Not acceptable

[Topmast]

I am amazed that we are expted to pay huge amounts of money for our Motorhome which are all based on commercial vehicles which in commercial use would be expected to do a least 250k miles. And yet I now read that Ford are fitting a timing chain that can break early in its life, Fiat ,Pergot, Citroen, have terrible gearbox trouble also suffer with a host of other problems .As most Motorhome’s don’t do high mileage this should not be acceptable.

 

[vwalan]

the choice is yours . nobody forces or makes you buy anything .
years ago i bought vw,s . now i prefer what i have .
having travelled in africa i saw the vehicles did what i wanted .
mind i did also see the british built vehicles were unreliable junk.
think my next one will possibly be chinese , they do seem to build top quality if you look around and at the right prices .

 

[harrow]

I think you will find commercial vehicles are designed for a life span of 6 years.

Brand new to scrap yard in 6 years because they are then worn out and beyond economic repair.

Of course some will last longer than that but it is not the manufacturers intention.

Honest John

:wave:

 

[trevskoda]

Any one with a camper over 6 years im will ing to take it of your hands for free rather than just scrapping it,i like doing folks favours.:lol-053:

 

[harrow]

Any one with a camper over 6 years im will ing to take it of your hands for free rather than just scrapping it,i like doing folks favours.:lol-053:

Your a good man, a lot of scrap yards are charging to take the things away !

If anyone is in doubt look at a 6 year old post office delivery van !

:dance:

 

[trevskoda]

To be honest most cars vans are dumped here after 3/5 years as classed as old bangers and folk would not like people to see them driving such,n/ireland has the highest number of new cars in europe.:drive:

 

[vwalan]

Your a good man, a lot of scrap yards are charging to take the things away !

If anyone is in doubt look at a 6 year old post office delivery van !

:dance:

i bought our local grave diggers tipper truck and converted it into a mini artic .
mind havnt heard any complaints from the other folk that used it . ha ha .
the postmans vans havnt been the same since his cat died .

 

[molly 2]

You see plenty of 20 of years old motorhome in regular use. Good care and lack of winter use all help to keep a motorhome runing .OH and a good welder .

 

[delicagirl]

mine is 25 years old and the engine is sound as a pound (lol) - mebbe that should be "sound as a euro!! Cost me £10k