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We are looking for a small camper/motor home (big as we can get up the drive) not an A class, a small coach built or a van based. The Merc van conversion fits the bill as per the size, so bigger than the average van but smaller than the average coach built. We are looking for secondhand £3k  - £12k.

Any and all advice welcome. 

Omega99 

Within that price range you'd probably get a much better deal if you went for a caravan. I'm not being funny but you could get a really nice caravan for that money whereas the camper/motorhome would be quite old, too small or need a fair bit of work doing on it. I know some will disagree but I'm used to that.

Phil.

Got a caravan need a motorhome. Any ideas'

Omega99

I agree with Nimrodphil, I too was looking to change just like you are, but after searching for nearly 3 years doing all the shows and a hell of a lot of dealers/ebay etc etc i came to the conclusion that to get an outfit that I considered good enough for me there was no way short of a lottery win that I could ever in the forseeable future be able to afford one, so I had a severe re-think and decided the only way was to update my car and caravan, this I did and I am now very pleased I did, as the Car/Caravan combination is in my opinion the more versatile outfit to have, unless of course one could afford to have a big motorhome with the car on an A-frame behind.

 Well thats my own opinion for what its worth Omega.

Regards   Tone

Omega, I was being quite serious, but if you really want a reasonable sized camper in fair condition I think you need to up your range by 3 or 4K. You can get cheaper ones if you are prepared to do a fair bit of work on them, I believe Auto Trader often have a few quite reasonably priced, but if you buy from something like that (or a private sale) I would recommend that you take someone with you who is fairly knowledgeable on campers and motorhomes. There are obviously quite a few differences between caras and campers and you could get taken for a ride, forgive the pun.

Phil.

All these Motor Homers but still no advice on which one.Should I ask the question in a diferent section? 

Hi

We have an Autocruise Starfire motor home and we are very pleased with it.  A very honest vehicle, that easily fits on our driveway.  A very generous 2 berths, built-in shower, electronic loo, central heating, hot/cold water and a bed you could get lost in that takes 10 secs to get ready.

Check out Brownhills web site as this is where we got ours from

Regards

Richard

GeorgeTelford

Now thats more like it,

Would you call that a large "Camper Van"

How many does it sleep?

Are there any down sides to a self build? What about insurance cover!

Whats the engine and how many MPG

This looks someting like the size of the Merc I considered may be ok.So may be interested. What do the other campervaner's think is it a good buy?

Omega99

hi i have a citroen relay 2.5 its a c1 but not as wide as all the rest this will fit 6 foot 6 width restrictions just you have to get it right so not as wide as most i would not atemped a 7 foot one in a normal c1 email me and ill send pics see for your self.

but i did want about £12 500 as its on a m reg 1995 and fully loaded ill be here for ever tell you all the bits 4/5 birth.

my email is chlosean@aol.com