Motorhome life?

[york away to this!]

Had one for a few years now but selling it after our upcoming trip to France next month.
Been great but the pitch fees have risen sharply since covid along with fuel costs,insurance and maintenance.
Wanna buy mine :-)

I like the gargantuan ones, what have you got?
(Fnack, fnaarrr)...

 

[doots]

I like the gargantuan ones, what have you got?
(Fnack, fnaarrr)...

4 berth Coach built Lunar Premier 7 metres on a Renault master chassis.
She's an old girl(2006)but only got 57k on the clock.
Got a buyer lined up for when we get back, be gutted to sell it really but like I said the costs just keep going up and I've moved home too so can't park it at the new place.
400 quid for storage.
400 insurance.
380 road tax.
250 MOT and service.
All the above before a wheels turned.

 

[ganganvince]

Been looking at the micro campers that can also be a daily driver N200 etc

 

[york away to this!]

The thing I struggle with is the lack of interior "design". They're all a bit like sitting in a mate's parents lounge in 1983...

 

[doots]

The thing I struggle with is the lack of interior "design". They're all a bit like sitting in a mate's parents lounge in 1983...

As mentioned above, the German ones are decent.
Vorsprung Durch Technik.
(something like that)

 

[burning blue soul]

Sounds great. Not sure about it in reality.
Met a bloke in france who retired at 60 and dedicated himself and Mrs to driving around Europe until he drops (hopefully, hes not behind the wheel at the time). Fair play if you love that lifestyle.
I think the novelty would wear off within a year.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I reckon it would be great, definitely appealing but so expensive to rent or buy.

But maybe not as expensive as owning one. No insurance, as such, no depreciation, no tax, MOT, repairs and maintainance, cleaning etc etc, then we'll talk about storage and parking when not in use......
They cost a small fortune nowadays.....I think you've 'really' got to use it before it becomes worth it.

 

[JASR]

The thing I struggle with is the lack of interior "design". They're all a bit like sitting in a mate's parents lounge in 1983...

Mrs JASR (non techie) designed ours with some software she downloaded (vanspace 3D). Within the evening she had version 1 spinning before my eyes.
Much much (much) later we got a completed van (Citroen Relay L3H2 6m) that we’d designed entirely and had converted for us. Very homely.

Most we’ve been away is 3 weeks (doing again in a few weeks), but the plan is Europe for 2.5 months a few times :-)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

A friend of mine did this maybe 20 years ago when it was very cheap to have a pitch. She loved it to begin with but soon yearned for more space and got cabin fever (she was on her own too so imagine a couple living in it) and then the winter came.......
Very cold.....
She bought it for like £42,000 and the same dealer bought it back 9 months later (and not many more miles on it) for £29K

I had a good shag in it though (and like to think she did too ;)

 

[doots]

A friend of mine did this maybe 20 years ago when it was very cheap to have a pitch. She loved it to begin with but soon yearned for more space and got cabin fever (she was on her own too so imagine a couple living in it) and then the winter came.......
Very cold.....
She bought it for like £42,000 and the same dealer bought it back 9 months later (and not many more miles on it) for $29K

I had a good shag in it though (and like to think she did too ;)

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