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16/7/2023 at 1:49pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Agree with clbewi, nothing specific wrong with Lunar as a brand, and any brand of older van is likely to have issues obtaining body parts once the body style has been revamped for a new style and parts are no longer produced. As said the appliances, the lockers, many of the lights (marker lights etc.) are all stock items found across many brands and years of vans, so spares for them not generally an issue.
As to 'leaky Lunar', that old chestnut! Lunar did have a bit of a reputation for vans built nigh on 20 years ago, when the then Dutch company owners were not keen on quality control! Since the company was taken out of their control by a management buyout in 2007, quality improved and they are no better or worse than any other brand, but the reputation lives on without justification, try Googling 'leaky Bailey', you'll find plenty, or windows falling out on new Coachman, again a 'brand' problem. EVERY brand has some issue at some point in production, some of the Swift brands/models had issues with front/rear mouldings splitting where affixed to the body! Even the much heralded 'so called superior' Continental brands so beloved by detractors of British manufactured caravans have their faults on occasions!
Lunar's tend to be light for their size and high specification, making them ideal for lighter tow cars, that's why they remain popular and pretty much hold their value against the competition despite being a defunct manufacturer. The industry is awash with now defunct brands, yet the caravans carry on into ripe old age, many absolutely trouble free, well as trouble free as any caravan is!
FAR more important than Brand on a older caravan is condition, and current absence of damp! Damp is a perpetual problem with caravans, and plenty (FAR TO MANY of ALL brands!) leak from near new and get fixed under warranty! Caravans are VERY expensive to fix, so it's important to ensure anything you buy doesn't have any faults, or they are put right by the seller before accepting delivery. Private sale prices often look appealing, but it's a 'Buyer Beware' transaction with little to no comeback on the seller if you later discover a problem and those expensive fixes will be coming out of your wallet! Dealers will almost certainly offer some warranty, AND you have legal comeback on them, so generally worth the extra cost, especially if you're a novice to caravans and unaware of the typical pitfalls.
Had my 2016 Lunar over 5 years now, very pleased with it, and no desire to swap it for anything else anytime soon. Beyond the odd niggly 'brand independent, typical caravan' problem like toilet flush pump needing a tweak to get started after winter layup, it's been trouble free.
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