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10/8/2015 at 6:07pm
Location: East Herts Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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Quote: Originally posted by freeatlast on 09/8/2015
Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 09/8/2015A box to sleep in at the end of the day is still that matter how much or little it has cost the owner.
Maybe that is how you view your £300 caravan. I presume you are also happy to live in a run down old flat, after all its just a place to sleep in.
Personally these days I like my creature comforts. As an example, at home my central heating is active 365 days a year, and will always keep the house at a pleasant temperature. Now I have the same in my caravan. Its great to wake up on a cold morning to a warm caravan, with the water heater ready to provide enough hot water for a decent shower.
I can see both sides of this one. Firstly, if I were paying £25k for something, I would expect absolute perfection. If it wasn't as I expected, I would be fuming! Secondly, I am with Billy. Our caravan cost us £500 plus a few tweeks to personalise it and a couple of new tyres. Everything works, and it has everything that any new van has, except an oven and a motor mover. We bought a £25 electric free-standing oven, which does everything we need, and the van is small enough for two of us to manouvre into position, if we can't use the car to do it. We are now into our second year with it, and consider it has already paid us back what we spent on it.
We have gas heating which is good, but we also have a cheap fan heater. There is a mains socket near the bed into which I plug the heater, so that if it feels cold when I wake up I just switch the heater on and in 5 minutes it's warm. What more could we want?
Just because someone is prepared to accept a cheap old van for holiday use, doesn't mean they would be prepared to accept second-rate for their permanent home, by the way.
Each to his own I say! Would I buy a new caravan if I could afford it? I'm not sure that I would at my age. £25k buys a lot of good hotel accommodation, and I would get waited-on.
------------- Best Regards,
Colin
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