Camper vans?

[Kevin D Pem]

Thinking of purchasing a camper van should be easy. But maybe it isn't.

 

[TR25]

For the pricing of them, the complexity, and of course the modern drivetrain, I see no reason to purchase one. But a lot of older retired people/couples seem to like them, have them.

 

[MNC]

I only watched a few minutes seemed to be a lot of half truths. I don't have any interest in a van so I wont dig any deeper.

 

[BGMAC]

Just curious on how construction vans escape this. Many of these vans are privately owned and DYI built. I don’t think it’s fair that just one industry is targeted.

Personally, I think stop all this mess. We’ve been customizing vans since the 70’s.

 

[TR25]

Just curious on how construction vans escape this. Many of these vans are privately owned and DYI built. I don’t think it’s fair that just one industry is targeted.

Personally, I think stop all this mess. We’ve been customizing vans since the 70’s.

Work vans.....interesting indeed.
Why the dif? IMHO, there is more money to be made/taxed from the higher dollar rv vans, from the manufacturer(s) and from the end users, the ultimate payer of such things.

That's the only way it makes sense to me, as another form of regulation and source of revenue.

 

[TR25]

I was recently at a walmart and while there, saw an elderly woman in a 'camper van' pull in. She made definite eye contact w/me as she drove by....I had my truck camper.
I watched her drive to the far corner of the parking lot, back in, then shut it down. She lowered all of the window coverings then disappeared for the night. Early next morning, still no sign of life from that van.

I think this is the demographic that does things like that. My bet is she is very active on the internet, so that's why she's like that. I dunno....I can't see it, living in a small (though in this case/demographic, very expensive rv van) and at the end of daylight, cocooning yourself inside, shutting the outside world out. Then get up the next day and do it again.

Clearly different strokes for different folks, but I'd think, "Is this how my life is going to end up? Alone, a ghost drifting about, silently navigating around people who are living with purpose and meaning?"

A bit of a wider conversation there, but interesting POVs none the less.

 

[Underboss]

I was recently at a walmart and while there, saw an elderly woman in a 'camper van' pull in. She made definite eye contact w/me as she drove by....I had my truck camper.
I watched her drive to the far corner of the parking lot, back in, then shut it down. She lowered all of the window coverings then disappeared for the night. Early next morning, still no sign of life from that van.

I think this is the demographic that does things like that. My bet is she is very active on the internet, so that's why she's like that. I dunno....I can't see it, living in a small (though in this case/demographic, very expensive rv van) and at the end of daylight, cocooning yourself inside, shutting the outside world out. Then get up the next day and do it again.

Clearly different strokes for different folks, but I'd think, "Is this how my life is going to end up? Alone, a ghost drifting about, silently navigating around people who are living with purpose and meaning?"

A bit of a wider conversation there, but interesting POVs none the less.

Well you have no idea how many miles she drove that day, how tired she was and its walmart, no one should be setting out chairs in the parking lot. Frankly she did the right thing. The people who think its a campground have ruined it for those of us, like her, that use it as an overnight stop.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

For many it's a survival strategy! Sometimes life choices, are not choices at all.

Walmart, and other parking lot choices are one step up from sleeping under a bridge. Usually by someone still trying to be a productive part of society, and staying close to the job.

Been doing this for quite a while now.
Why didn't they manage their finances better? You ask.

Bubbles burst. Fund managers make bad decisions. Dieing spouses have care that exceeds insurance coverage. Houses burn. Tax leans after such events are not forgiven by the same criminals that this video was made to warn us about.

All is good though! That is until the unexpected happens to us.

Compassion is a wonderful thing, and carries much more weight when the person giving it gives without having lived under the weight of it.