Firstly there are an infinite number of ideas and plans for the vehicles we nomads drive and camp with. Details in Nomad-Rig-Dreams-Plans-Bob Davis Podcast 1096.

Secondly any discussion of getting a new rig has to include some analysis of current and future oil prices.

Moreover I have done more than a few podcasts getting into the economic question over the last few months.

However I think the best thing to do is to take a wait and see approach rather than make predictions.

That being said I have my fingers crossed for a recession because it would probably herald cheaper fuel prices.

Certainly we’ll have to wait and see.

In the meantime I classify rigs according to use.

For example RV enthusiasts have different needs than nomads.

Moreover it has been my experience the systems in some of the more expensive RV’s done always do well under the constant pressure of nomad travel and living full time.

So this is why we look for more robust rigs.

And why you see so many creative and sometimes crazy conversions of almost any kind of truck made.

That is to say ambulances, buses, airport buses, Utility and Box trucks.

But a great deal of the so called nomad experience depends on being able to range free.

To wander.

Unfortunately wandering is more difficult when fuel is expensive.

Even more there is a lot of noise out there when it comes to analysis of the markets.

As well as the predictions of the talking heads.

As a result I’ll give you some metrics to watch as you decide what your next rig will be.

Finally our choice also depends on how long we’ve been doing this and what we feel we’ll need going forward.

In fact I am under no illusions or needs for luxury.

Even more we nomads are used to roughing it.

But creature comforts and a little more space aren’t such bad things.

In conclusion the rig for you depends on whether you’ll be on back roads, climbing mountains.

Or city and Interstate driving.

To sum up some of the terms I use in this podcast definitions for Deflation here. For inflation here. Disinflation here. And Demand Destruction here.

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