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I've been watching this on Snopes.com for a week or so.  It's been marked "true" every time I've read it.  The company vice-president who blamed it on an out of control employee has had adequate time to respond with a statement saying the company doesn't feel that way and apologizing.  He hasn't...

Texas has no property tax on vehicles owned by individuals.  Annual registration fees on a motor home are in the $325 range, and cars/trucks are $65.  Certain veterans: Purple Heart recipients, Pearl Harbor Survivors, former POWs, and Medal of Honor winners get free ($3 actually) registration on...

There you go.  That alone is a reason to have an Escapees membership, a Texas address. :)

Is the FMCA address in Texas?

I was unaware that FMCA offers a mail forwarding service similar to Escapees.  We're FMCA members and plan to join Escapees when the house sells for the mail forwarding service.  The Livingston, Texas address will lower our auto insurance significantly.

Methinks I10 isn't as bad as some of you are making out.  Louisiana has and will always have worst roads than the surrounding states because of the aforementioned graft of the political machine running the place.  They make the Mafia look like the Boy Scouts. But I-10 through Texas isn't that...

We're learning slowly about cats in motorhomes.  We thought we had worked out a plan on our first trip.  We put the 2 cats and dog in the front, closed the bedroom door, and brought the slides in.  Then we put the cats and dog in the back and brought the front slides in.  Then we opened the...

Methinks I shall "refuse loads" into California as well.  I didn't leave anything there I have to go back for. ;)

We seem to be talking about 2 completely different classes of engines.? The 2.7 liter turbodiesel on the Dodge/Mercedes Sprinter chassis is similar to the 3.2 liter turbodiesel used on the 2004-2006 Mercedes E320CDI sedan.? This is as bulletproof an engine as there is.? It uses the Common-rail...

ML320CDI and Dutch Star Both burn diesel.? One gets 21-27 mpg.? The other doesn't.? One accelerates quickly and cruises at 130 mph.? The other doesn't.? One has 2 TVs and a queen sized bed.? The other doesn't.

Well, the water/sewer is between the slide outs.? The power cable, however, is under the rear slide out. Utility Hookups

I looked long and hard at the All Star (3953).? The idea of having my reloading shop in the coach was very tempting.? But the problem is you're living in a 30 ft. coach with a 10 ft. shop.? But the quality was very impressive and got us to looking at other Newmars.? We settled on a Dutch Star...

The newly opened Flying J in Brookshire, Texas, has ULSD at $2.32 gallon.? This is below the prevailing price for diesel in the area. Nice place, too.? I was filling the ML, not the MH, so I don't know what was over in the truck pumps.? But, except for test vehicles, most of the people needing...

Registration of a motor home in Texas is about $325/year, and no personal property taxes on it.? Sales tax is 6.25% on the purchase price less trade-in.? If the MH has been registered elsewhere and taxes paid, a new resident fee is nominal, $25 or so. Texas has no income tax.? Property taxes...

California already requires 100% ULSD, so, naturally they would get it first.? The Flying J in Houston has it.? Flying J is opening a new place a few blocks from my RV Park soon.? There is a Citgo truck stop, and a Chevron.? Hugo Chavez makes me want to go elsewhere.? Unfortunately they're...