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Subject Topic: Walk away or not
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Personbaddon
31/7/2017 at 7:39pm
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the EHU cost cant be that much, to show your a serious buyer offer to pay this (cant be more than £10)

Our water heater stopped working properly on EHU but works fine on gas.

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PersonOpensauce
01/8/2017 at 10:34am
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Yes walk away. If a seller will not bend over backwards to ensure you can view caravan & check everything you wish to check then that seller is not worth considering.


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Personblueexpo97
01/8/2017 at 10:42am
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I thought the OP had said a few posts back that he was going to forget it.

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As well is two words!
How does a sage know everything about everything? or does he? or does he just think he does?
Remember, if you buy something you bought it, not brought it.


PersonCymrucamper
01/8/2017 at 11:30am
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Thanks for all the replies. It's useful to know that some service engineers carry generators with them. Is this standard practice? I would have been happy to pay for the EHU at the site, but reading between the lines I think that the site owner is more of the issue.


Personjim oldham
01/8/2017 at 2:14pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Cymrucamper on 01/8/2017
It's useful to know that some service engineers carry generators with them. Is this standard practice?


Best to check with a local approved engineer.

http://www.approvedworkshops.co.uk/approved-touring-caravan-motorhome-servicing


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PersonOpensauce
02/8/2017 at 12:21pm
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Quote: Originally posted by blueexpo97 on 01/8/2017
I thought the OP had said a few posts back that he was going to forget it.

Indeed. However my comment was general relating to any purchase of a caravan. It is always a buyer's market. It is the seller who should go out of his way to accommodate the buyer. It's never ceases to amaze me how useless some folk are at selling their caravan. Poor descriptions, no knowledge of size & weights & so on. You message them on eBay & they cannot even answer a simple question.

Whenever I have sold a caravan on eBay I have provided a detailed description & photos, made the caravan available for viewing at buyer's convenience, ensured tyres are correct pressure & wheelnuts are tight. When buyer has collected caravan I have fixed their number plate on for them & ensured caravan is safely hitched up. That is how it is done.


Personiank01
02/8/2017 at 2:11pm
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Has the caravan had a HPI check to show that there is no finance outstanding on it? Worth checking on any caravan you may consider as the £20 is an investment rather than a loss. No fun handing over thousands only for the bailiffs to collect the caravan a few weeks later leaving you severely out of pocket.


PersonCymrucamper
02/8/2017 at 3:05pm
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Thanks all; very useful advice.

Feeling very frustrated because I can't seem to find another suitable caravan at the moment. We have a normal family-sized saloon car with a towing limit of 1300 kg, so we're quite restricted in what we can buy.

There is another caravan that I like, and it would be the perfect layout for us. However, it's located an hour and a half's drive away. I'm not sure if it would be sensible, as first-time towers/caravanners, to tow the caravan home on the motorway all that distance.


Personmagicgrotto
02/8/2017 at 3:12pm
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Your going to have to tow 1 at some time ! So why not the 1 that you like ??

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PersonCymrucamper
02/8/2017 at 3:44pm
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Perhaps I'll have to persuade my husband to take a look at it. I've only just persuaded him that a touring caravan would be a good idea. We'll just have to be brave I guess!


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PersonSamandRose
02/8/2017 at 5:18pm
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What's an hour and a half's drive if it results in you buying something that you'll (hopefully) enjoy for several years?

We bought our first caravan - which we still have - nearly 2 years ago from a private seller in Surrey and towed it back to south Staffordshire. It was the first time I'd ever towed anything larger than a small trailer but a slow-moving M25 was just what I needed to get used to having it on the back!

In all seriousness though, if the idea worries you sign up to a towing course - you don't need your own caravan or trailer for that. Another option if you have any friends that are used to towing is to ask one of them to go with you to collect it?


PersonOpensauce
02/8/2017 at 5:36pm
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When you go to collect a caravan from a private seller take a wheel brace & tyre pump so you know the wheels won't come off. If a caravan has been standing a long time tyre pressures will probably be low so you need to ensure pressures are correct.


Personnavver
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Actually a longish drive the first time maybe a good thing. The car does feel different with a caravan on the back and I still find that every time I hitch up and set off even though we've had a caravan since 1998.

After a few miles I get used to the feel of it so I take it easy at first then gradually work up to motorway cruising speed.

If he only has a short tow he won't get used to the feel and may worry unduly about it before your first trip away.


PersonJames Watt
02/8/2017 at 8:33pm
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If you do decide to tow it, check the condition and age of the tyres.
The last thing you want is a Blow Out.

I'm sure some of us have seen the result.


James

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Then I bought a tent.
I'm not destitute, I'm just poor.



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