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20/2/2007 at 8:02pm
 Location: cheshire
 Outfit: Auto-Trail Arapaho
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  Enjoy the motorhome!

Don't forget to wave



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21/2/2007 at 3:19pm
 Location: N.Ireland
 Outfit: vw passat 2.0tdi estate argente 550 4
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Quote: Originally posted by bodie on 20/2/2007

Dont feel quilty for doing what makes you and your family happy,so what if you did drink and smoke as well its your money and your life .......ENJOY !!

Yes and dont forget to wave

 

Bodie

Hi Bodie, I hope no-one thinks I having a go at them for drinking and smoking. I was just trying to justify to myself the expense of such a purchase.

Guess I'm going to be busy waving then!

No word on delivery yet as the salesman had  time off due to a death in the family, so will have to wait until he returns to work. I keep looking at the brochure and dreaming!

 

Again thanks for all the replies, I'll keep you posted!

Paul

 



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21/2/2007 at 4:16pm
 Location: surrey
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  enjoy your motor home we do and its a auto quest 120 

                          the waving is fun too



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24/2/2007 at 11:39pm
 Location: stoke on trent staffs
 Outfit: Globecar Campscout 636
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 We bought our 2005 autosleeper july last year,we were going to buy one when I retire in 8 years, but my wife was taken seriously ill Feb last year,and I thought sod it you only live once so we took the plunge and have never regreted it.WE are away any spare time we have.

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25/2/2007 at 9:21pm
 Location: Lancashire
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I'm with all that's been said beforehand. We caravaned for a fair few years & loved it, but changed to a MH about 6yrs ago. We are on our third one now & never regretted a single minute. I've lost count of the number of times when we've just jumped in the MH & gone & commented that "we couldn't do this/that in a 'van. We started with an oldish Autotrail Cree, decided this was for us, so changed to a Fiat Ducatto Compass Drifter 410, then 12 months ago down-sized slightly to my present MH the Autosleeper Executive SE, as SWMBO wasn't to comfortable driving the large Drifter. I'm only 15 months (& counting) to retirement & then the coming back Sunday nights will be a thing of the past. So enjoy your MH Paul, & like some have said,  "Don't forget to wave"



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26/2/2007 at 4:35pm
 Location: N.Ireland
 Outfit: vw passat 2.0tdi estate argente 550 4
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I've noticed a few of you are bikers also. I was a biker until 2004 when I sold my pride and joy, a BMW R1150R, to buy my first caravan. Would love another one but I guess I'm in enough debt now!!

All the best,

Paul

 



26/2/2007 at 4:46pm
 Location: stoke on trent staffs
 Outfit: Globecar Campscout 636
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Quote: Originally posted by tnb1 on 26/2/2007

I've noticed a few of you are bikers also. I was a biker until 2004 when I sold my pride and joy, a BMW R1150R, to buy my first caravan. Would love another one but I guess I'm in enough debt now!!

All the best,

Paul

 


Hi Paul there will come a time when you can afford a bike again. We have all been in the same situation,married, children. Then children leave home, then more money to spare. I went 26 years without a bike, then started again in 1996. you never get motorbikes out of your blood. My wife struggles to get on the Harley now so I am thinking of getting it triked. then we can also take our little Jack Russel on it as well.

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27/2/2007 at 7:40pm
 Location: wales
 Outfit: Bessacar Elegance 560
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hi all newbie in every sense of the word  had a mad moment at the NEC last week splashed out on a 07 bessacarr 560 cant wait to get my mitts on it ,they phoned today having it on the 20th for such a expensense i'm thinking of a tracker any views I know they are expensive but so was the van also insurance any good ones out there I should know about anyway cant wait never guess i'm 50 would you ha ha



27/2/2007 at 8:26pm
 Location: North West England
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Congratulations Jury, I can understand your excitement only about 22 sleeps though ! lol.

Can't make any tracker suggestions but saw the PoliceChase programme last night where the Trackers helped recover 2 vehicles one from a remote barn.  Perhaps your local Crime Prevention Officer may be able to help.

After that all you have to do is plan your 1st trip away.



28/2/2007 at 9:51am
 Location: Morley
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Ditto to above, and try to wave, as well as to bread vans, icecream vans, chiller vans, horse boxes etc etc.


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09/3/2007 at 6:26pm
 Location: N.Ireland
 Outfit: vw passat 2.0tdi estate argente 550 4
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Hi all, dealer phoned today to tell me he still hasn't got a definate date for delivery of my Autoquest. He said end of March beginning of April is likely and said the Explorer group factory is very busy and we just have to wait to see what happens. I would have liked a definate date, it all seems a bit vague. Still excited though, like a child waiting for Christmas!

All the best

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If the dealer keeps you waiting too long for your new van, as they invariably do. Then voice your dissatisfaction, and use it as a bargaining tool to get free stuff out of them.

When my dealer kept fobbing me off with delays, i wasnt really that bothered, but i made a bit of a fuss about it. They ended up throwing in a nice new CD/Radio sound system to keep me sweet. When you are spending tens of thousands of pounds worth of business with a company, youd be surprised what extra you can get out of them. Before the CD/Radio, i had already got the Canopy Awning thrown in and other bits & bobs.



09/3/2007 at 8:14pm
 Location: Foothills of Lincolnshire Mountains
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Hi Paul

You have come to MH from a Caravan perspective - so the accommodation will not be so different.  What is so wonderful about MH is the lack of hasstle.  I have camped for years, but no matter how well versed we were, and how efficient we became, it was a hasstle setting up and getting away, such that a weekend never seemed worth it.  Getting a caravan hooked up, towing it to a site, and then manouvering it into place and putting down the jacks etc. might not seem too much hasstle, but I know a lot of people who baulk at it for a night.  MH is so simple by comparison- just drive to a venue, roll into the pitch, hook up the electrical connection and turn on the gas, job done.  Five minutes and you are ready to start cooking a meal; what more could you want?  Leaving is just as quick - roll in the hookup, turn off the gas, secure the load and off you go.  Ten minutes at ther very most.  Belive me, you won't regret your investment.  Just make the most of it; life is shorter than any of us would like, even if some us don't know that yet!



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10/3/2007 at 12:33pm
 Location: Hayling tIsland
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buying a van this year, looking at a Topaz tomorrow. hopefully I,ll get a deal, as it,s time to get on the road,  Del


11/3/2007 at 1:47pm
 Location: winsford cheshire
 Outfit: winnebago motorhome
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  hi guys

bought our mh last year after months of indecission which to buy we deciced to throw caution to the wind and bought a used winnebago best thing i ever did should have done it years ago so relaxing my wife doesnt recognise  me now when we take off in it

keep on waving

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23/3/2007 at 7:53pm
 Location: N.Ireland
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HI all, finally got a date. Pick up my new M/H next weekend all being well.What comes as standard in a new M/H. Are gas bottles or ehu cable included? Can't wait!!

Paul




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