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Have just returned from bank hols away in our 18 year old van and ive had what you call  "van envy"!

We love our old girl and weve had 3 years of great holidays in her but now its time to upgrade, i would like a washroom at the back with seperate shower cubicle (will be so much easier to wash the kids down than use shower block)

Right im decided, now have just got to talk the other half into it to. This is going to be a task and a half as he still wears clothes he had when we first met 9 years ago.

I think abit of bullying from me is whats needed!!

Wish me luck

Here it is what a beauty how can he refuse. Wouldnt think it is a 1999 would you?

Well good luck indeed!

You may find that the caravan in the picture is a bit newer than late 90s, the Almara was Coachman's replacement van for their Mirage, which was still in their range in the late 90s.

Normally you can tell a vans age from its Cris registration number, the only time this may be inacurate is when for some reson the vans been re-registered, but that is extremely rare.

I must admit, im a big fan of Coachman caravans, having owned my last one, a Coachman Genius (now the equivalent of a Pastiche) from brand new, and loved every min of it, it was just a shame that my teenagers started to go through the phase of being prudish about sharing what they called 'the same room as their Dad' which i later found out was down to teasings buy some of the other kids at school. along with other names such as 'Pikey' so we sold up and went on the package holiday trail for 10 years, along with a tent or two as we missed our hobby dearly along the way.

Kids grown up and retirement dawned, grandchildren on the way, and a walk down memory lane at the caravan dealers, and were back again enjoying our hobby again with our present van, and wouldnt swop it for the world!

I hope you get the van of your dreams soon,

Julia    

Thanks Julia i will look into to the age. Our current van is the coachman mirage 1993 model. We love Coachmans, the build quality just seams to be so good.

Have got my plan of action sorted which starts tonight when he comes in from work. If i go on and on and on and on for long enough he has got to cave!! lol

Quote: Originally posted by Dorset Paul on 05/5/2011

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My OH told me when we bought our van that we were off to the pub for lunch. Afterwards, we (Now thinking back) just happened to be at the pub down the road from the caravan sales place. I remember her saying even now "Why don't we just pop in to see some of the new vans". Crafty mare!!

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Like it, wont work for me though. He has so much will power to say NO to me it's so annoying