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just wondering how many caravans you have all had in your caravanning "career" i am thinking we have broken the record for amount of caravans in lenght of time....

in 5 years of caravanning we are now on to our 5th (yes 5th) caravan lol....

1 - swift rapide - 5 berth - a cheapy one to see if we were going to enjoy it

2 - bailey ranger - 4 berth - end washroom - nice but awful basic, so changed for.....

3 - abbey vogue - 4 berth - end washroom - newer caravan, posher, but hubby hated the bed making!!!!

4 - swift challenger - 4 berth - fixed bed - miniscule toilet - yes hubby says bed is great, but hates the cute wee toilet. so....... on way home from perth last weekend we drop into local dealer & spot caravan number 5.....

5 - coachman highlander - 4 berth - end washroom - & it is beautiful with lots of storage & modern. getting this weekend :-)

you have permission to put a restraining order on me & my hubby if you spot us anywhere near a caravan dealers lol...

after a tent Outwell Hartford XL Bought for £225 used six times sold £250

got into tin tents 2004 after many years on the darkside. (Hotels B&B etc)

1st van ABI bought for £150 sold after three trips for £225. loaned out twice

2nd van Ace bought for £200 sold after 2nd trip for for £250. loaned out twice

3rd van Crown Bought for £350 sold after 4th trip £250. loaned out six times

4th van present one  (as in images on profile)

always sell on at what they have cost me, as I regard the use received as the profit margin. and like to see another person get the use at a starting cost, in the hope they will grow rather than test the water with a large outlay and poss Loss.

Three in two years as well.

1992 ABI dawnstar, 2007 Pageant Bordeaux and now a new Swift Charisma 550 (which we are VERY pleased with)

Funnily enough, even though the 550 is only 2 months old, the dealer sent me a text today announcing their "open for special deals" type days next weekend.

They're 'avin a 'larf.........

Andy.

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6 in 16 years, old Silverline from next door neighbours, swapped for some rubbish from up the road, Castleton Rosella which was old but good and a bargain, Elddis Whirlwind, swapped for new Swift Lifestyle and now our nearly new to us Sterling.

Anne

ok ,,,been vanning 23 years and sometimes had 3 in a year as we sold on for a profit so here goes...from what i can remember

77 abi target 3.90        79 ci europa 390      71   swift danette     80 swift corniche 5b

81 swift danette       83 swift danette     84 lunar moonlight    85  swift corvette

86   perle olympus      87    sprite major       94 europa 500es    01  avante 534

06  senator wyoming     06   compass liberte 17/5    10   pegasus 534.

made a profit on all but 4 vans

4 in less  than 3 years

Oct 08-Jan 09 Some damp ridden monster

Jan 09 June 09 Abbey

June 09-Oct 10 Swift Challenger 520 SE

May 11 Bessacarr 525

my turn 9 in 20 years with a 2 year break when the kids went through the moody late teen years.

77 Sprite Alpine (glass windows the one that started it all),

83 CI Europa 480 (our fisrst van with hot water,luxury )                               

90 Abbey Oxford ( as watertight as a  tea bag)

94 Abi Viceroy (dull no character)

93 Swift Conqueror 640 salon (it had it all one of the best vans we had)

98 Coachman genius 480 (sponge)

05 Bailey senator wyoming (our 1st new van,loved it)    

10 Elddis avante 626 (kept 6 months hated it)   

11 Bailey pegasus 514(so far so good)

tony

10 in 36 years plus a campervan and two folding campers.;

Bucanneer,Stirling

(the original one) ,Elddis ,Tabbert,Colchester,Safari,Carlight,Swift,Coachman,Lunar.

comanche and combi camp folding campers

Autosleeper campervan

2 in 8 years, Bailey Auvern and the the current Wheeled box.

We started a bit of tenting last year aswell for a laught with the kids, good fun.

Tony B

On our 2nd in nearly 4 years:

2005 Adria Altea with fixed bunks for the kids, bought Aug 2007

2007 Lunar Solaris 3 with island bed for us, bought 2nd May 2011.

Hope that this one will last a few years longer! The Adria was always just as long as the kids were with us ...