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A light 2 berth would be perfect for you - so long as you can afford it long-term.  As well as storage you need to think about tow-bar fitting (if needed), what extra kit you'd need (waste hog, aqua-roll etc...) plus insurance, servicing & anything else that crops up. 

Would you get enough use out of it to make it worth the outlay or would it end up being a ball & chain around your necks?  We know from experience how hard it is when you overstretch yourselves.  We splashed out on a brand new van but struggled & ended up taking a step back to a 2007 (still a gorgeous van tho).

If you decide to go for it a private sale might be your best bet - more likely to get everything you'd need to just hitch up & go without buying so many extras.

But if you're worried about whether you can afford it right now I'd stick with the tent & save as much as poss towards the expenses between now & Nov/Dec time when vans are cheaper to buy.  At least that way you can be sure you can keep camping.

Lynn I know you head must be in turmoil and may I add just one more cadvet -  money is always an issue - it never goes away and when you have it - you do and when it gone - well its gone. BUT you may live to your 100 and you may not so I would say that I would try to work out whether you can afford the storage ! rather than just he out lay if you could put on a drive you wont pay for storage . 

We took the gamble and have bought the caravan and new car - as we decided we want the memories rather than wishes .  And OUR back plan - was to do what the caravan owner has just doing - sell it !  -on ebay even if you run out of funds , its captial at the end of the day even if you only have the weeks you had .

Quote: Originally posted by lynn6183 on 23/5/2011

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Does not help being very indecisive, anyhow we have now bought a sunncamp chateux 6 tent, so at least we will have plenty of room. Decided to put some money away for a caravan later. So we will get one some day.

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