....Mike I have a race car hauler for a trailer and I can put my VW TDI inside or a boat or Jeep or whatever fits and can be tieddown good........I tow the whole thing with my VOLVO 610 tractor.The trailer is 37' long and 8' wide by 10 feet high...there is an unbelievable ammount of room if you lay it out corectly.....geofkaye

I have two goals:
1 To not tow anything behind my Motorhome>
2 To have a safe reliable all weather car to get around in to visit the places I want to see and to fetch my bride to and fro the local airport.

Say I want to go see the Denver and Reo-Grand Western Railroad (and I do) I will drive to The closes place to camp to the railroad.. Pull out the ˜Baru and tool over to Denver airport, pik up my bride and go ride the train then on Sunday night take her back to the airport in the car and move on to the next point of interest and repeat the process.

My bride wants me not to tow anything and to make sure there is a first class bathroom.
She is beginning her job as an Xray tech. I have had all of fun teaching I can stand. I want to see America before the political morons repeal the whole 20th century and perhaps the 19th century as well. At 63 there is no telling when I will attend the last Captains Mast . I have busted my ass for 40+ yrs been thru two divorces the second nearly killed me. I want some payoff for all the greef.

More later.

Michael

.....I can relate to that....the only differance is: I did the marriage bit only once- I taught for 30 years [HS and College]and have been a shrink for 38....and been in business since I was born-it seems.....now I use renters or leasers and use the employee write off's that the IRS gives me......I travel when I can as I have only one business left to sell off and then I'm free and really easy......but then I bought a house to remodel in August so I tied up till Christmas.....geofkaye

Well it has been a few days. I am wondering about a coupple of things.

1. What is insurance like on say 40' motor garage?
2. Do you have any high protection for the rig in the event you encounter a tree limb hanging low enough to whack the front of the rig?

Thankx

Michael in sunny Oakland CA

....if your full time it is more costly...but that depends on your driving record and the kind of insurance you need....I carry Liability only.[$430 for first 1 million and $386 for 3million more a year] The slick front of the Volvo cab lifts the branches or breaks them off as I go under.....I also took a lot of cable tv and telephone lines out on Sanibel Island last year....if they are not up 14' it's the property owners problem.....also some siding-but that is another story about fastening the cable to the facia instead of the plastic siding....geofkaye

How about some input on motor scooters?

I have been looking at what kind of scooter to try and get aboard. There are physical size considerations as well as engine size issues. It is my understanding that 250CC is minimum for freeways. Question is in your experience when you use a scooter instead of the car do you go on freeways or just local? I am wondering about the various options here. Most are about 3 feet wide and 6+ feet long. I have noticed that they have gotten pretty pricy too.

Anybody with any input??

Thanks Gang this has become so interesting.

Michael form Sunny Oakland CA

Does anybody have ant thoughts on the motorscooter issue?

Posted October 29, 2005 11:06 PM
How about some input on motor scooters?

I have been looking at what kind of scooter to try and get aboard. There are physical size considerations as well as engine size issues. It is my understanding that 250CC is minimum for freeways. Question is in your experience when you use a scooter instead of the car do you go on freeways or just local? I am wondering about the various options here. Most are about 3 feet wide and 6+ feet long. I have noticed that they have gotten pretty pricy too.

Anybody with any input??

Thanks Gang this has become so interesting.

Michael form Sunny Oakland CA

Question is really, what do you want to do with it? There are so many options and one will fit your needs.

I am always on the freeway after I get to my destination. But my needs are different. I would not want to be limited to only local travel no matter where I went. What if you need a part to fix your car and the local Napa store is not as close as you would like it to be?

Think about fuel needs as well. Make sure the tank is big enough. There is a stretch in Nevada on 50 that has gas stations that are 120 or more miles apart. (there is a reason they call it the lonliest road in america) There are some motorcycles/scooters that won't make the trip. Would need to carry and extra gas can.

Will you be trail riding at all? don't dismiss this so quickly. It is a lot of fun. There are some on-off road bikes that would fit the bill quite nicely and take you places that car or foot might not go.

will you be riding solo all the time?

A scooter/motorcycle is definitly a plus when going rv'ing in my opinion.

Mike

....I'm too old to ride a scooter and too broken to ride a motorcycle....though -I lust for one-daily....sorry I'm No help here help......geofkaye

Awww, c'mon Geof! You could always put on a set of training wheels............. ;-)