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Quote: Originally posted by Vic Wildish on 06/6/2006

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For me nearly £900.00 PA is dead money. For 2006, this figure is made up of storage: £425.00, insurance: £320.00,
annual service: £150.00 approx.

 

Flip me Vic, I know you have a reasonably new 'van, ours is a 1989 Silverline Silvercrest GT12/2, we pay £160 insurance and €220 storage (about £150) we store in France.  The last service was in France in March 2005 and cost €150 (about £100)

 

I paid £200 for a 1980 Elddis caravan on ebay. we love it spent the last week in it, i have not got a tow bar fitted yet so my mate towed it to a park for us who do summer storage, you just phone them with the dates you want to go and they have it on a pitch ready for you so no towing so less insurance that you can do through the park

Ken

if you join the RAC check the arrival scheme run by the C&CC its free so van is covered for recovery

David and Jenny

Quote: Originally posted by darthillcat on 06/6/2006

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if you join the RAC check the arrival scheme run by the C&CC its free so van is covered for recovery

David and Jenny

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I'm confused by this RAC Arrival through C&CC - people keep saying how cheap it is but my RAC membership went up loads (can't remember the exact amount without checking back) the first time I renewed after joining.  I queried the price and was told it was right.  I paid it because we had the campervan at the time and thought we should have the cover but I'm going to look into something else this year. 

I didn't find their caravan insurance that cheap either - about £20 more than Caravan Guard who came highly recommended.

Nora

Quote: Originally posted by Geetee on 06/6/2006

Quote: Originally posted by Vic Wildish on 06/6/2006

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For me nearly £900.00 PA is dead money. For 2006, this figure is made up of storage: £425.00, insurance: £320.00,

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annual service: £150.00 approx.

 

Flip me Vic, I know you have a reasonably new 'van, ours is a 1989 Silverline Silvercrest GT12/2, we pay £160 insurance and €220 storage (about £150) we store in France.  The last service was in France in March 2005 and cost €150 (about £100)

 

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I save on storage as I keep my van in my back garden, obviously once you have had to pay for towbar and all accessories, this does not come into the yearly cost. I pay £120.00 for insurance through C&CC, set aside £150 for servicing and I have yet to add the van to my breakdown cover, though I dont think this will be much.

We tow our caravan with a 1.6 focus.  Ours weighs 850kg unladen and roughly 1000kg laden, thats 83% of the car. 

And our focus doesnt even know its there, pulls fine. Of course we know its there, cos its a big white thing behind the car

Oh forgot to say that i bought the bulldog off ebay for £46, couldnt do without it, its amazing.

We also bought a brand new wheel clamp from ebay for approx £15, and we got the hitchlock for £12 also brand new.

We bought our caravan from a dealer who throw in a few things, mostly we used things that we had when we had the tent. 

I saved up the storage and insurance money first before we started to look for a van, made it easier.

My thought is that if you buy a trailer tent you might not like it, takes awhile to put it up and you could always be thinking the what if.  You could end up folking out twice. Anyway good luck on whatever you decide

Quote: Originally posted by sahara on 08/6/2006

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And our focus doesnt even know its there, pulls fine. Of course we know its there, cos its a big white thing behind the car

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LOL

at Land Rover events people are always saying "don't know it's there" and I've started asking if their rear view mirror doesn't work!

Hi Frank, the car pull the caravan fine, just saying the car doesnt know the caravan is there

We know its there, keep looking in mirrors, just incase .  I mean when towing there is no rush we just take it easy, better to get their in one piece rather than not at all.  It really helps with the bulldog though especially with lorries overtaking.

Its about being prepared.

On a slightly different note does anyone put their bicycles in the caravan or do you have bike mounts for the car?

http://www.caravanfinder.co.uk/

Try this site. you can alter the search engine buy cost, age, and size of van. I'm sure you'll find something there to suit you..