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Reasons You’ll Regret an RV in Retirement

September 10, 2019 · Retirement Life

RVs Guzzle Gas

No matter what your option is when starting your RV experience, whether it’s heavy trailers or motorhomes, there’s one thing that will always be the same: the shock of filling up the gas tank.

When talking about their motorhome’s gas mileage, Charley Hannagan says that “We get about eight miles to the gallon. We can go about 370 miles on a full tank.”

When it comes to Diesel motorhomes, you can have a better gas mileage, but the price of a diesel motorhome can be much higher than that of a motorhome on regular gasoline.

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