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02/5/2019 at 1:09am
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Sadly you will hear good and bad about every manufacturer, so not particularly reliable info to make decisions on.
When I was looking a year or so back I did a lot of research, I was warned off Bailey by two knowledgeable independent sources, one said they are very expensive on body repair (compared with other brands), and an engineer said they had lots of faults! I was warned off Hobby as they get stolen a lot by a specific faction, certainly had one stolen last year from the very secure storage site where I keep my van, the thieves went to extreme measures and spent a lot of time (even came prepared and swapped the A frame to overcome hitchlock!) to take that specific van, and it wasn't even of great commercial value! I believe Lunar went though a spell of dodgy production where water ingress problems were higher than usual, but it was a passing glitch rather than an inherent problem. Been very happy with my 2016 Lunar and my independent service engineer declared it a very sound van.
Best advice from me is, don't trust dealers or private sellers word, get it properly checked by a specialist engineer, probably best £70-80 you'll spend! - you'll get gas & electric safety checks as well as thorough damp check, and don't forget the CRiS check.
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04/5/2019 at 12:03pm
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We bought our first van last year a Bessacarr cameo 495gl, 2 berth 2004, can't fault it, just had it serviced and everything checked, no damp etc, just needed a new toilet pump. If you get an awning, kids can sleep in there, like navver says 2 berth might be better looked after.
We got it from a private seller who looks for good vans, no damp etc, with history and sells them on, really happy with it.
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