Campervans

[VSS]

You just reminded me of having to lie on the floor between bunks to pull my trousers on. Cabin height was about 3.1/2, 4 feet.

Sitting on a damp thwart at dawn, in persistant drizzle, surrounded by oozing mud flats and rotting seaweed, eating porridge with condensed milk off a tin plate, after having spent a night on the cabin sole (periodically being trampled on by the anchor watch), with your nose 6" from the the bilge, after rolling out of your bunk due to the angle of heel. Beats caravanning any day!

 

[Cyres]

Agree VW camper vans are hugely over priced. Took my mate into Danburry motor homes on Tuesday am, eye watering prices. Mate just purchased a motor home cheaper and much higher spec.

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[NoIDeer]

Been looking at campervans and motorhomes for ten years or more against the backdrop of hating caravans and the tw@ts that tow them. Recently had a lightbulb moment and realised that a caravan ticked nearly every box, comfortable, everything a motorhome has and less than a quarter of the price. When you get there you have an ordinary vehicle to use.

So far pleased we bought a caravan, now wheres me knotted hanky?

 

[BryanDC]

What about one of the American campers where you can load them onto the back of a pickup and then drop them where you stay, then you have a pickup to drive as a normal(ish) car. I've never seen one in the UK so don't know if it's possible.

 

[User00047]

Is there anyone on the forum got any tips on what to go for with a Campervan, It will mostly only be for me and the wife but the grandson will probably tag along on the odd occasion so it will need to sleep 3 and seatbelts for 3.
I notice some of them have fixed beds and some have seating areas which turn into beds, has anyone got any experience of either or.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Here’s a tip....don’t bring it to Cornwall we’ve got plenty here clogging up our lanes already thanks

 

[AlasdairM]

hating caravans and the tw@ts that tow them

This is exactly it, its the ****s that tow them. We are away with the caravan almost every weekend during the summer and hardly ever hold anyone up, on the odd occasion someone is behind I pull over at the first opportunity and let them passed. More often than not I am stuck behind some bloody tourist driving too slow and speeding up on the straights so cant get passed.
Having a suitable powerful enough tow vehicle makes a big difference.

 

[VSS]

What about one of the American campers where you can load them onto the back of a pickup and then drop them where you stay, then you have a pickup to drive as a normal(ish) car. I've never seen one in the UK so don't know if it's possible.

Yes, you do see them about.

 

[dartmoordog]

I am one of the ****s who tows a caravan around, I will deliberately go slow until a huge queue develops behind me, then when a lay-by comes up ahead I will indicate to show that I am pulling in, then just carry on! Pis*ses em right off.

I deliberately use the smaller roads to cause absolute mayhem, block lay-bys by stopping right in the middle and set up the table and chairs for a picnic. I have even been known to stay in the middle lane on motorways, I just love listening to the different tones of horns fitted to cars, it is amazing the range of hand signals people use too.

So when it comes to being a **** who tows a caravan, I like to think of myself as King ****, either that or I am not trying hard enough.

So to all those that shout, swear, honk, gesticulate or call people with caravans ****s.........................You can all fcuk off and kiss my ar*se, cos I don’t give a shite..........

 

[potshotpat]

I am one of the ****s who tows a caravan around, I will deliberately go slow until a huge queue develops behind me, then when a lay-by comes up ahead I will indicate to show that I am pulling in, then just carry on! Pis*ses em right off.

I deliberately use the smaller roads to cause absolute mayhem, block lay-bys by stopping right in the middle and set up the table and chairs for a picnic. I have even been known to stay in the middle lane on motorways, I just love listening to the different tones of horns fitted to cars, it is amazing the range of hand signals people use too.

So when it comes to being a **** who tows a caravan, I like to think of myself as King ****, either that or I am not trying hard enough.

So to all those that shout, swear, honk, gesticulate or call people with caravans ****s.........................You can all fcuk off and kiss my ar*se, cos I don’t give a shite..........

Hi dartmoordog you **** is your exhaust leaking.

