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Have looked at some MH today (locally) not a lot of choice roundabout where we live.  Those that we have looked at (that we would consider) are either way out of our price range £40k plus or have not been looked after to our standard).  I like to think I keep our caravan decent ie clean cooker, hob,  sinks, make sure toilet/shower room is pristine.  It's not that we are adverse to purchasing second hand, our caravan was preowned, looked after by previous owner, as we are doing.  Even if you are selling on surely pride would take over and do a clean up beforehand.

Our discussion on the way back home once again came back to the convenience of the car, we are golfers (albeit I am just starting out) and I don't think many golf clubs would appreciate MH in the car park.  As for towing a car behind us not sure we want to go to that extent regardless if anything is in a grey area or not.  I just can't get my head around the expense.  I have looked at both sides of the 'coin', and have definitely decided that at  this moment in time caravanning is more economical, not sure if oh has decided to stay as we are, I feel he still wants to go ahead.  Only time will tell.

Quote: Originally posted by ValJim on 18/8/2012

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I don't think many golf clubs would appreciate MH in the car park.

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I can understand that some people will take the view that they are not getting the price they would like when selling to a dealer, therefore why should I clean the van.

It's just that I was brought up to believe that you wouldn't move from a house without giving it a little cleaning so that the new owners were not cleaning your dirt away.  Only once have we purchased a new caravan.   The second hand caravans have had a clean out, but I still gave them a good 'bottoming'. 

Hello there. I didn't post here earlier as we've not ever had a motorhome  but maybe my own thoughts might help a wee bit as we have had caravans before.

Loved being in our caravans & would still be doing it if the last one hadn't bitten the dust.  We liked having plenty of room,  having a vehicle to go out in without having to pack everything away is great,  buying a decent older used caravan is a lot less outlay than a decent MH/campervan,  lower maintenance cost too - all very appealing...

All the same we feel we'll be a lot less restricted on where we go by buying a campervan -   we'd like to tour places in the highlands of Scotland that have the sort of roads only an idiot would take a caravan ! 

We can also lok at going a lot farther afield due to lower fuel costs than when we were towing.   On top of that,  it'll be a lot less hassle than hitching up etc,  & quite honestly the thought of towing terrified me  I was determined to do it as I always thought "what if anything happened to hubby"  & also I just don't like not being able to do things ! 

With a campervan/MH we can go long trips, & even go abroad as I'll now be able to do my share of the driving.   Also a huge adnavtage being able to pull over & kip for a while in comfort - or maybe even 1 of us go have a lie down whilst the other is driving (is that legal ??!)   

Basically as other folks have said there's adnatages & disadvantages with both,  but we're really lopking forward to getting our 1st campervan as for us it's going to open up a lot of new possibilities - going away for very short breaks is another one actually,   couldn't be bothered with hitching up etc for just a night or 2 with the caravan. 

We went the other way--

After trying a motorhome we were fed up of losing our space when we went of site, the other issue was the need to secure everything just to go to the local shop

We have stuck with a caravan and will continue to do so..