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Personsammyboden
23/8/2014 at 5:30am
 Location: Alfreton Derbyshire
 Outfit: Elddis Affinity 530 View sammyboden's Profile View Profile   Reply to sammyboden Reply   Quote sammyboden Quote  
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Hi All
Wish I had read this before lashing out for my Elddis Affinity 540 from Glossop Caravans feel like throwing myself of a bridge now
New to caravaning and easily swayed by my better half she fell in love with it.
We have not collected it yet getting married next week and then honeymoon so was wondering what to check when I do pick it up from the dealers who do seem very helpful but as they have just taken 20g's from me they would be.
Excellent site and picked up some really good tips browsing through posts really scared about the apparant total ineffectivness of hitchlocks and wheel clamps though
Both in our mid 50's kids off our hands our time so looking forward to it.
Any advice would be gratefully received as this our first one.
Look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance.
Sam


Persongeoff+emmy
23/8/2014 at 8:18am
 Location: Huddersfield
 Outfit: swift conqueror 645+jeep commander View geoff+emmy's Profile View Profile   Reply to geoff+emmy Reply   Quote geoff+emmy Quote  
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We have been thinking about downsizing (both car and van) and was going to look at an Affinity 574 which we could pull with a mid size SUV and still have alde heating etc rather than the 3 ltr lump we have now So the question is have(is) the 2014/15 range better? have all the early problems been sorted?


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PersonENOCH
23/8/2014 at 1:17pm
 Location: TEESSIDE
 Outfit: SWIFT FAIRWAY 530 View ENOCH's Profile View Profile   Reply to ENOCH Reply   Quote ENOCH Quote  
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We have owned an Elddis Avante 540 (2013) since December 2012, the van was a complete waste of money, numerous faults that should not be occurring on a new product, many listed earlier on this thread. Having spent 3 days away recently without the water system working, even with the help of 2 other people, we could not get it to work, we came to the decision that we had lost all confidence in the make and model and the van had to be changed. Reading on the CCC website, Elddis are now switching to the Alko chassis for the 2015 models, could this be anything to do with cracked panels and de-laminating floors caused by the current chassis and bonding system?


Personacesup1504
23/8/2014 at 3:00pm
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Is there a tipping point where you can reject the van as not fit for purpose?


Persongeoff+emmy
23/8/2014 at 5:08pm
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There has been pages and pages written about this
There is the sale of goods act but they will try very hard to talk you into a repair


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PersonENOCH
23/8/2014 at 5:53pm
 Location: TEESSIDE
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Due to the amount of faults with the van we tried to give it back before it's 1st service last December, we were told that the van would be repaired under warranty. I complained vigorously and stated that the van was not acceptable and you would not expect a car to have so many faults when bought from new, the dealers response was you cannot compare a caravan to a car, a better comparison is to a new house which will always have small issues etc. when I have a fault on cars I have owned I contact the dealer and the car goes in for repair, with a caravan you have to take it back to the dealer, (almost 100 mile round trip in my case) they then assess the fault and submit a warranty claim, you wait an unknown amount of time before returning to the dealer to have the fault finally repaired.



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