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PersonClaireL
28/2/2011 at 11:10pm
 Location: Nottinghamshire
 Outfit: 2015 Lunar clubman SI View ClaireL's Profile View Profile   Reply to ClaireL Reply   Quote ClaireL Quote  
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Hi

We are looking to get a lightweight fixed bed caravan, we saw the Sprite Alpine 4 at the NEC at the weekend............just wondered if anyone had experiences with Sprites, are they good quality build etc

Thanks

Claire

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Personbrianconwy
01/3/2011 at 7:20am
 Location: north wales
 Outfit: Sprite Quattro FB View brianconwy's Profile View Profile   Reply to brianconwy Reply   Quote brianconwy Quote  
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They have the same body build quality as the most expensive swift group vans, but less features.  You can always get poor examples of any make.  Have been pleased with ours so far, but have only had it since October.


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Personkate75
01/3/2011 at 1:37pm
 Location: barnsley
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We have had our 2010 Sprite Major one year now and with 18 trips it has had a fair bit of use. We have had a few issues which were covered under warrenty but no more problems than other people seem to have with other makes. We love our Sprite and have paid for nothing that we wont use. Compared to some vans it is not the height of luxury but thats not what we wanted anyway and we didnt want to pay for luxuries that were wasted on us. We find it very comfortable and everything works well - i believe the equipment / features are the same as in other Swift group vans. From my experience I would definately recommend Sprite and they are great value for money.  


Personrd57chad
01/3/2011 at 7:23pm
 Location: manchester
 Outfit: Vx Antara & Elddis fusion 540 View rd57chad's Profile View Profile   Reply to rd57chad Reply   Quote rd57chad Quote  
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Had a new sprite quattro FB back in 2009 after 9 months it had damp reading of 40% in the rear wall . The sprite differ from the rest of the swift group vans as they use 2 piece rear panels, the aluminium is supposed to be bonded to the fibreglass bottom panel . I was offered a new replacement by the dealer but unfortunately it had the same fault .A bit worrying really & a shame is it was a great layout , lightweight & had decent equipment levels .


Personkate75
01/3/2011 at 7:33pm
 Location: barnsley
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I'm not sure if this is still the way they build the back panel since the new range was relaunched in 2010 as i'm sure ours is one piece- our damp report has just come back following the service and has no damp anywhere. You do get 6 year warranty on the body like other vans.


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Personjg73
01/3/2011 at 7:39pm
 Location: Durham
 Outfit: Sprite Finesse and Nissan Qashqai View jg73's Profile View Profile   Reply to jg73 Reply   Quote jg73 Quote  
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We're happy with our Sprite too. As Kate says we didn't want to pay for all the extras that we wouldn't use. We just want comfort and functionality. We've had it nearly a year now and the only problem has been one of the locks on the battery door not working properly. Our previous van was a Swift which we had for 20 years without any major problems.


PersonClaireL
01/3/2011 at 10:51pm
 Location: Nottinghamshire
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Thanks for all the replies so far guys


Personjasie
02/3/2011 at 7:53am
 Location: Bath
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weve had a quattro ES for nearly 2 years now.

really pleased with it and as others have already said it has the features we wanted, not what they wanted. so we use it to its full, and dont want any other bits in it.

ours has had quite a lot of use, and has only needed a new front window and a ceiling blind, both done under warranty.

no issues with it really other than with the dealer, but that seems to be the usual story.
We would happily buy another sprite if they did the right layout at the time.



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