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Buying a camper

  • 10-07-2012 5:06pm
    #1
    rubbledoubledo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Hi all.
    Hope to buy a camper in the next few months.
    Just for my own use, some thing small, van type.

    What i would like to know is , would it be better to go with a camper from day one, rather than a conversion. I think i read this on this forum awhile back, there is no comparison.

    The way i would look at this is say a conversion the vehicle could have been a courier van , hard driving over its life, u could be buying some thing half clapped out.
    Where as a camper from day one, nice easy driving. This would turn me away from conversions. I know u could buy a clapped out camper as quick.
    Love to hear some views on this.
    Thanks


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  • #2
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    rubbledoubledo wrote: »
    Hi all.
    Hope to buy a camper in the next few months.
    Just for my own use, some thing small, van type.

    What i would like to know is , would it be better to go with a camper from day one, rather than a conversion. I think i read this on this forum awhile back, there is no comparison.

    The way i would look at this is say a conversion the vehicle could have been a courier van , hard driving over its life, u could be buying some thing half clapped out.
    Where as a camper from day one, nice easy driving. This would turn me away from conversions. I know u could buy a clapped out camper as quick.
    Love to hear some views on this.
    Thanks

    Factory conversions are so cheap nowadays we probably wouldn't have bothered converting our van one thing to bear in mind though is that for the same money a conversion will probably be 5-10 years younger.

    Our conversion is 2005 with 60k on the clock and returns about 33mpg as long as you're not barrelling down the motorway at 80mph in which case its about 28mpg. If we were to buy a factory conversion on the same budget it would probably be a 1995 ducato based one needing work. Replacing things like ball joint, track rod end, bushings, wheel bearings, brake pipes and tackling rust would be expected but not a big deal compared to the hours put into converting.


  • #3
    rubbledoubledo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭rubbledoubledo


    Very true. It is another way of looking at it


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