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Whilst on our way to a garden centre this afternoon, we stopped at an Adria dealer. We were straight with the salesman and said we weren't in the market as we have a new Sancerre, but he showed us round anyway, as they were quiet.

Were we impressed, or were we impressed? Obviously there's more to consider than just stepping on the van, but build quality and design looked superb and they had some really nifty ideas. I would have been seriously tempted in preference over ours, had we seen it 6 months ago - and when we were looking, Adria never even entered our heads, as we thought they'd gone kaput.

Does anyone own one? Any horror stories about them? Any good bits? Just curious really....

I have a 542 DK and after one FULL season last year (our First)  the van still looks and smells new.  Thats with 7 & 4 years olds boys enjoying it too.

Having never towed anything other than a trailer before last year I have nothing to compare it to but even with my relitivly poorly matched car (94%) it tows like a dream (now I have got to grips with the weights and stuff).

Would higly recommend them to anyone.

Cheers

Ricahrd

We did the same a few months ago and called in at an Adria dealer. We were not impressed. We found them dark, cold and uninviting. Definitely not for us. Good job we are not all the same.

Hi,

we picked a new Altea 542dt up at the end of March & have had 4 trips away so far and absolutely love it.    We had camped in a tent for years but convinced hubby that we "needed" to change to a caravan.  We went to NEC in October, dragged a 7 & 10 year old & unconvinced hubby round all day, looking at all the options.  Within 1/2 hour I'd convinced hubby of layout - fixed bunks! We then looked at Sprite, Bailey etc & didn't think any of them offered what the Adria did in terms of build quality, space, size of the bunks, weight, price etc. By the end of the day at NEC we had paid our deposit & ordered the van.  

I am an Adria fan born and bred! My mum and dad had an Adria Optima when I was little, hardly anyone had them in this country then! We bought a Lunar 4 berth to start our caravanning adventures and then we looked at an Altea 542Uk Bunks at the side. We were hooked and bought one after only having the Lunar for 6 months!! We then went to look at the 2010 Altea 542DK (I wish I hadn't) and after several months cooing over it, we bought it. Our 2008 542 DK goes tomorrow, why I don't know the old one was fine, but the new layout is just better, the Krypton factor bed, was beginning to do my head in!!

I love Adria's

Quote: Originally posted by thomo newbies on 17/5/2010

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Hi,

 

we picked a new Altea 542dt up at the end of March & have had 4 trips away so far and absolutely love it.      

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