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Hi

We pick our new (to us!) caravan up tomorrow - I am so excited

I know I'm going to have a million questions, so please don't laugh if I'm on here tomorrow night asking stupid questions, I can feel the confusion already....

Ooh, I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight

Thanks

Claire - I know what you mean ! We emptied our first caravan today and got quite sentimental -so excited!!

Nothing is stupid its all about a learning curve......shoot.....will pop back in the morning  to check out your starter for 10

Phil

OOh, up and ready to go and get it.

We've got a 2003 Swift Speedbird 490, which was a dealer special based on a Charisma or Challenger I think.

Our old caravan didn't have mod cons like running water, never mind a water heater, so it's all going to be a bit new to us.

Thanks guys - I'll be back!

I'm seeing that your old van is a abi marauder ,we loved our first van which was a 2 berth marauder,we didn't have the water etc plumbed in and we don't with the  van we have now either. l prefer just having a couple of large volvic water bottles stored in the cupboard for when we need it ,then refilling them and having a chat to other campers on the way to the taps lol then i kind of feel like I'm still camping .lol

good luck with your new van and I'm sure you will get all the advice you need from the other more experienced members.

Quote: Originally posted by Harnett family on 14/8/2011

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Congrats Big learning curve. We traded in a 1991 Compass Shadow for a 2004 Bailey, suddenly we had blown air heating, shower, hot water, heiki skylight, more lights than one could ever need, flushing toilet (no more porta potti). Heartbreaking to leave the old one but after about 15 trips away, would never go back.

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Hi - thanks for all the congratulations.

It is lovely - the salesman went over loads with us, and when we got it back to our storage site, we found in a drawer all the original manuals and instructions, all neatly together in a folder.

I knew I would have questions, so hope this isn't really dim - I know we have to have a battery in the circuit, but what does actually run? Will the caravan still work if there is no battery there?

Thannk you - that makes perfect sense.