Bacchus
Free Member
I have been bitten by the MoHo bug and am considering upgrading my Hymer (in some ways I don't know why, I love its retro looks and the overall quality and it has proved itself to be very reliable, but I can't get the fridge to work on gas, I can't get the heater to heat, and am not confident of my abilities to strip either of those out to repair. A caravan repair man told me that it would be about fourteen hundred pounds plus fitting to replace them, add to that the cost of updating the upholstery to keep 'er 'indoors happy, and I need to spend three to four thousand pounds that I will never see again, fine if keeping it for another three or four years, but I am starting to look and these things snowball, so my thinking is newer and shinier with working equipment may be a better investment, and I would quite like an auto...)
My budget would be around £15-20k if I get a reasonable price for the 544 which seems to be an awkward price point. Full of "immaculate" older vans like mine (overpriced imho), or tired newer vans which may not turn out to be any better than the 544, so following comments read on Fun I have had a look at mobile.de and it does seem that you can get a lot more bang for your buck, but one thing that I don't understand is do Germans Haggle?
I am a fairly compulsive haggler, if I look at pretty much anything for sale I view the asking price as a starting price for negotiation, I assume that it's the same in Germany, but have never bought more than a beer or a meal there, and I don't usually haggle over those...
any opinions or experience?
My budget would be around £15-20k if I get a reasonable price for the 544 which seems to be an awkward price point. Full of "immaculate" older vans like mine (overpriced imho), or tired newer vans which may not turn out to be any better than the 544, so following comments read on Fun I have had a look at mobile.de and it does seem that you can get a lot more bang for your buck, but one thing that I don't understand is do Germans Haggle?
I am a fairly compulsive haggler, if I look at pretty much anything for sale I view the asking price as a starting price for negotiation, I assume that it's the same in Germany, but have never bought more than a beer or a meal there, and I don't usually haggle over those...
any opinions or experience?