fast bloke

I was in one at the weekend. Absloutely awesome. It was a Hymer? S class which cost about 80k. I now want one, but I think 80k is a bit much for a glorified caravan. As I know nothing about them, can anyone give me any pointers on what to look out for, what I need and don't need on one, and what I should be looking to get for about 25k?

FASTER MIKE!!

for £25k you should get somthing second hand in the top of the range Swift kon-teeki(sp) model ,2-4 years old, they tend to be low(ish) mileage for the year. most important thing to look out for is water ingress(leaking), check round windows, door and roof lights and where any molding are screwed in at, for for spongy pannels its very expensive to put right.
as for spec, the British marks(swift lunar elddis etc) from what i can remember(been out of the game 4 years)should have the following:-
hot water, cassete toilet, blown air heating, 12v and 240v electrics and fridge should be standard, espessialy on a kon-teeki.
what you should remember is with a motorhome is if you want to go and visit anything thats any distance is you have to pack up and drive there unless you have facility for a moped of push bike.

personaly i`m not keen on motorhomes as i find them cramped but i`m used to working on caravans

hope this is of some help

mike

unclebuck

I had a Vauxhall Viva van based camper once It was class

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

80k

Think of the hols that would pay for, come to think of it for 25k

DONT DO IT !!

NAF

Whats a cassette toilet ???

JackClark

This one was valued at $90k when I borrowed it.

fast bloke

Reffro - we like that we do!!! Now I just need to convinve the wifey that there isn't much difference between 25k and £600.00 a month for the next 165 years

BTW - Thanks for the constructive advice at the top FM and Hoppy

NAF - I think you can listen to music when you are having a dump

C h a z

What ever you settle on we can fit full dolby digital home cinema system in it for you if you like

MrsP1Fanatic

My Ex's parents have a 38 ft Winnebago Elanden that we went away in a few times! Really god fun and really spacious.

Not sure how much they cost nowadays though.

B :-p

Disco

Sorry FB, cant offer any constructive advice except....

fast bloke

Cheers Disco - Some things never change - you'll need to do some training if you want to stay in the pit crew

FASTER MIKE!!

NAF a cassette toilet is a chemical toilet which has box that stores all the $hit and pi$$ in. the box slides out of a door on the outside of the van/motorhome and you can dispose of it without driping all over your lovely interior.

Hoppy

Had a 2.5TD Fiat Kon-Tiki for three years and you should be able to get a good one for £25k as Mike says. Travelled all over Britain with six on board and towing a box trailer full of kart racing clobber. Superb. The newer 2.8 even better. Have a look at Brownhills near Newark - hundreds of 'em

Richard.

PS Motorhome drivers also wave to eachother...

[Edited by Hoppy - 2/10/2003 9:41:54 PM]

Reffro

If you want to have a look at some serious motorhomes online, look at some available from the Monanco Coach Corporation, particularly their Royale Class vehicles. I particularly like the flip down 42-inch plasma screen telly in the Kitchings coach. No idea what they cost but the other similar ones they make have prices starting at $475,000....

http://www.royalecoach.com/



[Edited by Reffro - 2/10/2003 11:56:29 PM]