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13/6/2014 at 10:44am
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It would seem from the postings on here I am not alone. But my Bailey Pegasus S2 Ancona showed 90% damp readings on its 3yr anniversary service. Since new, the following problems: damp board warped in front seating and replaced, bunk curtain failed and replaced, failed again 3 months later bailey wouldn't replace it again, both towel rails in bathroom brackets broke, bailey sent wrong one to replace it. heater failed on electric only, had to use gas all winter on seasonal pitch until caravan first service, side dinette fixing inadequate to hold table and breaks repeatedly, external locker catches failed and two replaced and now the bathroom is 90% damp!
Also the heating is ridiculous. The blown air heating at night leaves the three bunks at tropical temperatures so the kids are begging me to turn off the heating (bunks are right next to heater unit) but with me in the bed at the the front of the caravan the heat never reaches me, just a warm dog under the bed I have to use a fan heater so I don't freeze.
I have given up now. Dealer was great (Reads of Blackburn) but the quality of the caravan is just disappointing. I have traded it in for a Sterling. Never again Bailey, just full of cheap and nasty fittings and badly thought out design. Looks good,but that's about it.
I had an old bailey ranger and I mistakenly thought buying a brand new bailey with a 10 yr warranty meant the caravan would give me 10 years holidays and peace of mind. Instead it was a 10yr sentence of endless trips to the dealer for repairs.
Not good enough Bailey, not good enough!
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13/6/2014 at 3:58pm
Location: Argyll Scotland
Outfit: 1997 Bailey Ranger 470 4
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Och I fully agree with you Fixings, but only up to a point.
The thing is that the older caravan that is worth doing "a bit of work on" will not have had major problems within it's first few years of life.
It is a dammed shame that I keep seeing folks on here spending mega bucks on new caravans only to find them rubbish within a very short time.
I may contribute to the "Crappy Old Caravans" Topic, but, for the most part these have been well built, have not caused their previous owners any problems and are still fairly dry. With some TLC, they will remain so and useable for many years to come.
By the time I have spent £5000 on my van (inc purchase price, servicing and consumables)I will have had a seasons use out of it and it will be as modern and roadworthy as any new van and the basis for many years of caravanning to come.
So while we are in a position to spend the money on a brand new caravan, we cannot, in all honesty, take the gamble on buying what may turn out to be a Pig in a Poke.
Given the choice of having "a crappy old van" sitting in my workshop ready to roll whenever we fancy, or having a brand new van sitting in a Dealers Workshop awaiting repairs to equipment that should have been built correctly first time round, well I don't think it requires an answer.
However, I am lucky in that I am retired and I have a workshop big enough and equipped enough to take on an older Bailey and work on it.
Not everyone is so fortunate and so there will always be a market for new vans, dealers workshops and storage compounds.
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Lobey.
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