Wild Camping motorhome question

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I was just approached by a lady in a coffee shop to ask me about Wild Camping in a motorhome.

She has been looking at vans from a local VW T6 converter, which to me are more about owning a "camper" than camping.

So I said I would speak to her again about what to look for in a "Wild Camping" motorhome.

Some points:


  • Must only be a panel van conversion as she does not want to drive a coach built.
  • She likes real wild and natural locations, so no facilities.
  • The van will replace her car, so will be her daily drive.
  • She will be camping all year.


What advice would you give?
 
Admin said:
I was just approached by a lady in a coffee shop to ask me about Wild Camping in a motorhome.

She has been looking at vans from a local VW T6 converter, which to me are more about owning a "camper" than camping.

So I said I would speak to her again about what to look for in a "Wild Camping" motorhome.

Some points:


  • Must only be a panel van conversion as she does not want to drive a coach built.
  • She likes real wild and natural locations, so no facilities.
  • The van will replace her car, so will be her daily drive.
  • She will be camping all year.


What advice would you give?
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Don't talk to strange men,

and take a package holiday instead.

:wave:
 
She's looking for that mythical, Perfect Van . You know ?... The one that ticks every conceivable box.

She should contact her local unicorn dealer.
 
Mine would fit that Phil, as long as she moves around long enough to charge batteries in the winter and doesn't expect it to be 25 degrees C inside at all times...
 
Look on mobile.de for the range available in Germany. Take a look at the converters who do something a bit different, like Terracamper

Copy a layout and have it built here. :)
 
I was looking for a list of attributes that she should look for in the van.

Toilet
Sink
Cooker
Bed
Insulation
 
Admin said:
I was looking for a list of attributes that she should look for in the van.

Toilet
Sink
Cooker
Bed
Insulation
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A young man to fix the leaks, a pack of wet wipes because she has no shower and a platinum credit card to pay the repair bills :)
 
I would say the first criteria is to decide on how much she wishes to spend.

If cash is no great problem and she wishes to drive something built on a volkwagon base and not to dear, relatively speaking, then the Danbury range has most items fitted that you will need.

A bit more expensive and slightly larger then the Murvi pimento fits the bill, and Murvi will fit anything her little heart desires.

30 years ago a pal had a toyota hiace van and not much money.
He knocked the legs off a low line G plan sideboard,for storage, screwed a camping stove on top , cut a top section out to fit in a wash bowl.
Complete with a roll up mattress and him and his wife happily travelled all over Europe in it for several years.


Dezi :camper:
 
I had a T25 as my daily driver for many years, and a newer VW or similar sized van is a easy drive for virtually every situation.
For a single person wilding then it's getting down to the essentials.
A bed, a twin burner hob and grill, a sink for washing up and washing, a small fridge, a porta potti.
Been there done that, got the tee shirt, I think nowadays smallest van I'd have is a MWB Ducato., these are not quite so good for daily use, but that might depend on if it's needed to often drive in tight situations.
 
Sounds like she needs one of these pity you dident meet her a year ago 84CC487D-81CD-4120-A946-D30ABD64B2DD.jpg
 
Admin said:
I was just approached by a lady in a coffee shop to ask me about Wild Camping in a motorhome.

She has been looking at vans from a local VW T6 converter, which to me are more about owning a "camper" than camping.

So I said I would speak to her again about what to look for in a "Wild Camping" motorhome.

Some points:


  • Must only be a panel van conversion as she does not want to drive a coach built.
  • She likes real wild and natural locations, so no facilities.
  • The van will replace her car, so will be her daily drive.
  • She will be camping all year.


What advice would you give?
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Vws panel van? All year round? Was the coffee shop in Holland? tell her to get real and spend pennies on a short wheelbase coachbuid.😁 Of yesteryear.
 
A lot of us have tried this camping all year in converted panel vans great in a mild winters not so good when it’s a rough one and a lot of us have succumbed to the luxury of a warm coach built so maybe she would be better with a small coach built for her winter camping.
 
Semi high roof van with a fold out bed seat at rear drivers side hiding a porta potty underneath.
Small sink and cooker in front just behind drivers seat,hab battery pumps fuses under it one side with larder other side,ie two doors.
Left rear small wardrobe and just before side door a fold out table which can be clipped to wall when driving or just sitting in van,a tv if wanted could be installed above so it can be watched from bed seat.
Last bit one or two good s/panels around 200w on roof,not forgetting a night heater,the old gas type from a caravan wil do well,the las is ready to go wild now.:wave:
 
never mind all those surfer vans. priority one if you're living in a van is to be able to stand up and walk about a bit.
my d/r's ambulance- box body, easy to fit out
fantastic insulation, floor walls and ceilings, actually made of composite ally-insulation-ally panels, so no body rust
windows and doors fitted- side door and barn doors
5kw webasto.
leisure battery
air suspension !
well maintained
2 large roof hatches
3 grand
there's more plusses but that's enough surely , i was really envious when she got this !
 
If she wants something up and running and has the budget a small globe car would fit the bill
 
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