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Subject Topic: Caravans in UK v France Post Reply Post New Topic
via mobile 13/10/2023 at 3:11pm
 Location: County Armagh
 Outfit: Hobby 700
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Starting to research buying a used caravan in France (where we will be living) after selling our camper van a couple of years ago. At this stage, comparing ads in le boncoin with Autotrader and Gumtree in UK, I've had a real shock. There seems to be a vast difference in the price of used vans. An instance is a 2000 Elddis 4 berth for sale at 8,500 euros compared to a similar van 11 years YOUNGER for less in the UK. Similarly, euro spec vans like Hobby and Burstner are massively cheaper in UK than France. Is this true or am I not looking on the right websites? What are the disadvantages to buying a van in the UK and putting it through the system in France? Is it worth the pain/hassle? What does everyone think? It certainly seems worth the cost. (BTW I have been living in Greece for 6 years,am an Irish Citizen so not affected by Brexit or Visas etc)

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13/10/2023 at 10:14pm
 Location: Perigord Noir
 Outfit: Outwell Oakland XL
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2nd hand cars are pretty much the same over here eg 5 year old Citroen Catus with 135,000 km on the clock - a snip at 12k euro.

https://www.aramisauto.com/voitures/citroen/c3-aircross/feel/rv765089?vehicleId=765089

My next car will be UK sourced - RH drive is very handy for country lanes round here and it'll only cost an extra couple of hundred to sort out the paperwork.

Perhaps worth a look at the 2nd hand van market in Belgium / Netherlands / Germany as well?




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