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Hard lessons tend to be the ones that costs us the most. After an ample backlog of expensive lessons, you learn to recognize the time to cut and run. My GREAT RV project started out with high hopes and tremendous plans. This was back when fuel didn't require a mortgage. The RV I bought was rough but workable. I replaced the floor and began some rebuilding/remodeling. The whole time I am piddling along with my project, fuel cost are going through the roof. Half a tank of gas cost me 50 bucks for my truck and REALITY set in hard. Even if I pumped lots of cash into my RV project and got it just the way I wanted it, I would only use it in the driveway since I couldn't afford to take it anywhere. The project went on hold. The dollars already spent, cha-ching, the dollars still to be spent, cha-ching, the fuel to actually use it, cha-ching, cha-ching, and all of a sudden there was no more thrill. The enthusiasm for a project not complete went out the window. The true picture of a motorhome in need of repair, sitting in my driveway, and the roof leaking, took away my hopes. There comes a time in all big projects where it becomes a matter of throwing good money after bad. I had reached that time. What do you do when a project goes bad? When I was young and foolish, I would have kept chipping away, piece by piece and eventually finished it. Now that I am older and theoretically a bit wiser, I figure cutting my losses and walking away is the better solution. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a junk man to buy a motorhome? Do you know how bad it hurts to accept a fraction of what you have invested and walk away with a smile? When a project goes bad, the lucky ones recognize it for what it is and cut their losses. I'm not smiling yet but there is supposed to be a junk man on the way.