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| WDRR Member Since: 12 Feb 2023 Location: Glasgow Posts: 27   
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Just sold my Vantage Sol with a view at dome point soon to tow with a recently purchased L322. We spend most of our time on sites up north. It will be interesting to see how we get on. Willie
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20th Feb 2023 9:59pm |
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| MPx Member Since: 29 Jul 2011 Location: South Somerset Posts: 586 
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I'm intrigued by this. A fatty is a lovely place to spend time while on the road, and as you say, can tow pretty effortlessly. When you get to wherever, you unhitch and have a great vehicle for exploring the area. Go with a motorhome and its pack everything away just to nip into town for some dinner ... and pretty awkward to park up at many attractions you might want to go to. Now I've seen plenty of motorhomers dragging a Chevrolet Matiz or Smart or similar all over Europe, presumably to get over that issue. But isn't that the worst of both worlds ? Not quite such a capable intercontinental drive followed by a fortnight buzzing about in a bubble car. I just don't get it I'm afraid. Mike - MPx 2017 5.0 V8 Supercharged SVAutobigraphy Dynamic SVO Palette Grey (2021-...) 2012 5.0 V8 Supercharged Autoboigraphy Orkney Grey (2017-2021) 2007 4.2 V8 Supercharged Vogue SE Tonga Green (2012-2017) 2002 4.4 V8 Vogue Bonnatti Grey (2008-2012) |
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20th Feb 2023 11:15pm |
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| GLYNNE Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: united kingdom Posts: 4 
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You do see more and more Motorhomes towing small cars now which I’ve thought seems strange.
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20th Feb 2023 11:54pm |
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I have a VW Crafter conversion which tows a caravan 
| Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7937 
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In Europe, there's lots of places you can stay in a motorhome that won't allow caravans.
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21st Feb 2023 7:48am |
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| Jayk69 Member Since: 08 Feb 2018 Location: Daventry Posts: 601 
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we recently toyed with a MoHo to replace our TA van. but with x2 full size 13 year old girls decided the practicality of the Van still out ways the MoHo.
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21st Feb 2023 9:07am |
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| Danb_220_2019 Member Since: 02 Jan 2023 Location: Suffolk Posts: 262 
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I've been around motorhomes for 30+ years - first as a passenger with my parents and then a driver, and then an owner - never in a van under 3.5T and never under 6.3M long; up to 6T and 8M in the past. The big advantage over a caravan (which I've also owned) is the fact that you don't pitch up and stay in one place - for someone without kids and who likes to visit new places, the ability to move every day or stay several days depending how you feel is the best bit for me. There's not much to pack away, anyway - no outboard water or waste containers, no external pumps, no awnings (unless you use your motorhome like a caravan and stay in one place). At most it's some chairs to throw in and an awning to wind in which takes literally two or three minutes to do (oh, and putting any pots/pans away). We've never towed a car, never had a motorbike or anything similar; and we've never had a problem finding somewhere to park anywhere in Europe, including in major cities like Milan, Paris, Berlin, and in tiny places like Monaco; and we've also visited hundreds of places you'd not want to tow a large caravan. A good motorhome is nice to drive and easily capable of covering long distances in relaxed comfort - albeit not a FFRR level of comfort. It's also worth saying that at almost 80 years old my parents have only in the last 10 years started using campsites, and even then only every few days. For the 30-odd years I've been doing it, we've wild-camped 99% of the time and my wife and I still do habitually. In all that time and literally thousands of nights touring, we've been 'moved on' the sum total of... ONCE... That was in France, in the forest near Rambouillet, where a local gendarme made us and several other vans follow him to the local camping municipale. I suspect he was getting a backhander from them for drumming up trade; but whilst everyone else was checking in to the site, we left and found another site in the forest - no further problems. Caravans have advantages, for sure, but for a lot of people who've never tried a motorhome, there's a lot of assumptions made and incorrect opinions that have just become received wisdom. I loved the space and convenience of always having the car when we had caravans, but hated the fact that we ended up staying on the same soulless campsite for a week (some campsites are nice, but they still feel empty and soulless to me!); I love the freedom to roam that a motorhome offers. My parents still have the van they bought at 6 months old in 1995; it's done about 150K touring since then and still gets used regularly. It's on its second engine and gearbox as we upgraded to a later more powerful unit a few years back. My wife and I have now 'downsized' to a two-berth van I built myself during lockdown. It's still 3.5T, self-contained and 6.4M long, so it's not small, but it's smaller than the vans we've had before now.[/quote] 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica. Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500 Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten! |
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21st Feb 2023 10:40am |
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| WDRR Member Since: 12 Feb 2023 Location: Glasgow Posts: 27
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Motorhome or Caranvan... What is best? Having had both I must say there is no right answer, it depends on how you as an individual are going to use it. Agree with the advantages as outlined above for the Motorhome but, at this moment in time I want to go to a base with nice facilities, setup and potentially explore the local area, say 50 mile radius in a nice vehicle. That's where my head is. Towing is not a problem, the only disadvantage for me is finding storage space for a caravan when not in use. However as I said that is where I am at present, I did love my motorhome, I may go back there some day! Willie
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9th Mar 2023 10:17pm |
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| Huwrhys Member Since: 07 Feb 2018 Location: Hornchurch Posts: 548 
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This subject came up on another forum I was on years ago. The point was batted back and forth for a while and the conclusion was that motorhomes were all about the journey and caravans all about the stay. It depends how you and yours want to do it, I prefer the stay and being able to make friends with the time I have on and off site. I like to explore in some detail and love the comfort of my RR for both journey and stay. Some prefer the ability to wild camp and use the aires in France (like a car park with hook ups and water filling/emptying) usually close to towns.
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31st Aug 2023 6:38am |
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| Joe90 Member Since: 29 Apr 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 6409 
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No one has mentioned hotels..... .
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1st Sep 2023 1:25pm |
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| Huwrhys Member Since: 07 Feb 2018 Location: Hornchurch Posts: 548
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The hotel 200m away was €350/night whereas my caravan was €50 for 5 of us. |
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1st Sep 2023 1:48pm |
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| nearlee Member Since: 28 Feb 2018 Location: Where the sheep are scared Posts: 250 
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I think huwrhys had summed it up perfectly, which ever works best for you.
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1st Sep 2023 7:53pm |
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| Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 03 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16294
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Yes but you don't get to hear the family toileting in the hotel! |
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1st Sep 2023 10:11pm |
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| Huwrhys Member Since: 07 Feb 2018 Location: Hornchurch Posts: 548
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Are you putting your ear up to caravan walls?
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1st Sep 2023 11:03pm |
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| northernmonkeyjones Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: derby Posts: 8523
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3rd Sep 2023 8:20pm |
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