The van has been winterized, tarped over (it still leaks around the bed
windows *sigh*, with a 1W solar panel (paid $5 for!) plugged in for the
starting battery's benefit. (The house batteries get power from the big
solar panels on the roof) I considered just putting a jumper wire
between the battery connectors on the battery isolator, but I figured 1W
is enough to keep it topped off with zero usage. The in-dash stereo's
memory runs off of the house batteries due to the custom wiring
installation I did on it.
Now to the topic at hand ...
I am planning for a road trip around the middle of next year in my car since the trip will be at least 4,500 miles round trip. Even though gas prices have dropped by about $2/gal since March 2014, it would still cost a good $1400-1500 in gas round trip based on 9.5mpg average. The car gets about 30-35mpg, so figuring 32mpg average, the cost would be about $425-450. I would require campgrounds more likely unless I simply recline the car seat and sleep that way, or pitch a tent at campgrounds.
Where comfort is concerned, the van is be better but cost wise, the car wins out. But who knows? I might change my mind in the next 6 months and just pay the $1500 in gas since I want to make it a long, drawn out trip of several weeks, if not an entire month or longer.
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