity. We were just about at the end of the process when we sat down and discussed it again at length and got the wobbles on. We have got enough stress on really with the pressure of selling a house let alone having to find an extra payment for a loan every month, interest rates threatening to go up so mortgage would increase, storage fees to pay then the pressure to use it and who wants £xxx's sat iddle? We are going to wait and see what the house does.
The car is going though it is a Jeep Grand Cherokee and costs around £85ish to fill it up to the brim this is probably every 5-6 weeks though as I walk to school most days and like Jim when I go out I do loads of errands in the same day. I do love my car but if having it means we think about day trips in terms of how much fuel is going to cost then its got to go.
My food shopping is delivered it is free delivery if you pay on a credit card so saves time & money there.
Having said all that, I think it would take alot for us to be put off motorhoming for good due to fuel prices - well I do hope so, as for us ( x 5) the cost of a package holiday abroad would be far more expensive than a 2-3 week holiday in France using aires or wild camping.
I think it depends on your personal circumstances.