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Aug 2020
8:58am, 10 Aug 2020
6,688 posts
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Northern Exile
Mandy - mine is a California, they're more expensive than standard T5 conversions. On the positive side they are the least depreciating vehicles on British roads.
I'm with Tim on this. I need a vehicle that will comfortably do 80 on the motorway and park in small and unobtrusive places. A wc and separate shower are not necessary. I guess we all have different needs. I was actually looking at Caddy conversions the other day and thinking how much fun one might be 🙂
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Aug 2020
9:00am, 10 Aug 2020
6,689 posts
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Northern Exile
Sarah - the lack of wc and shower has never stopped me camping anywhere 🙂
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Aug 2020
9:00am, 10 Aug 2020
35,576 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Couldn't agree more, SarahWoo.
We spent a long time thinking about vehicles with a shower/WC (Dr S was quite keen, I wasn't particularly bothered), but we realised after speaking to several VW owners that in fact we were likely to spend a fair number of nights on campsites, mainly for reasons of electrical hookups. If on a campsite, we would use campsite facilities and so no need for shower/WC on board. If not on a campsite, probably really only for a night or two at a time, well, we'll manage!
In England, I think it will be quite unusual for us to spend more than a night at a time "wild camping". I guess Scotland could be a bit different when we get there. As for mainland Europe, that's an adventure still to be had!
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Aug 2020
9:18am, 10 Aug 2020
10,036 posts
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Mandymoo
We have found it a learning curve as we go along. We have solar panels so can cope without hookup for a weekend and we have our own portaloo which does for most of the trip (don't want to go into too much info lol).
We dispersed of the car and I use the T6 for my daily vehicle and love driving it. Its great for transporting my bikes, going for a quick trip to the beach or river with the kayaks etc. I love it
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Aug 2020
9:24am, 10 Aug 2020
35,578 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
We had 48 hours with no hookup earlier this month and the leisure battery was fine (and there would have been trouble otherwise, it's nearly new!). Full fridge and everything chilled throughout the weekend.
But solar panels sound worth investigating ...
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Aug 2020
9:47am, 10 Aug 2020
17,501 posts
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GimmeMedals
On board facilities were essential for me; I no longer want to put my wellies on to traipse outside in the middle of the night for a loo visit, especially when it’s wet or freezing cold. We’ve stayed in the Cairngorms in winter when the temperature has gone down to -17*c and was very grateful for the onboard shower and toilet. I like my creature comforts, hence us getting a coach build, though Mr GM would much prefer a van conversion.
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Aug 2020
10:09am, 10 Aug 2020
17,274 posts
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Rosehip
This is a really interesting conversation 
I'd like a van of some sort, but was tending towards something as small as possible that would keep me dry and warm at night and have an easy way of making a cuppa.A Caddy or the Nissan nv200 -type could be an every day vehicle and be much easier to park and get down narrow lanes
Husband is more keen on a full home on wheels - but I'm not sure I see the point? couldn't you buy an awful lot of nights in B&Bs for the cost of a full Moho?
Seeing the different POVs laid out on here makes me realise we're never going to agree!
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Aug 2020
10:23am, 10 Aug 2020
35,588 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
To be honest, it's no different from choosing a car or a house. You have to make compromises if you're the only decision maker and you have to make more compromises if there are two of you. And you inevitably make rational and irrational assumptions about what you think is going to be important and some of those are right and some are wrong.
Small example. As I may have mentioned, we put down a deposit on ours without really researching properly. It's SWB and, within a couple of weeks I was kicking myself for not being more patient and waiting for a LWB model to come up. A whole 18 inches of extra floor space inside when the bed is deployed, wish we'd had that! (I was almost starting to think about the timescale for trading it in and getting a LWB!) But since then, I have spoken to a couple of people who have done this for years and they swear by SWB. More manoeuverable, easier to park in regulation parking spaces etc etc. Now I don't give LWB a thought.
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Aug 2020
10:59am, 10 Aug 2020
11,982 posts
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SarahWoo
There aren't enough B&Bs in the places we want to be though, Rosehip. It's also nicer staying in your own space than sleeping in a B&B.
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Aug 2020
11:02am, 10 Aug 2020
10,037 posts
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Mandymoo
We have the discussion many times re Camper or Motorhome - am very happy with the Camper at the moment but can see the pull of the motorhome when we retire and have more time for travelling etc.
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