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Subject Topic: 1994 Coachman Mirage 500
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Personacesup1504
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Hi,

We have been going round in circles, 1stly a trailer tent, then a premium tent, but think we have finally settled on getting a caravan.

We are going to see a 1994 Coachman Mirage 500, which from the pictures looks in excellent condition.

Can anybody give me an expected price for this model with Awning?

Here is details of the advert:
She has an Alco hitch

Hot/cold water

240 volt

12 volt leisure battery (included)

Whale water pump (included)

Cassette Toilet

Shower

Oven and grill

Full Awning only used once from new

3 way Fridge

Loads of storage

40lt aqua role

Waste container

Mains cable and plug adapter

I also have ever bit of paperwork from new original handbooks and guarantee

thanks


Personromany girl
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An educated guess as an ex owner of its big sister the Coachman Genius, would be around £1000 if its in vgc.

The Mirage was Coachmans entry level caravan, quite a bit of the features listed such as the full cooker and hot water would have been retrofits carried out by previous owners, so a good safety check on the main systems, gas, electricity, running gear would be wise.

Also make sure you take a damp meter with you and dont be shy about using it to check your potential new caravan for the dreaded damp.

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PersonDaveCoaches
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Hot water was surely standard equipment in 1994?


Personmichael
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check with CRIS to see if stolen.(paper work could have been left in )buy a damp meter and use in every corner including under seats.

 

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Personjohn#mel#3kids!
09/8/2013 at 11:21am
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For its age it looks good and does not look retro fitted.
Wrap around seats are so much better than centre drawers.
Bargain hard. Take a damp meter but don't expect it to be bone dry.


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Personacesup1504
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They have it listed for £1500 on ebay. Plenty of watchers, so need to see if it worth paying near the asking price if it is a good as it looks.


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The Mirage was the bottom of the range which is 7 feet wide whereas the mid range Genius and VIP models were both 7.2 feet wide. Also it may have mains 240 volts installed as standard but on the Mirage the hot water may be only operated by gas only. Both the Genius and VIP models both had hot water tanks that were operated by means of gas and electric so look for an emersion heater switch that operates by means of electricy. If it doesn't have an emersion switch then this proves that the hot water works on gas only which I think this will be the case. The wheel arches may be the type that are not arched but go straight across just above the centre of the wheel and this was designed so the awning skirt goes straight across and not have to cover the top part of the exposed wheel arch. A clever idea but they can be a nightmare if you have a puncture or have to remove the road wheels at any time such as replacing new tyres but check to see that these covers are not cracked as quite often there are signs of splits in the plastic whereby previous owners have had difficulty removing and replacing the wheels if the caravan is not jacked high enough. Open all of the windows to see if they have stuck to the rubber and if they are then check for any window delamination. The original window catches were of a rubber peg type design and because they are now obsolete some have been replaced with a lever catch so check to see if the catches are identical and if not check that they have been fitted properly as sometimes it's difficult to push the window open beyond the securing catch. Checking for damp is a must and the particular area to look on the old Coachman caravans is the offside front and rear corners as from experience this is where they normally get affected first. Make sure all the rear lights work including the marker lights as the front marker lights in particular sometimes let in the rain if not sealed properly thus corroding the internal bulb holder etc. The Thetford cassette toilet should be the longer type C4 model which will be a manual flush operation but put some water in the top flush tank and check this fully operational as it has been known for the pump to malfunction as this is something that people rarely do when looking at second hand caravans.
Price wise I would be looking at around £1300 unless everything is in perfect working order and in good condition then I would say that £1500 is the maximum to go. On the used market part exchange a dealer would offer around the £500 mark at a guess.


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Cheers for your detailed reply.

So pricing looks about right especially if i can knock a couple of hundred pounds off providing everything looks above board condition wise.


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Also don't forget ebay take 10% of the sale price, so that's a bargaining tool, but if you buy through eBay you will have certain rights if things go
T%ts up.


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Cheers for all the advice. Paid £1250 in the end. Also throw in a caraven cover in the price.


PersonGCMS2012
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Pictures please!!!!

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Personjohn#mel#3kids!
11/8/2013 at 10:32am
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Well done. Happy camping


Personacesup1504
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Persontango55
11/8/2013 at 1:34pm
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I have looked at many Coachman caravans in the past but looking at the photo's it seems like you have got a bargain for the year of caravan. It certainly looks like it has been looked after anyway. Well done.


PersonDaveCoaches
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They are certainly very well built. Our 12 year old Coachman feels much more solid than most new caravans.



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