 

[dartmoordog]

Hi dartmoordog you **** is your exhaust leaking.

What exhaust!

 

[Orion]

Campervans, motorhomes, caravans?

Nah, give me one of these anyday!

 

[dartmoordog]

Campervans, motorhomes, caravans?

Nah, give me one of these anyday!

I am getting me one of those bad boys!.................I wonder how slow it can go.

 

[Orion]

I am getting me one of those bad boys!.................I wonder how slow it can go.

Pretty slow I reckon - if you leave all the awnings and slide out kitchen and shower in the deployed position while motoring!

 

[Chanty Wrassler]

What about one of the American campers where you can load them onto the back of a pickup and then drop them where you stay, then you have a pickup to drive as a normal(ish) car. I've never seen one in the UK so don't know if it's possible.

I've seen this on a Ranger double cab - talked to the owner, it even had a shower.

 

[stratts]

I am one of the ****s who tows a caravan around, I will deliberately go slow until a huge queue develops behind me, then when a lay-by comes up ahead I will indicate to show that I am pulling in, then just carry on! Pis*ses em right off.

I deliberately use the smaller roads to cause absolute mayhem, block lay-bys by stopping right in the middle and set up the table and chairs for a picnic. I have even been known to stay in the middle lane on motorways, I just love listening to the different tones of horns fitted to cars, it is amazing the range of hand signals people use too.

So when it comes to being a **** who tows a caravan, I like to think of myself as King ****, either that or I am not trying hard enough.

So to all those that shout, swear, honk, gesticulate or call people with caravans ****s.........................You can all fcuk off and kiss my ar*se, cos I don’t give a shite..........

If the SD did a post of the month award this would win hands down!!

Imagine what I was like towing a caravan behind a camper with a little old 1600 petrol engine producing about 40bhp!! Never made it to Cornwall but clogged a few roads up around Devon a few years ago!!

 

[kaman]

Here’s a tip....don’t bring it to Cornwall we’ve got plenty here clogging up our lanes already thanks

There's barely a lay by in the West Coast of Scotland that doesn't have an overnight day can parked up in it.

 

[dartmoordog]

Here’s a tip....don’t bring it to Cornwall we’ve got plenty here clogging up our lanes already thanks

There’s a challenge................Cornwall here I come!

As a born and bred true Devonian, winding up the Cornish is in my DNA..............Mind you it ain’t difficult!

 

[User00048]

My fathers company is Stewart Mouland Motorcaravans in Peacehaven, East Sussex. It's been going since 1985. Ask for Steve or Nick Mouland. They know more about motorhomes than you would believe... stock well over 40 vehicles. Including coachbuilt motorhomes, panelvan conversions and small campers.

All different layouts and budgets..from British makers like Romahome, Autosleeper, Elddis, Autotrail and Swift to continental models like Ci, PLA and chasson.

01273 587 229

 

[Heym SR20]

much much better to my mind than Campervans are hunting huts that litter the European Countryside. These are small and not so small lodges are wonderful places to spend time in the woods. Mostly they have sleeping bunks for four or five, an outdoor long drop, and a room with a big table, stove and a gas burner or two. Often not much more than a large hut built of logs, but sometimes stone built. And a little further away will be a larder.

Quite why we don't have these in the UK I do not know.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I am one of the ****s who tows a caravan around, I will deliberately go slow until a huge queue develops behind me, then when a lay-by comes up ahead I will indicate to show that I am pulling in, then just carry on! Pis*ses em right off.

I deliberately use the smaller roads to cause absolute mayhem, block lay-bys by stopping right in the middle and set up the table and chairs for a picnic. I have even been known to stay in the middle lane on motorways, I just love listening to the different tones of horns fitted to cars, it is amazing the range of hand signals people use too.

So when it comes to being a **** who tows a caravan, I like to think of myself as King ****, either that or I am not trying hard enough.

So to all those that shout, swear, honk, gesticulate or call people with caravans ****s.........................You can all fcuk off and kiss my ar*se, cos I don’t give a shite..........

Do you need some Netherlands number plates to top off the effect?