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Buying a Camper Van
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burlingtonfl6 said:
But it's a moot point if the purchase price is beyond you in the first place.
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BOWFER said:This doesn't tally at all with my findings.
Did you read what I actually wrote? Buy a van and get it converted.AdrianC said:...or, for less your £25k caravan price, you can buy a few year old van and get it fitted to your taste.0 -
BOWFER said:Guy here recently sold his VW based campervan for a motorhome, he wanted a toilet.
£9k will get you something, but not much.....it'll be old and may need a heap of work (new upholstery etc)
What gets me is how much more motorhomes are compared with the equivalent caravan.
Take a really, really nice modern caravan for £25000
The equivalent motorhome will be £80000, easy.
WHY??
Why is the addition of a van based engine and gearbox an extra £55000?
I've asked loads of people involved, no-one can tell me....
If the price differential for equivalent living accommodation is really that much and you were up for conversion work; you could presumably buy a caravan shell and carrier vehicle (pickup/ tipper ?) and merge the two. (There was a classic example of this on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - 60s caravan body on Morris Minor pickup - or this one I once saw at a show https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/motorhomes/news/unique-rover-p5b-caravanette-up-for-auction ).
I need to think of something new here...0 -
NBLondon said:BOWFER said:Guy here recently sold his VW based campervan for a motorhome, he wanted a toilet.
£9k will get you something, but not much.....it'll be old and may need a heap of work (new upholstery etc)
What gets me is how much more motorhomes are compared with the equivalent caravan.
Take a really, really nice modern caravan for £25000
The equivalent motorhome will be £80000, easy.
WHY??
Why is the addition of a van based engine and gearbox an extra £55000?
I've asked loads of people involved, no-one can tell me....
If the price differential for equivalent living accommodation is really that much and you were up for conversion work; you could presumably buy a caravan shell and carrier vehicle (pickup/ tipper ?) and merge the two. (There was a classic example of this on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - 60s caravan body on Morris Minor pickup - or this one I once saw at a show https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/motorhomes/news/unique-rover-p5b-caravanette-up-for-auction ).
Which is precisely my point,.
I've got friends with motorhomes and caravans, I've been in them and been to showrooms with them (there's a huge motorhome place at Errol near Perth in Scotland).
Around £25000 can get a you a brand new caravan of a pretty damned decent size, kitted out to very tasteful levels.
Like a nice boutique hotel room, no horrible patterns on the fabrics and garish colours.
Getting a motorhome of the same spec is easily £70000-£80000, easy
That's built onto a Peugeot or Fiat chassis
Again....why....?0 -
I often think that I'd like a smaller camper / day-van until I see the prices.
I am surprised there is no provider for an aftermarket "pod" that can be fitted and removed to a regular MPV SUV-type vehicle to make this type of thing, so that the back-row seats are used and somehow a table over the middle-row. There are structures I've seen that fit in the boot of the Berlingo (and similar) but nothing for a normal regular family car MPV / SUV.0 -
Motorhomes and caravans generally have much less depreciation than cars. A motorhome is another vehicle to service, tax and insure. A caravan is just a trailer that only needs the occasional tyre. The mechanicals of a caravan cost nothing in comparison to a motorhome. The cooker and fridge etc are the same in both. So caravanning ends up a fraction of the price. Buy a caravan for £5K and it will be worth £3K in 10 years time with nothing else to spend.2
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What always amuses me is the folk in motorhomes towing a small car around so that they can go places when they arrive. It just seems nicer and easier to do it the other way round and drive a nice car with a caravan on the back.I've always favoured caravans because we're less likely to be touring and more likely to use the caravan as a base so we set it up once and leave it alone for a week or 2, taking the car where we need to go. If we did the same in a motorhome we'd either need to bring a car along as well, or pack stuff up to take the motorhome. Then there's the hassle of actually going anywhere in the motorhome because it won't fit into a lot of car parks or spaces.
But every time I run the numbers I still get back to just staying in hotels; it's cheaper and more comfortable.1 -
If the car does not fit inside the motorhome, it’s not really up to snuff.0
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justworriedabit said:MX5huggy said:If the car does not fit inside the motorhome, it’s not really up to snuff.0
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It will be interesting to see what happens to prices. They are sky high at the moment for both caravans and motorhomes. For current owners it's amazing that they are selling for the same price now as you paid 5-10 years ago. Will there be a big drop in prices when international travel re-opens?0
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