Comments on: Van Life: The Economics and Trade-0ffs https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 09 Aug 2021 18:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Mr. Clipping Chains https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/#comment-480 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:13:18 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1863#comment-480 In reply to Nick.

Thanks Nick. I’m struggling with that as well. You could argue that you might get more ultimate value (I.e. years of life) out of a newer model, but man, that’s a lot of cash. My summary: Strongly consider the trade-off, unless you really plan to live it out in this puppy for the long run.

]]> By: Nick https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/#comment-473 Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:05:16 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1863#comment-473 Good briefing. A bit ago I did some math on gas mileage. I figured the new small transits and promasters get close to 30 mpg, while an old econoline gets 13 or whatever. But even at $3.50 per gallon, it takes an abnormally large shit load of driving to make up the difference between a 3-5k vehicle and a 25k fancy nu van. Although, the old ford might not have cruise control or airbags.

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