David Baines
Member
Hi, just joined.
I had a fantastic idea at the beginning of this year. We'll be paying the mortgage off in a few months, so sell the motorbike and get a loan for a campervan once the mortgage is paid off. I can then do the usual European touring with the wife and granddaughter.
I originally thought around 20k should suffice. Then I decided that a VW T5/6 would be the way to go, so up to 35k. But a separate van, then get it converted to my spec would be better so 40k. Although I need a 140/150 bhs van with 6 gears and cruise control for motorway driving. Need a tailgate too. A highline is a must. I'll of course need a comfort dash instead of the "builders" dash as I call it. Oooh and led headlights! (This forum has a lot to answer for.) Absolutely need to be off grid for a good few days so perhaps a solar panel and/or or two leisure batteries. The wife wants leather seats. I need a speaker upgrade and a subwoofer. iPhone car play support. Heater control from an app would be the stuff of dreams. I need that.
I went for a first ever test drive a few days ago with a T6 Kombi. Felt lovely. Then I went to Exploria to have a look around. Graeme spent nearly 3 hours showing me around all the loveliness. It's the db's but now I'm struggling to get it under 50k. I may need to look elsewhere.
Anyway..... Glad to have joined this lovely forum. No doubt I'll have a few questions in the coming weeks. Hopefully this time next year I'll be driving around in my perfect VW camper.
Bye for now.
I had a fantastic idea at the beginning of this year. We'll be paying the mortgage off in a few months, so sell the motorbike and get a loan for a campervan once the mortgage is paid off. I can then do the usual European touring with the wife and granddaughter.
I originally thought around 20k should suffice. Then I decided that a VW T5/6 would be the way to go, so up to 35k. But a separate van, then get it converted to my spec would be better so 40k. Although I need a 140/150 bhs van with 6 gears and cruise control for motorway driving. Need a tailgate too. A highline is a must. I'll of course need a comfort dash instead of the "builders" dash as I call it. Oooh and led headlights! (This forum has a lot to answer for.) Absolutely need to be off grid for a good few days so perhaps a solar panel and/or or two leisure batteries. The wife wants leather seats. I need a speaker upgrade and a subwoofer. iPhone car play support. Heater control from an app would be the stuff of dreams. I need that.
I went for a first ever test drive a few days ago with a T6 Kombi. Felt lovely. Then I went to Exploria to have a look around. Graeme spent nearly 3 hours showing me around all the loveliness. It's the db's but now I'm struggling to get it under 50k. I may need to look elsewhere.
Anyway..... Glad to have joined this lovely forum. No doubt I'll have a few questions in the coming weeks. Hopefully this time next year I'll be driving around in my perfect VW camper.
Bye for now.