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Subject Topic: Auto sleeper symbol
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via mobile 02/11/2020 at 4:40pm
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Hi,any help appreciated.
We have a chance of an 2004 with 128,500miles on the clock for £16,500.
It would be our first campervan.
Should we grab it or stay clear?

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02/11/2020 at 7:52pm
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128,500 miles!! That's 5 times round the world. It's the sort of mileage that would do in a car - about 8k - 9k a year. A reasonable mileage for a camper would be half that. Looking at Autotrader, there are a number of similar examples with a fraction of that mileage.

When we were looking for a new van, we had a look at a 'Symbol' and was very disappointed. Autosleeper used to have a very good reputation, but the one we looked at had obviously been leaking round the seam there the high top attaches. I have heard of other cases with similar water ingress.

Personally, I would walk away from that one, but I might well look at other newer/ lower mileage examples.

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02/11/2020 at 9:18pm
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With a mileage like that it sounds like an ex hire van, so has probably had a lot of misuse.

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via mobile 02/11/2020 at 10:00pm
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I thought it was a lot for a campervan.We will keep looking, and keep in mind your experience/ sound advice Captain 👍 thank you


via mobile 02/11/2020 at 10:06pm
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Bernie47 ,it could have been,we thought it was a lot but something else for us to keep in mind.Thank you 👍


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via mobile 02/11/2020 at 10:30pm
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Our 1993 Autosleeper (Clubman) hadn’t done nearly much that when we PX’d it in 2018. 25 years old, £6K.
To be fair, plastic & metal & rubber etc age at x rate per annum so an old low mileage MH can have different problems to a newer higher mileage MH. Balance issues with the MH itself against problems with the vehicle, floorpan, engine etc. But I agree with others, that’s too high mileage. There’ll be others, let that one go.

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02/11/2020 at 10:31pm
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I've just sold mty 2003 Symbol with 50,000 on the clock for that price. I would walk away from a van with that mileage !


via mobile 02/11/2020 at 10:59pm
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Thanks all for you input and time,I'll just keep on walking



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