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Quote: Originally posted by Nosaj on 04/2/2016

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Thanks for your help.

Beginning to think that I may need to get over my laziness/reticence for towing otherwise this is going to cost me a fortune.

We went from Caravan to Motorhome and back to Caravan again Nosaj. Cost was one issue as it was a third vehicle for us to tax and insure mot etc. But that wasn't the only one. There's no doubt we found the motorhome convenient for touring, but once on site we found we wanted to go off for lunch or take the dogs to the beach etc. and it was always a hassle to up-sticks in the motorhome and move for just a couple of hours. Plus we are not organised enough and always found we'd forgotten milk, or bread, or fancied fish and chips for tea etc. Caravan suits us better - for now……
   

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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 04/2/2016

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Loads in your price range on ebay here. I would forget dealers, their prices are eye watering & I'm sure they are all in cahoots to keep retail prices high. Irish prices are generally higher, certainly are on the website linked to here, many Irish folks come over to the 'big island' to buy caravans/motorhomes.



You are now discovering that motorhomes of any age are poor value. Anything more than 15yrs old you may find engine spares becoming difficult to source as well. Your best bet is to buy private as cheap as poss, as new as poss or go on probably what you know already, car/caravan is far more cost effective than motorhome which is only for the relatively wealthy.

If you are ok with lhd & fancy sourcing one from Germany you will get a better deal, look on mobile.de, put make you want & price into search. Most German dealers speak good English & will put vehicle on temporary export plates to get you home. Putting it onto UK plates is not hard.

Post last edited on 04/02/2016 16:37:41

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