Maintaining Your RV

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Maintaining Your RV

RVs represent a major expenditure for most families. Maintaining yours in topnotch shape will help prevent annoying, even dangerous, troubles on the road. Good maintenance also helps keep the resale value of your RV high. (If you get hooked on the joys of RV touring, as so many do, you may wish to trade up to a bigger model in a few years and resale value can be important.)

MotorHomeAdvice.com has articles, weekly tips, a monthly feature, FAQs, motor home reviews, and more.

rvadvice.com is loaded with information from Peter Scalf, an experienced RV mechanic. His information is presented in the form of Q&As arranged by topic.

Poop sheets by phred are very detailed articles. Some topics include Inverters, Batteries and Other Electrical Stuff, Water Treatment, Electric Surge and High & Low Voltage, Handling Moisture in RVs, and more. Phred Tinseth writes from the experience of a 20-year fulltimer (one who lives and travels in an RV year round) and RV journalist.

RVers Online is a non-commercial site full of information based on "RVers helping RVers".

The RVers' Corner is just loaded with information.

RVBasics has useful articles and other resources.

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Safe and Reliable?

Getting the Best Financing

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Maintaining Your RV

Available Cash Calculator

Your Available Cash is the maximum amount you have to spend on a RV. This calculator enables you to determine 1) the amount of cash a RV loan will yield and 2) the total Available Cash from all sources, including the loan, you have to purchase a RV.

If the estimated amount of Available Cash is too little for the RV you would like to purchase, you have several options: A higher monthly payment and/or a longer loan term will typically yield higher initial Loan Cash, thus increasing your Available Cash. You may also wish to consider an alternative RV that better fit your budget.

Available Cash Calculator
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*Check the current interest rate for the loan term.

This calculator is solely for informational purposes. It gives you a reasonably accurate estimate of your Available Cash. Results for your actual loan will vary based on your final rate and loan amount.