I thought about buying a caravan but ended up buying this on a whim about 5 months back , an Autotrail Arapaho Twin rear axle , it's been used about 3 times since , even drove to Durham in it to get a towbar fitted as no-one in Scotland fits them to motorhomes , Also bought a small car to tow behind and have so far not used it ........

So basically i would say seriously think twice , three times before buying .........

£38k for a wendy house for the youngest Daughter to play in ......

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I had a similar thing Mick, I really, really want a Unimog overland camper. But I just know it'll do one trip a year with work commitments. So I look and then stop myself from buying. I keep looking though...

It was either that or a new FFRR, But my youngest Daughter gave me the Puss'n'Boots look from Shrek ..... when we went to see it .........

At least she's happy about it ..........

will have to google what you are after Fox never heard of it.......

Oh god, I feel the urge to buy/build one again...

First one I've seen that's some serious bit of kit ........

So what do they cost .......

A lot.

People generaly pick up the 'Mog' for about 12k to 35k (older ones, with low tech engines are easier to fix in the bush) then spend 20k and going up, up, up... fitting the back out as a camper themselves.

We have no coverters in the UK. Several people have done their own conversions.
Germany (or Belgium, I can't remember) have a few converters, but you'll not get any change out of 100k I'd imagine for a new one in basic trim.

Top speed is about 55mph on the older ones and they do about 8mpg. But what a way to overland!

As I said, I'd love one. But I bought the camel as it was cheaper and just a little more practical for popping here and there.

After being stuck in traffic/tailback for 45mins last Thursday afternoon on the M6 - we came upon the scene of an RTA involving a heavy articulated tanker lorry and a Range Rover which had been towing a caravan.

Unfortunatly - it appeared as though the tanker lorry had rear-ended the caravan destroying the rear of the caravan and of course damaging the front of the lorry...

however, rather than a scene of complete devastation and carnage - thankfully each of the persons involved were (calmly ) exchanging details or explaining to the Highways Agency Patrolmen what had occurred etc on the hard shoulder of the motorway.

Can't help imagine that if anything other than a Range Rover had been towing the caravan - this accident could have been a much more serious matter (judging by the damage caused to both the caravan and the lorry)

Big thumbs up for the Range Rover involved ( which appeared to have escaped unharmed)

Hope this unfortunate incident didn't involve any FFRR members.

Be careful out there campers

Ah well took the Motorhome and the small towing car for a few days up North to Glencoe

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Nice piccys!

We got back last night having towed down to Biarritz (South West France - Border with Spain). Totally awesome break!

Rangie performed well, threw two errors on the Air suspension - both linked to my slowly dying compresssor which I must replace soon. Fortunately I bought the reset doofer a couple of months before we went which has now paid for its self!

Ate the milage and towed much smoother than my mate Nissan Pathfinder who had a wiggle on when the Rangie sat firm.

Can't wait for next Summer!

Maybe a meet chaps , Switzerland was mentioned as central (or was that nutral )

Rangie is an Awesome towcar.

Oh no, surely I haven't bought into the tintent brigade by buying a FFRR..................................... I prefer the floating version - sail on a friends semi custom built Contest 40 in Scotland and his Catalina 45 in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the USA. I also sailed with John and his wife and their moggy across the Atlantic in 19 days from Puerto Mogan Grand Canary to English Harbour Antigua and back from Halifax Nova Scotia to the Clyde 5 years later. Try doing that in a tintent! http://www.tulipyachts.com/en/yacht.php?Id=79 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

Don't worry Tim, we are not all caravanners.

noddy wrote:

been looking at one of these today:



If I can get the dealer to drop the price, it'll be ours in a couple of weeks!

Very nice noddy , although i'm more a Motorhomer , that looks really nice , and no your not old once you are out and about with it , just chilling and relaxing , you'll love it ….

i bet its very comfortable inside...nice.

I'd love a motorhome, but it's the restrictions that put me off. It would mean towing a smaller car, like you do and I don't fancy that, which would mean driving the motorhome around at the destination. That would mean I'd have to keep unhooking the power, raising the legs etc. At least with this, I can still waft around in the FFRR when we get to wherever we go.

Plus, I've got nowhere to store a motorhome! 2010 MY Vogue SE TDV8 3.6 Stornoway Grey- fully loaded