Poor quality in motorhomes?

siimplyloco said:
A very good point well made. We bought ours from Viscount Motorhomes just three miles away, with a 12 month comprehensive warranty, and all minor faults were quickly and easily dealt with. However, how they will deal with a claim from Lagos this summer has yet to be explored!
John
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Lagos :scared:
I hope you've got armour plating.

(Or did you mean the one in Portugal?)
 
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K9d said:
When you changed from 14" to 15" wheels did you keep the same profile tyres, or did they go from 65 to 55 ?, that's a guess at profile.
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Went from standard 14" commercials to 15" Commercials (I think 70 profile) but a difference of about 8" circumference, hence the change in gear ratio, 1st gear is now a useful gear, not just to get going, so far I have not had any problem with hill starts, even with race car and trailer, also have no problem with wheel clearance etc, it has raised the van by about 2-3" due to the taller tyre, (Further to fall out of the van when drunk!!!!!) All in all in my opinion a great improvement.
I had to mark the speedo at the speeds we are actually running, this was with the wifes sat nav to give us accurate markings, (P.S. we did this on the 14s before we swapped over to check the speedo accuracy and then with the 15s) .
The overall weight of van and trailer is about 5.6 T so nearly running at full weight (5.8T) and the 2.9 N/A diesel seems to cope alright.
 
Andys said:
HI
We had a B574 on a 02 plate, it had a rear bed with a garage, the bed lifted so you could get everything without going outside. We had it 3 years toured all over. Used it Scotland one new year heating was fantastic. Also toured all over France even took it over the alps, loved it.
Andy
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Thanks for this Andy they look good too so added this to my list...only 6.6m but they look bigger....I have to put on hold going to look at any until the weather improves:cry::dance:
 
trevskoda said:
look ebay pilot 1999 13400 g item no 141163121854 looks good for dosh.
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Yes saw that:wacko: I want the weather to improve so I can get to see some...I took a week off work last week to go see some and they were all pants!!!
now I have seen a few that might be worth looking at I can't get to them !!! typical... Thanks :wave:
 
trevskoda said:
look ebay pilot 1999 13400 g item no 141163121854 looks good for dosh.
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Be very careful with E S Hartley, Ings, Kendal. they don`t get very good reviews especially if you have a problem.

I`m sure some will disagree but the reviews speak for themselves.
 
:sad: Poor quality vans bad dealers this English weather!!!!!!
I think I might just buy a place in Spain and get a tent to tour Europe in my trusty Picasso C3!!!!
Thanks for the warning :juggle::wave:
 
tim m154 said:
Speedo will still read 90 KPH but you will actually be travelling at 100+, Stole (sorry, Bought) my wheels and tyres from flea bay,
P.S. any one want to buy seven 14" wheel with good tyres!!!!
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My 412D Sprinter based S700 already has 15" wheels, so one less option to consider!!!!
 
wendywo said:
Spotted a B564 2003 Hymer in Webbs of reading they want £25,995 for it its only done just under 16,000 miles what do you think is that too expensive??
I am no good at posting but loads of pictures on their web page.:juggle:
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Speaking as one who bought his S700 without even a test drive!!! I would suggest taking the buying process slowly!! When I bought my S700, it had 2 x solar panels, roof aircon, Oyster 82cm Digital SatTV, full Gaslow system with central fill, tow bar etc etc. ie: someone else had paid for the Big Boys Toys. The Hymers seem to be used as serious tourers and many have all the BBT's you could want.

I replaced a slightly bent m/c rack with a very natty Thule clamp on two bike rack which was around £300. Wasted £700 on a 2kva generator which I have not needed to use although I run it once a month for an hour or two.

Kitting out the vehicle will cost a lot more than you think!! so save your pennies and let someone else pay!!!!!
 
Covey said:
Speaking as one who bought his S700 without even a test drive!!! I would suggest taking the buying process slowly!! When I bought my S700, it had 2 x solar panels, roof aircon, Oyster 82cm Digital SatTV, full Gaslow system with central fill, tow bar etc etc. ie: someone else had paid for the Big Boys Toys. The Hymers seem to be used as serious tourers and many have all the BBT's you could want.

I replaced a slightly bent m/c rack with a very natty Thule clamp on two bike rack which was around £300. Wasted £700 on a 2kva generator which I have not needed to use although I run it once a month for an hour or two.

Kitting out the vehicle will cost a lot more than you think!! so save your pennies and let someone else pay!!!!!
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Yes I am going very slowly now .....
 
hymers can be bought at little money here i n ireland 2001 35000 mls look at the price normal here.
 

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first i dont know how to paste yet and if i had not bought my bus i think i would have bought that,thing is a lot of folk are being paid of here as jobs are being centralized to mainland, but you have got to admit thats good money and worth a trip over for.i did say cars vans etc are less here so thers your proof david,glad you found it on gumtree regards trev.
 
looks like a chancer then ,i mostly buy at auctions then you are safe,seems everones at it now.
 
just looked it up its between garva and swatragh on a29 and the ph no is wrong ,should start 028 - 71- - - - - - so is in fact another scam put your money under the pillow again david sorry about that one.
 
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