MH advice please!
Discussion
LeighW said:
How about this OP? Looks a good van and (at last) at a sensible price.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145422358158?_trksid=p1...
That's a good buy that, we just got £51995 for a 69 plate one , admittedly auto and a dealer special with all the toys and blue but that one cor 45k is a great buyhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145422358158?_trksid=p1...
Bobtherallyfan said:
So reading this thread, Fiats are crap, Ivecos are crap and Ford are crap. On the other hand, numerous websites list Ford as more reliable than Mercedes or Toyota. Damn confusing for those of us considering our first foray into camper vans.
We've been motorhoming for 11 years now, with 3 different MH's, but all on Fiat Ducato chassis.2003 Bessacarr with a Ducato, 5-speed manual was 100% reliable
2010 AutoCruise Startrail with Ducato and 6-speed manual - Fiat was 100% relaible. Only failure was the Dometic fridge/freezer which needed a new PCB
2016 AutoTrail Delaware on a Ducato with the Comfortmatic automated manual 6-speed has also been 100% reliabe over 5 years and 12,000 miles. Rear view camera, boiler heat exchanger and roof mounted solar panel have all been replaced.
Overall they have been very relaible and fairly decent to drive.
chopper602 said:
Quite a few Continental manufacturers are opting for Transit or VW chassis at the moment due to problems with supply of Ducato. TBH I'd prefer 'MAN' on the front of my Knaus rather than Fiat, but it's given us no problems so far (previous Fiat was largely Ok too)
Re continental manufactureres , we are dealers for burstner , carado, carhago , laika and there are only a couple of vans using non fiat engines and there a couple of big a classes that use mercedes or iveco engines .That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
egor110 said:
Re continental manufactureres , we are dealers for burstner , carado, carhago , laika and there are only a couple of vans using non fiat engines and there a couple of big a classes that use mercedes or iveco engines .
That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
Do Royal Mail sell motorhomes now?That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
r3g said:
egor110 said:
Re continental manufactureres , we are dealers for burstner , carado, carhago , laika and there are only a couple of vans using non fiat engines and there a couple of big a classes that use mercedes or iveco engines .
That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
Do Royal Mail sell motorhomes now?That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
egor110 said:
r3g said:
egor110 said:
Re continental manufactureres , we are dealers for burstner , carado, carhago , laika and there are only a couple of vans using non fiat engines and there a couple of big a classes that use mercedes or iveco engines .
That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
Do Royal Mail sell motorhomes now?That's from not only what we have in stock but what we're able to order in .
I work for Highbridge in Devon just down the road
nagsheadwarrior said:
Do you work for Chelston Egor? Trying to work it out from the brands lol but knight be wrong as didn't know they did Laika
I work for Highbridge in Devon just down the road
Yea I'm in parts at chelston.I work for Highbridge in Devon just down the road
Quite a revelation coming from agricultural machinery where i could order from our hq in Germany by 3pm and pretty much guarantee I'd have the part by 8am next morning to this industry where 6 weeks seems the norm.
egor110 said:
nagsheadwarrior said:
Do you work for Chelston Egor? Trying to work it out from the brands lol but knight be wrong as didn't know they did Laika
I work for Highbridge in Devon just down the road
Yea I'm in parts at chelston.I work for Highbridge in Devon just down the road
Quite a revelation coming from agricultural machinery where i could order from our hq in Germany by 3pm and pretty much guarantee I'd have the part by 8am next morning to this industry where 6 weeks seems the norm.
The best advice I got from here is the best MH you'll own will be the second you buy.
we had a decent Hymer from Highbridge a few issues over the ownership Highbridge sorted all of them
decent dealer IMHO.
but the drop down bed and no fixed bed of our model made us sell it after a while as it was not ideal in use and My wife did not get on with the drop down bed arrangement.
Highbridge had a truly massive amount of vehicles to look over to get a feel for,
we had a decent Hymer from Highbridge a few issues over the ownership Highbridge sorted all of them
decent dealer IMHO.
but the drop down bed and no fixed bed of our model made us sell it after a while as it was not ideal in use and My wife did not get on with the drop down bed arrangement.
Highbridge had a truly massive amount of vehicles to look over to get a feel for,
r3g said:
Anyone know which engines over the past 15 years are on chains rather than belts? I know the Fiat Multijet 3.0 is chain and I *think* the Sprinters are chain (?). Any others? 
I wouldn't discount the IVECO 2.3 in the FIAT ducato IMO (depsite being a belt). The Merc V6 can be high maintenance too, espcially when you have it in an A-Class!donaircooleone said:
I wouldn't discount the IVECO 2.3 in the FIAT ducato IMO (depsite being a belt). The Merc V6 can be high maintenance too, espcially when you have it in an A-Class!
What is the high maintenance issue with the Merc V6 in general? I'm assuming your comment about the A Class refers to the access, but that would be the same for any engine fitted to them surely?Gassing Station | Tents, Caravans & Motorhomes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff