40k for a new camper.....

[wildcat45]

Just a fleeting thought. I saw a brand new VW camper yesterday. It looked great in silver I think it was called a California.

When I come to replace my current car, I'll be looking to spend £40,000 or so.

Whet would that get me? And as it would be the main car, wife me dog but no kids, are they practical on a daily basis as a car replacement?

[anonymous-user]

Or £300 notes if you do it differently http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Option 2 looks cheaper and untouchable by the BIB

[wildcat45]

Sadly my dag has a pedigree and my wife isn't a semi-literate teenager who dresses like a Milbay Road we.

[nagsheadwarrior]

Feckin Daily Wail, that's not a £30000 caravan, £20k in 2011.

O.p your budget bags a nearly new California with the dsg which are an excellent driving van with a quality conversion but as with many things you might find you end up with a camper that's too small that's a car that's too big.

Check out the Doubleback conversion from Danbury, it's on a T5 and is very different or if you want a toilet/shower too then try the Autosleeper Topaz.

[sugerbear]

Have a look at the California beach, 5 seats 35-40mpg without the stove and sink but 35k new.

The thought of cooking inside a van has always put me off buying a motorhome/campervan

[wildcat45]

I'd want a cooker sink etc. When I was a kid in the 1970s we had Suntor Marina caravanettes. I would want that sort of kit as a minimum.

Most of the time it would be a daily car, so something easy to live with, with space for a couple of passengers, able to ark in multi storeys etc.

[nagsheadwarrior]

Having once got our company demo Vw t4 raising roof camper wedged under a multi storey height cm barrier I can confirm that even some pop tops won't go everywhere!

[Spuffington]

nagsheadwarrior said:

Having once got our company demo Vw t4 raising roof camper wedged under a multi storey height cm barrier I can confirm that even some pop tops won't go everywhere!

I'm sure that wasn't embarrassing at all?!

[nagsheadwarrior]

Not helped by the M.D and Sales Director who witnessed it, fortunately the Sales Director had insisted it would fit so we blamed him!

[Chirpsean]

There are not many deals on new californias but if you hunt around you might find something. A mate has just ordered a new and it was nearer to 50 i think. They do hold their money very well though. A quict look on autotrader revealed this within buget.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[Rosscow]

They are an obscene amount of money, aren't they?!

I'd rather spend £20k on a fking lovely car, £10k on a lovely caravan and save the other £10k

[PurpleTurtle]

Rosscow said:

They are an obscene amount of money, aren't they?!

I'd rather spend £20k on a fking lovely car, £10k on a lovely caravan and save the other £10k

I'm probably in the same position as the OP ... I only have parking space for and more specifically the time and money to use/maintain one vehicle. A California would fulfil my camping needs (festivals and a few weekends away) but still be usable as a reasonably economical daily driver, without going 'full motorhome'.

Couldn't face having a caravan having spent a childhood going everywhere at 50mph with a Sprite Major hanging off the back of the old man's Granada!