Recent content by Bob McNabb

Like you, we like the Oasis. We just returned from there and are praying that "development" isn't in the near future. Our all-time favorite (Emerald Palms in Palm Desert) is closing soon and we consider Oasis to be every bit as nice. There is a growing crime problem in Las Vegas and roaming...

Extended warranty contracts aren't "insurance", but they get that lable anyway. The contracts are sold on products ranging from refrigerators to motorhomes and they are extremely profitable to the companies that sell them. You'll not find an INSURER offering the contracts, tho (having been in...

Under the old 91+ day arrangement, we purchased our motorhome and when we appeared before the Franchise Tax folks, they liked the way that we'd kept our daily record while vacationing (100 days). We even had movie ticket stubs and restaurant receipts, as well as campground receipts. We flew to...

Liz, I'm an insurance broker (55 years in the saddle and I'm getting weary) and I'm one of those guys that requires a client to insure TO MY MINIMUMS, which just happens to be $500,00 CSL for basic coverage and $1,000,00 Umbrella over that basic coverage. I "walk" if a potential client doesn't...

Most "interruptions" don't contemplate having to return home with multiple vehicle rentals, airfare and loss of wages. For personal reasons, you chose to take some unusual steps to accomodate your family. Even if you had insurance coverage for interruption, the insurer would disallow most of...

As an insurance broker, I've sometimes had a potential customer who is interested in my responding to hypothetical questions and then fashioning their insurance to "fit" that hypothetical situation. It really is necessary that insurers get the "whole nine yards" upfront, as any claims that...

We've owned 3 motorhomes since our first acquisition in 1993. The single biggest reason for purchasing subsequent motorhomes is that we determined that our USE has evolved. We started out with a MH that could easily fit into rustic campsites and the learned that we're less inclined to "camp" and...

I've been watching Reggie Bush since he played high school football and he was as dominating then as he is now. He's a remarkable young man and we hope he wins the Heisman, tho it's likely to end his college football as his mom thinks he'll opt for the draft. He's only a Junior, but he's ready...

Progressive, Foremost and GMAC (through Camping World) are each very prominent RV insurers. Sometimes "biggest" isn't something that best serves an Insured. As an insurance broker, I've always attempted to "wed" my client to an insurer who will deliver what that client perceives a what he hopes...

I just left the Cummins CalPacific location mentioned by Al. I had the usual services done with oil change, etc, but they also replaced an instrument in my dash and serviced my AquaHot furnace/water heater. CalPaific also owns and operates a CoachCare in Irvine and in Ventura. They advertise...

Add the cost bof licensing should your choice be a trailer....and then concern for the trailer brakes. The trailer doesn't reduce expenses and, indeed, is just "one more hungry mouth to feed".

The dolly might be the answer for some, but we "tour" most of the time and so we might stop at 4 or 5 parks in a week's time. A dolly needs paring space, as does the toad, and many campsites simply don't have enough room. As an earlier poster commented, the veteran motorhomers seem to favor 4...

Charles (and Jim) speak my language. We'd all like to believe that "the (careful) little old lady from Pasadena" owned that used car that we're interested in buying. It make for good story....it was "babied". You can almost guarantee that maintenence doesn't exist if the payments aren't made...

Jim, the 1960's were the heady days that are now forever lost for the San Diego area. I was at the AMPHIB base in Underwater Demolitions at the close of WW11 and will never forget the enjoment of the Coronado Ferry. Brought my family back (from Ohio) to CA in 1959 and to San Diego shortly later...

Bob, if you ever come through San Diego, we have a couple of lofty bridges....one on I-805 that crosses Mission Valley and loops onto I-8 and the other that crosses the San Diego harbor over to Coronado. When you sit high in a motorhome and are viewing everything over the edge of those bridges...