It was a special deal from National Motohomes - £99.00 for 3 nights (we actually had four but first was on our drive!). That's the basic cost but you need to factor in another £99.00 for extra insurance if you want to avoid the high excess and £24 for kitting it out, ie pots and pans electric hook up etc. Still a cheap way to try one out though.
Am down in Dorset next week for 5 nights camping. Doing on my own(billy no mates) lucky i like my own company. Testing a new 2 person tent ive just bought. Tuesday looks like i will find if it's waterproof or not. If not it's waterproofs and helmet for night attire.
Wife’s keen on a camper van but I can’t think of anything worse. One incentive might be to be able to take a bike on the back (so you could disappear off site to save watching other inmates) but I see someone suggesting that’s a no no. Why’s that? Don’t fancy a motorised swillybucket plus a trailer, but a type of lift to hold a bike on the back would be better.
Yeah looks that way doesn't it? Cloudy today after yesterday's scorcher. Probably a wet ride home for me tomorrow.
Hi Tony is that a Chevy Bel Air? We had a classic car get-together in our village last week-end and a elderly couple turned up in a 4 door blue and white one like yours. The rumble was delicious !!
We followed a tourist in a camper van along a single track road in NZ last year. There was no way you could safely pass him. The chap went around blind bends in the middle of the road and forced oncoming traffic either off the road and one went into a ditch. If I had been any closer I would have hit a guy who lost it and overcorrected by just missing the arse of the camper and briefly came over to my side of the road. 15 miles later when the road opened up we got passed him and his wife. 55 and no idea was my guess. Some people shouldn’t drive at all, let alone something twice as bulky as a car
We followed a tourist in a camper van along a single track road in NZ last year. There was no way you could safely pass him. The chap went around blind bends in the middle of the road and forced oncoming traffic either off the road and one went into a ditch. If I had been any closer I would have hit a guy who lost it and overcorrected by just missing the arse of the camper and briefly came over to my side of the road. 15 miles later when the road opened up we got passed him and his wife. 55 and no idea was my guess. Some people shouldn’t drive at all, let alone something twice as bulky as a car
There are dickheads for every form of transport, camper vans are not immune! But wouldn't be without ours, racing weekends would certainly not be the same without it!
Yes it is a Bel Air, a 57 4 door sedan, 4 doors are a big Nono to some people, but I don’t care, it drives the same.
Over the last few years the wife and I have looked at motor homes a few times and always decided not to follow through and buy one. I see the attraction, but my fear is having invested in one I would soon get fed up of it in favour of other holidays where I'm pampered from start to finish. This happened with our caravan back in 2002, bought it used it a handful of times then left it in storage for years before giving it away.
OK, back home now after three nights in the van. Positives: Self contained, all amenities including air con and heating. You don't get wet when it rains. Negatives: Need another vehicle to use once parked up - obviously had the Tiger which we used to good effect. A bit cramped even with just two, you always seem to be in the way (so I stayed outside and let her cook). Bed not really big enough - comfortable but one of you has to climb over the other and my elbow always seemed to end up hitting the back of the van or my foot the side. Going larger won't necessarily get you a bigger bed as the width of the van stays more or less the same unless you go full on motor-home style and that is BIG money and BIG bugger on the road. So for me it's probably a no unless I can get better sleeping arrangements - that's the key I think - just a comfy bed. I'd forego a lot of the other stuff if there were decent showers on site (we only used the site ones anyway). Wessa has a good point and it reflects my fear - you'd spend a fortune on one and then just watch it sat on the drive whilst you did something different. Met a couple in West Bay who had got the transport issue fixed. They had a little Honda Grom which they could attach to the bike rack on the back of their van - apparently a four bike rack will support one.
just out of curiosity i was having a look around a motorhome centre recently,i coudn't believe the prices even ones that were 10 years old were 30k plus! you would have to be getting serious use out of it for that price,if you were only using it for one or two holidays a year it would be far cheaper hiring one
I live in Kansas, I have IBS medical condition, ain't that the shits, yes it is. 20 feet to the bathroom priceless when the two minute warning goes off. View attachment 63122 [/QUOTE]
