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Hi Folks,

My wife and I are currently looking to buy a second hand motorhome. Saw one yesterday (Fiat Ducato G Reg) It had had a front end bump above the passenger side, and there are obvious signs of damp. The dealer aknowledged this but said it had ben fixed externally. Inside the panelling has come away over quite an area. He told us this was easy to fix and made us an allowance. But now I'm having second thoughts. Any advice?

Thanks

KeithM

  We have had damp in our Elddis voyager 1 (talbot express L reg) and when we were on holiday in Scotland near Oban on a rainy morning we noticed rain was leaking in over the over cab bed. we had a feel round the wet area and felt that a very small area had gone soft. We got it fixed externally and we have had no problems since. It was a very small area of damp though.

Hope this helps   

BigDawg, that is true, when part exchanged my Hymer (only 2 years old, the dealer went round with a fine tooth comb, including the damp meter. So I did the same when I did the inspection on the vehicle I purchased.

BigDawg - no probs with asking, that why we post.

We had no damp with the Hymer, or any major problems apart from the kids growing too quickly, when we purchased it we wanted something that had the beds already made up. It was the one with the bunk beds at the back. The internal space was very limited but at the time of purchase appeared to be ok. Saying that we did 8500mile in it, in the short time we had it, even went up to Nordkamp the most northerly point of mainland Europe (4300 miles round trip), and down to Sapin a couple of times in it.

We now have the Rapido A class, 986F on the Fiat chassis. 7M long with double bed at back, inverted L kitchen and longitudinal seats, so much space its unbeliveable. Can easily sit 6 people at the table in comfort.(Good job there is a lot of internal room as we have just bought a dog who is growing radidly- we knew she would be big, but she is not even 5 months old and is already the size of a labrador).

Have done nealry 12000 miles in it already, not even 2 years old (108 night away in it to date) very comfortable, great finish, very good specifiaction, handles well but drinks the juice when hurtling down the French Autoroutes at 90mph about 17mpg but thats expected at that speed. We have looked around others at the Peterborough show but have not found anything that comes close to the layout we want, the finish and specification. (Taking it in to have leather interior next Tuesday - just after I get back from France after doing the booze run for Christmas)

Any other questions just ask.