I did it, now I need to puke!

Tes and I were sorting out the van tonight ready for Elm Cottage whilst Keeley was being very helpful...



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jennie you could earn yourself some pocket money as doing th e clean on the van when he is away so it returns home pristine and keeps him out of doghouse lol
 
hairydog said:
Did you get to the weighbridge before loading? What were the weights?
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Yes, I did. However, it took 15 minutes to way the van as the lady could not work out how to use the system. There was another 7.5t tipper on the bridge the out side of the bridge. With the van completely empty (fuel on the red) she reported 3660kgs. It should be around 3250 with the awning and towbar. I think she gave me the weight for the empty tipper. I am going to going and weigh it again when I get back from this meet.
 
That is one plush van Phil, a palace on wheels, hope you are enjoying it and you haven't done too much puking.
I'm intrigued to know how many WC members throw caution to the wind about financing on such a big expensive purchase as a motorhome?
My reason for asking is we looked at some at the weekend .....and even the just looking part I have my head in a bucket....the devil on my shoulder tells me life is too short to worry as long as we can afford in the here and now ....and the angel on my shoulder tells me for the love of god woman get a grip :lol-053:
 
We thought about it for so long! Did not get a palace on wheels like Phil's but it is certainly upmarket from what we had. Really wanted to convert another ourselves but simply had no time as too much else going on. In hindsight, we would have been much happier with a self conversion as had so many issues with this, but....think it will work out ok. Layout is good ( with minor reservations!) It is warm and everything we need is in place. There is no guarantee that a self build would not have problems...different ones but still stressful potentially. Might have saved a little money but we bought what we could afford and life is for living! Also if you are moving to a newer one, others will be happy to have the older van...as many have pointed out on other threads!! :lol-053:
 
REC said:
We thought about it for so long! Did not get a palace on wheels like Phil's but it is certainly upmarket from what we had. Really wanted to convert another ourselves but simply had no time as too much else going on. In hindsight, we would have been much happier with a self conversion as had so many issues with this, but....think it will work out ok. Layout is good ( with minor reservations!) It is warm and everything we need is in place. There is no guarantee that a self build would not have problems...different ones but still stressful potentially. Might have saved a little money but we bought what we could afford and life is for living! Also if you are moving to a newer one, others will be happy to have the older van...as many have pointed out on other threads!! :lol-053:
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I see you have one of my all time favourite vans..... :drive:
 
Herbenny said:
I see you have one of my all time favourite vans..... :drive:
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Well, thanks that makes me feel a bit better! Began to think we had been fooling ourselves, when we had so many snags. Lots of tips now for people when collecting a new van. Things to check etc!
 
REC said:
Well, thanks that makes me feel a bit better! Began to think we had been fooling ourselves, when we had so many snags. Lots of tips now for people when collecting a new van. Things to check etc!
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I wouldn't worry ...I don't think there is such a thing as the 'perfect' van... there will always be changes you need to make or things you wished you had, and as you say snags.
 
Herbenny said:
That is one plush van Phil, a palace on wheels, hope you are enjoying it and you haven't done too much puking.
I'm intrigued to know how many WC members throw caution to the wind about financing on such a big expensive purchase as a motorhome?
My reason for asking is we looked at some at the weekend .....and even the just looking part I have my head in a bucket....the devil on my shoulder tells me life is too short to worry as long as we can afford in the here and now ....and the angel on my shoulder tells me for the love of god woman get a grip :lol-053:
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We bought new in January 2016, a hymer B598PL as it happens. I had retired, we had down sized the house and our then Autosleeper was 9 years old. Our logic was that a new van would probably do us our day in European jaunts etc. The money that we had from retiring etc was not going to earn worthwhile interest in a bank, and it also took a very large chunk of money out of our ‘estate’ with regard to care home fees (in the far future we hope). We also rationalised that we had scrimped and saved for a lifetime and never had a new vehicle of any description before.

The scary thing is when you divide the cost of the van by the number of nights used, but you can rationalise this by factoring in the probable resale value, which seems to be rising at present. All told we have had 211 nights away so far 18,000 miles on the clock and my ready reckoner says each night costs £89 and dropping. Obviously this does not include food, fuel, tax, insurance etc, but any holiday would incur similar overheads.

My advice is do it. The worst outcome is having to sell the van for some reason and losing money, but hindsight says regret is for ever. Nothing ventured.

Davy
 
Very nice, a good choice.
As for paying for it... we still are, and will be for another 3 years, so we have got used to it, although my wife has not got used to me saying, "I'm not having £35,000 of van sitting in the garden doing nothing". :(
 
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