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Subject Topic: Buying a new (to us) caravan Post Reply Post New Topic
Personkinza123
09/3/2016 at 7:54am
 Location: Nottingham
 Outfit: Hyundai i30 se and Bailey Ranger 460 2 View kinza123's Profile View Profile   Reply to kinza123 Reply   Quote kinza123 Quote  
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After a few years in the wilderness we are coming back to caravanning.
We have decided on a fixed bed as I don't want to make up beds anymore, and it will be mostly the two of us from now on.
We don't want brand new or to spend a fortune as we are also waiting for a new puppy and he will go with us.
It's so exciting and more vans are now coming on to the market so I hope we will soon be able to find one.
We go to Gran Canaria beginning of April so may wait until we get back but we definitely have the bug now.
See you on a site this year


Personyotanka62
09/3/2016 at 7:59am
 Location: Milton Keynes
 Outfit: Kia Sorento + Sprite Major 4 View yotanka62's Profile View Profile   Reply to yotanka62 Reply   Quote yotanka62 Quote  
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Welcome, we have also bought a second hand caravan last November but its gone straight into storage. Our first venture is at Easter.. so exciting


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PersonRay Clayton
09/3/2016 at 5:35pm
 Location: Ilkeston. Derbyshire
 Outfit: Disco 4 Unicorn Barcelona 4 View Ray Clayton's Profile View Profile   Reply to Ray Clayton Reply   Quote Ray Clayton Quote  
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welcome to the tintent section lol

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Personsooty
21/3/2016 at 8:25pm
 Location: Long Eaton Nottingham
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Good luck with finding a caravan. We bought ours second hand from Kimberly caravans. They have been very good. We found there was damp around the window at the front. They have been very good and although it wasn't covered on the insurance because it was over 7 years old they assured us that they would cover it. They have been good to their word and have sorted it for us. With Kimberley you probably pay a bit more than buying privately but at least you are covered for a year. We did buy our first caravan privately. We were lucky because it was a really good van. We kept it 6 years we sold it in part exchange and it was 13 yrs old but still a lovely van. We wanted a 4 berth to be able to take the grandchildren away.

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Personbillyboggins
21/3/2016 at 8:31pm
 Location: norfolk
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Burgundy 6 volvo V70 View billyboggins's Profile View Profile   Reply to billyboggins Reply   Quote billyboggins Quote  
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Best advice i can offer is,
before you part with your cash get a local caravan engineer to have a look ,i know this will cost BUT much better than buying a damp van which is always the danger and expensive to fix


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PersonKelper
22/3/2016 at 12:40pm
 Location: Northern Ireland
 Outfit: Sterckeman Alize Concept CP480 View Kelper's Profile View Profile   Reply to Kelper Reply   Quote Kelper Quote  
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We have just bought our (new to us) Sterckerman ... in Germany ... collecting in two weeks time ... can't wait!

The price of a comparable van in the UK is about three to five thousand more expensive.

We holiday on the continent, and store the van in France (185 euros a year) ... so it all made sense. But even buying over there and then bringing it back to the UK could offer a considerable saving.


Personbillyboggins
22/3/2016 at 1:11pm
 Location: norfolk
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Brilliant !! we have a Geist..not used it yet but the build is so much better than any UK made van i have seen


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Personkinza123
22/3/2016 at 5:02pm
 Location: Nottingham
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Just signed for a 2006 Abbey Freedom fixed bed.
Exactly what we wanted and now booked our jaunts for the summer.
Yayyyy...........


Personbillyboggins
22/3/2016 at 5:05pm
 Location: norfolk
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good luck with it,,did you get warranty ?


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PersonRay Clayton
22/3/2016 at 5:54pm
 Location: Ilkeston. Derbyshire
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Quote: Originally posted by sooty on 21/3/2016
Good luck with finding a caravan. We bought ours second hand from Kimberly caravans.

We have just come back from there looking at a 6 berth van.
We bought a fixed bed senator indiana thinking great us and grandkid.
Now they have all started coming with us again and a 4 berth fixed bed is a bit crowded for 5 and the dog lol

The joys of kids


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Discovery 4 & Bailey Barcelona 4








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