An amazing RV journey for one family

This is one of the coolest motorhomes ever. Doug Cuthbert built it for a total investment of $171,000 and then shipped it to Europe, where he, his wife and their three children set off on an adventure though 16 countries over 20,000 miles. Why doesn't an RV maker pick up on this design? We think it would be a big hit!

Fulltimers get help decluttering RV from Rachel Ray

One of TV's housekeeping and cooking divas, Rachel Ray, recently ran a segment on decluttering a fifth-wheel. Mike and Donna from Arkansas have put their sticks and bricks home on the market and are moving into a Montana fifth wheel. Trouble is, there new rolling digs resemble Fibber McGee's closet, OK, maybe you can't remember back that far, but suffice to say, their organizational scheme needed a bit more organizing.

Enter Rachel's Conquerer of Clutter, Peter Walsh. In the short segment, Walsh transformed the messy Montana into something a wee bit more useful. You may pick up a few tips by watching this video, or find yourself patting yourself on the back for already having applied them.

Here's a link to the video.

Stew Oleson learns about Gale Banks power innovations

Stew Oleson visits the Gale Banks factory in Los Angeles. Owner and founder Gale Banks explains his revolutionary engine power innovations that have been used for years in race car engines and lately by RVers in the engines of their motorhomes and tow vehicles. The idea of the Banks system: more air in, more power out.

Class A motorhome promises 30 miles per gallon?

How about a motorhome with a turbo diesel engine, short enough to fit in your garage, but tall enough to accommodate a six-footer without stooping? With better fuel economy than many a compact car (30 miles per gallon), and – of all things – made in America.

No, don't look forward to this astonishing RV to roll off a line out in Indiana. Look backwards to Pontiac, Michigan, to a now-obscure motorhome called the Vixen. Sources say that only about 300 of the turbo diesel units sold, while lesser cousins made up the total sales of less than 600 Vixen units sold back in the late 1980s.

But it's not for lack of trying. Here's a slick video promo that runs a little over eight minutes, designed to get someone to part with their money for their own, brand new Vixen.

Dutch RV insurance commercial -- no need for geckos

So if you can sell car insurance with a gecko, can you sell it without the lizard? A Dutch insurance company shows how you can still have fun without the leapin' lizard.