Kirk W

We were full time in a motorhome with the F53/V10 for 12 years and owned it for 14 years. When we sold it the mileage was 88k and the buyer sent an email to update us after he had it for 3 more years and at 101k miles and he was still happy with it. But 38k in 17 years is very low so I'd suspect that it has sat unused for an extended period. It very likely still has the original tires so they probably need to be replaced. It might be a real prize but unless you are a motorhome expert, you should have it professionally inspected before you put any money down.

I have the same issue. 🙄

For me, it has always been a red letter event when I would complete any significant repair ater only 1 trip to Lowe's or Home Depot! That seemed to hold true for most RV repairs as well.

Yup, rodger, gotcha, okey-dokey,

The scammers just clone a phone number to match your area code to make it look that way. One nice feature of cell phones is that we still have the area code where we were when we got our phones but no longer know or do business with anyone in that area code so that makes a sure sign that we don't want the call.

This thread got me to thinking about how we managed before there were cell phones! We thought that it was wonderful when we finally got an answering machine!

Are telling us that you do that at every stop when traveling? We did always locate emergency medical care and hospitals when we stopped for an extended period, but only then. For pet care we have only needed a vet on 3 occasions that I can think of over more than 40 years of RV travels. On those occasions we got recommendations from local people and only 1 time was it an emergency visit. All 3 were while in an area for an extended period of more than a month. Over those same years, I had my wife to an emergency room twice for stitches and to a "doc in a box" clinic for illness twice. I think that I would agree that we should do those things but wonder how many of us do them? Should we do so at each 1 night stop, each 1 week stop, or for what period? I think that perhaps we were very lucky as we traveled with our children and didn't do that.

Did you see one and take the picture here in the USA?

What makes things even more difficult is the fact that spammers can now clone the source of the call as well. The caller ID of the two calls that I was posting about both did have the caller ID of WellCare, but we were still cautious as one must be. Also, I never use an imbed link anymore as those are especially risky in either email or text.

It might be a wise thing for any pet owner to spend some time researching the pet emergency services facilities, before the need arises. We didn't even think of that until our dog needed it and then it was truly emergency surgery. Our regular vet does a lot of surgeries but we were told he needed surgery immediately or be put-down. Under the circumstances we went to the facility that his vet recommended. We took him in on Friday afternoon and he saw a vet shortly after arrival and then had a consult by another. His surgery was at 7am on Saturday. We were not prepared for the price involved and I'm not sure what the decision would have been if we had an accurate estimate of cost. Our vet did warn us that the price would be at least $3500 and probably more, but it was a lot more. Once there and the prepay was $6000, we had to choose if our cash or our dog were more important. There was no time to do price comparisons when our dog in trouble. We should probably ask things like, is there a vet on duty 24/7? Is surgery performed at night or on weekends? What sort of pet recovery services after surgery or other emergency treatment? Is there a minimum cost? Do they accept pet health insurance (if you have that). What veterinary specialists are on staff? I'm sure that there are other questions to ask.

The call that I was posting about was from our insurance carrier.

I saw this picture on the Escapee Facebook as posted by someone who is there. It was about 8 am on Thursday morning. That is TX 146.

While it is true that the safety inspections end anther this year, but on the counties that have smog checks, those will continue for smog only.

We had that very experience just 2 days ago and we each got the same call. It started with a computer that asked if I was available and the other asked Pam the same thing. The first time it happened we both declined to speak to them but about 24 hours later it happened again. Mine came in first and so I said yes and shortly a person came on the line. At that point she asked me to verify who I am and I responded that I would only do so after I had verification that she was who she claimed to be. After some stuttering, she agreed to give me the customer number she was calling about. When it was mine I then gave her my birthdate.

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