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Subject Topic: got our new abbey home Post Reply Post New Topic
05/7/2009 at 8:56am
 Location: scottish borders
 Outfit: Swift Challenger Hi Style 584
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after a long search for the perfect caravan, we finally found our abbey vogue 416 gts.  brought her home yesterday & can't wait to get away.

any tips or suggestions on how to get the best from her? lol....

carole



05/7/2009 at 9:30am
 Location: surrey
 Outfit: Abbey Impression520L 2003
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Congratulations.  We have an Abbey.  They are lovely caravans.

Hope you have lots of fun in her.



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05/7/2009 at 9:43am
 Location: Herts
 Outfit: Conway Classic Trio 2004
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Just take her away as often as you can and if you are not going away in her just go and do something in her so she doesn't feel neglected lol.

Any questions then there is always someone on here with the answer

Happy caravanning



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05/7/2009 at 9:55am
 Location:  Dumfries
 Outfit: 2022 CoachmanVIP 2022 Pilote P696GJ
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Dippy the Abbey 416 gts is a lovely van however your Vectra 1.9 cdti has a max towing weight of 1500kg and your caravan has a MPTLM of 1555kgs so you may have to think about a heavier towcar .



05/7/2009 at 2:59pm
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We have a 2000 Abbey Vogue 416 gts, ours is only 1340 MPTLM it all depends on the age of the van.


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05/7/2009 at 5:40pm
 Location: scottish borders
 Outfit: Swift Challenger Hi Style 584
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think it must matter to the age as the match is perfect. hubby said it was a dream to tow.

does the wee spotlight above the bathroom mirror come on when the big bathroom light is on. can't find a switch for it, or maybe the bulb has blown.  can't get over how much more space it has compared to the bailey.

thanks everybody

carole



05/7/2009 at 7:26pm
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Hi
In our Abbey you have to put the bathroom pull on and all the lights have their own switches. it has more lights than I have ever seen in a caravan.
We had a 1993 2 berth Fleetwood, it took us over 18 month to find our van, and its is a dream, the last owner had the van for 2 year and only used it once,and had it serviced each year, we have had the van 2 year now we are its 3rd owners, and its in really excellent condition, its been really well looked after. Loads of space, the build quality is great. Enjoy you new van.
Karen


05/7/2009 at 7:44pm
 Location: scottish borders
 Outfit: Swift Challenger Hi Style 584
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thanks karen

we are really pleased with, 4 weeks until we go for our main holiday, but we are managing to get away for 1 night to our local site before then.

carole




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