After having more or less decided to go for this layout, what other vans are there than come in under 1300kgs laden other than the Bailey Ranger 500/5 and maybe the Lunar Zenith?
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thanks Mrs Anorak, the thing older higher spec vans tend to be heavier unfortunately. I forgot about the Sprite major 5 (despite having a nosey round one yesterday!). Prefer the Bailey to the Sprite as the bailey has a solid bedroom door whereas the Sprite just has a curtain.
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Bertha!! She is a 1999 Abbey Cabaret: 5 berth twin dinette, 1245 MTPLM. You don't seem to see many of Bertha's cousins about tho. We have a curtain to separate off the rear double, I suspect there may have been a sliding door thingy when she was new. We use the bathroom as a cupboard (tells you everything you need to know about bathroom size!) but Bertha is ideal for us tho - me and Mr Chile at the front, kids at the back. I reckon Mrs Anorak is right - look at older better spec vans, older vans are certainly lighter.
We had a zenith 4 2005 have to say it was lovely, ok not all singing and dancing like your swifts sterlings ect, but that keeps the weight down , it had everything we needed in it.Miro was 959kg mass was 1,175kg I think or there a bouts and the zenith 5 with the double dinette dosnt weigh much more, really light and airy and well built, only changed it as we wanted something newer with a few more bells and whistles and we wanted end bathroom.
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we were thinking 9k with a new mover fitted, certainly no more than £9250. The one we saw today was immaculate, not a single mark on the bodywork and had full service history.
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Quote: Originally posted by savanne1 on 26/6/2011
we were thinking 9k with a new mover fitted, certainly no more than £9250. The one we saw today was immaculate, not a single mark on the bodywork and had full service history.
If it has a full/up-to-date service history, you should be able to have the manufacturer's warranty transferred to you - for a fee (of course!!). Have a good day Savanne.
Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 26/6/2011
If it has a full/up-to-date service history, you should be able to have the manufacturer's warranty transferred to you - for a fee (of course!!)...
I have to say, we didn't get any charge when transferring the remainder of warranty to us with our 500/5. Book simply sent off to Bailey for amendment which they duly returned.
The 500/5 has been an excellent van (they all have their quirks). We considered a Major 5 too, but I'm sure they're heavier at about 1335'ish MTPLM. If the example you've seen appears to be so good, I'd have a haggle and see what the dealers prepared to do on the price.
Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 26/6/2011
If it has a full/up-to-date service history, you should be able to have the manufacturer's warranty transferred to you - for a fee (of course!!)...
I have to say, we didn't get any charge when transferring the remainder of warranty to us with our 500/5. Book simply sent off to Bailey for amendment which they duly returned.
You may be right, Paul. I may be confusing the warranty transfer with the weight upgrade, which we did have to pay for. I have only had to address this question of warranty transfer once. It was when we bought a new van which was a demo. model. The dealers thought they would have to sell the van as second hand and there was discussion about the warranty. In the end I think we had 'the complete warranty' from the time we purchased the van, although it was a demo. model. It's going back a while so it's all a bit of a haze now.
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Topic: Lightweight double/twin dinette vans
