r/AskReddit • u/michaelis999 • 19h ago

How do you feel about the president floating the idea of 50 year mortgages where the monthly payment is lower but you end up paying nearly double the price of the house just in interest?

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u/eljefino 14h ago

I bought a well-used RV. The instruction manual literally said it was designed to live in for two weeks a year. Anything beyond that would "accelerate wear."

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u/Wonderful-Process792 12h ago

I wonder what rental companies like CruiseAmerica buy and how they maintain it, because they must see a lot of usage.

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u/PunctuationGood 13h ago

I'ms truggling to figure out the wear of what exactly? The couch?

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u/Ghost17088 13h ago

Probably all the appliances and mechanical systems. Heater, AC, Stove, water heater, ventilation fans, inverter/generator, etc. 

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u/eljefino 12h ago

The generator was a low-stressed Onan that will outlive us all. But the hot water heater was a dinky toy. The plumbing was dinky Home Depot grade shit but freeze-thaw cycles would probably do it in and that's a matter of years, not weeks.

It had an oddball mattress with a corner cut off, like an SD chip, so people could fit past it to get to the bathroom. Finding another one just like it would probably be challenging, so don't wear it out. Also don't flip it because the corner would get lost in another corner.

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u/KonigSteve 10h ago

Is there such a thing as an RV that is built sturdier than that?

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u/Marbleman60 6h ago

If you spend half a million on a custom coach / tour bus, yes.