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24/8/2020 at 4:03am
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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When I was looking to buy a s/h caravan, I became quite disillusioned, considering I was looking at vans only 2 or 3 years old and only through franchised dealerships, some were truly squalid and I question whether a mere clean up would have revived some, more likely many parts would need replacing. The squalid state didn't seem to affect the price though! - they were priced on model/year rather than condition! I was also quite alarmed at how many had never been serviced and therefore had permanently invalidated any manufacturers warrantee. People had made a significant financial investment in these vans but taken no care of them whatsoever!
When I found the van I did purchase, it superficially looked remarkably clean, but my after purchase 'refresh' showed a lot of hidden muck and abusive/negligent use in the 18 months it had been in use by it's original owners, who must have been real slobs!
I suspected the upholstery, or at least the removable cushions must have been professionally cleaned as it was spotless and smelt of recent detergent. The carpets were another matter though! Covered in 'cling film' protective layer by the dealer, but on removing it many different spillage stains were evident. General investigation behind cushions and under table/work tops also revealed a plethora of spills that had run into nooks and crannies without being cleaned up at the time. The fridge didn't look too bad until you removed the shelves to reveal stalactites of sticky spillages that hung under the bars, and black mould that grew in the shelf runners, with your head in it whilst cleaning it out, it actually smelt pretty rank too!
Thankfully despite having a fully fitted shower & toilet type bathroom, they must have been the kind of people who never used onboard facilities as they were virtually unused looking. Likewise with the cooker, don't think they self catered very much as that also looked unused.
Now I've had the van longer than the original from new owners, yet I've managed not to turn it into pigsty, even with a Border Collie dog having free reign in it, so what kind of utter slobs actually owned this van, and seemingly likewise the majority of nearly new vans! The vans I looked at were nearly all trade-ins for new vans, so what do these people do with them, use them for a year or so, virtually trash them, then buy a new one to repeat the process!
The dealership I have found out since purchasing my van, has a bit of a reputation for not putting themselves out to do anything they are not forced to do. They fixed a number of relatively trivial things that I pointed out on my pre and post purchase inspection without quibble, but equally you might have expected them to have fixed these things automatically prior to trying to sell the van, but left to their own devices they would have happily sold the van on with these faults.
The caravan industry seems to be even dodgier than the second hand car trade!
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