Just when you think you'd heard it all

[Texas Clodhopper]

From the FMCA Diesel RV Club on Facebook.



EDITOR’S NOTE: The California Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association (CalRVDA) issued the following communication this morning (Aug. 11), in which officials for the state association request financial assistance in its continued fight with the California Resources Board (CARB) as the agency seeks to implement policies that would be harmful to conducting RV business in the Golden State.
Dear Colleagues:
Nobody doubts that the way we conduct business has been forever changed – from how we deal with employees to what kind of products we will be allowed to take to market. The California Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association (CalRVDA) has been here to serve you for many years and wants to continue looking out for your best interest.
CalRVDA has been involved in the removal of the required permit for a diesel motorhome to enter the state. This would have required an inspection and placed a limit of no more than a three-day stay in California.
We are currently working hard against the California Resources Board (CARB), which is trying hard to eliminate our ability to sell auxiliary combustion power plants with RVs. That’s right! CARB is trying hard to outlaw the generator. Your customers will simply go out of state to get the same motorhome with a generator and bring it right back.
CalRVDA has also been holding educational conventions and keeping our eye out for issues that are already occurring or may occur in the future.
But CalRVDA needs your help. As you know, it has been very tough to run an association in these times. CalRVDA is an association that runs very conservatively, with a 2020 revenue of only $80,915 and expenses at $124,620.
We are asking for you to make a donation to the CalRVDA association. Joey Shields, Steve Richardson, and myself, David Tenney, have started off by making a $10,000 donation each.
Our businesses have prospered in spite of the terrible conditions due to Covid. Being aware and able to respond makes the difference.
Sincerely,
David Tenney
President, CalRVDA
Joey Shields
Past President, CalRVDA

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Yikes! I, too, thought I’d “heard everything,” but requiring a permit to enter California with a diesel motorhome and limiting the stay to three days is over the top! What happens to residents who currently own diesel motorhomes and/or have one of those dreaded generators?

I guess that means us California “Native Sons and Daughters” who now live in another state won’t be going back for class reunions if that craziness ever gets implemented! Not sure we’d be going back anyway, the that would ensure it.

TJ

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

TJ, with the fuel prices and rv park prices, three days might be all I could afford. My fear is this is only the beginning. I'm waiting for the mandate that X% of motorhomes will have to be battery operated.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

TJ, with the fuel prices and rv park prices, three days might be all I could afford. My fear is this is only the beginning. I'm waiting for the mandate that X% of motorhomes will have to be battery operated.

I don’t think we’ll see such a “mandate” in our lifetime (unless you are waaaaayyyyyy younger than us). I do expect to see electric motorhomes enter the marketplace in the not-to-distant future though. My guess is that there will be some “incentives” offered, however, like tax credits, etc. Only time will tell.

TJ

 

[Scooterfan]

Being a native hardens one's reaction to things like this. I simply shrug and say "of course"...the craziness is all around us and yet they can't seem to fix a pothole, and as mentioned here already, RV parks are charging over a $100 per night (and they are full!) But hey, you can't beat the weather ?

 

[FL-JOE]

I find it interesting California would go to such lengths to target a handful of generators on RVs. Does anyone running that State really think that has anything to do with the air quality in their large cities?

 

[jagpot]

I live in LA. I hate it but we have a business that can’t be moved. Nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[Gronk]

What happens to residents who currently own diesel moron homes and/or have one of those dreaded generators?


TJ

Hahahahahhhaaaaaaa! Maybe that's what they are trying to regulate?

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Maybe that's what they are trying to regulate?

Oops! I didn’t intend that; spell suggestion/correction bit me. Changed it…though, maybe I shouldn’t have.

TJ

 

[murphysranch]

One of many reasons why we left Calif, and hubs is a Native! Crazy. Idiotic. Off Balance.
I'm sad that the rest of my family and our son still live in the SF Bay Area.

 

[Buly]

The funny thing is that all the people running away from all the bicoastal insanity, are trying to convert their new home state.
My first hand experience is with the NY people moving to FL, and joining the same groups that ruined their state?

 

[Voyageurs]

Interesting. So I’m not sure I understood. Is this a thing now or was it rescinded? Can an older motorhome from out of state (country) enter California or not.

 

[Joe Hogan]

Interesting discussion on this law Proposed Calif. Regs Could Ensnare Diesel RVs Nationwide - RVBusiness - Breaking RV Industry News

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

After reading the article, it looks to me like CARB is trying to pick low-hanging political fruit instead of trying to solve a problem. I do understand the need to get a handle on our pollution problems. And, I do believe that human-caused climate change is a pressing problem. What I don’t believe is that foolish regulation like this will solve those problems.

TJ

 

[Buly]

There have been five major climate changes on Earth (AKA Ice Ages), before upright walking man showed up.
Any idea who changed the climate ( Freezing and warming the Earth ) than?
Wait, maybe there was no one to blame and make them pay. In the seventies we were going to freeze (Global cooling) due to man’s activity.
Than was Global Warming. After that failed, it morphed into Climate change……
In Australia they are shooting dead camels because the fart too much
Here one bright Californian wants people to use one sheet of TP per seating etc…..
Where does it end?
Another excuse to fleece us. Me thinks?

 

[Joe Hogan]

What about we ground all the private jets to save the Climate ?

 

[redbaron]

What about we ground all the private jets to save the Climate ?

But how would the appointed get to the climate summits? Commercial??? I don't think they know how to book on Expedia.

 

[Joe Hogan]

Congress just gave $66B of our Tax money to Amtrak, let them take the train to the Climate Change Summits or call with ZOOM like the rest of us...

 

[redbaron]

Congress just gave $66B of our Tax money to Amtrak, let them take the train to the Climate Change Summits or call with ZOOM like the rest of us...

Not a bad idea. The last time I priced an amtrack berth and seat it was still a little less than private aviation.

 

["EZ"]

Screw California. I have no plans to visit that crazy State so they can outlaw diesel RV's if they want. Idiots.