Is there a Concorde Owners Club in UK? (1 Viewer)

[Lynd57]

Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a Concorde Motorhome Owners Club for UK owners. Looking forward to collecting ours in the new year and if there were any others around having get togethers in 2016.

 

[funflair]

Hi Lynd57

The simple answer is NO, a few owners were invited by Southdowns to attend a bit of an event at Chichester earlier this year likewise a few were invited to the factory In Germany for one of their events, as these invites came from Southdowns of course you would need to be a customer of theirs to get the invite in the first place, there is talk of a club starting but not sure when @KayeB might know a little more than I do.

Out of interest what are you getting and is it from Southdowns.

Martin

 

[Zains Pops]

From the headline I thought you meant the aircraft, in which case I was going to suggest you contact BA or Air France.

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[Lynd57]

Hi Lynd57

The simple answer is NO, a few owners were invited by Southdowns to attend a bit of an event at Chichester earlier this year likewise a few were invited to the factory In Germany for one of their events, as these invites came from Southdowns of course you would need to be a customer of theirs to get the invite in the first place, there is talk of a club starting but not sure when @KayeB might know a little more than I do.

Out of interest what are you getting and is it from Southdowns.

Martin

Hello Martin, Thats a shame but thanks for the info, Southdowns did mention a trip to the factory in Germany.
We opted for a Charisma in the end a very nice motorhome. Merry Christmas

 

[funflair]

Nice van for sure, has to be on our short list when we decide to change.

Martin

 

[Judge Mental]

pays to look further then the end of your nose

cant find a German one although sure there is one....

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://concordecamperclub.nl/&prev=search

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[rangi]

I think there's one on a roundabout near Heathrow

 

[rangi]

Hah!just looked at @Judgemental post, bloody hell! supersonic RVs

 

[peter21]

Hi, I was one of the guys at the concorde meet up in Germany last year talking about an owners club, which would be great. At the least an active forum group would be very useful to discuss both various technical issues....the concordes are complex beasts...and to share information on good sites, plan meet ups etc.
We are relatively new (8 months) Charisma owners and very pleased with our new (well second hand) baby.
Please get in touch if you need any advice or information ....have you picked it up yet?

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[Lynd57]

Hi, I was one of the guys at the concorde meet up in Germany last year talking about an owners club, which would be great. At the least an active forum group would be very useful to discuss both various technical issues....the concordes are complex beasts...and to share information on good sites, plan meet ups etc.
We are relatively new (8 months) Charisma owners and very pleased with our new (well second hand) baby.
Please get in touch if you need any advice or information ....have you picked it up yet?

Hello Peter
Good to hear from you. We are actually collecting ours next Monday, so excited. We've had some remodelling to do to accomodate the Charisma (raise the roof!) and do some groundwork before bringing it home but the weather here in Devon has been rotten to say the least but we're nearly there now.
We plan to go to the factory meet in Germany this year and it would be good to hear from other Concorde owners who are doing the same or to maybe coordinate and do the journey together.
Lets keep intouch on here so if you know any other Concorde owners let them know (or they can 'like' this post) and maybe we can start chatting and share info on sites, techy stuff (husband Johns dept!), meet ups etc.
Thanks for getting in touch Peter and i'll post a piccy when we're home
Cheers Lyn

 

[magicsurfbus]

Maybe the Eagle 5 Owner's Association could help?

 

[Jim]

I've just changed the name of this forum section from Concorde to the "Concorde Owners Club" Sorted....Enjoy

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[Jim]

If you want some sub forums in it, such as Concorde Tech, Owners Club Meets.. Just shout

 

[Lynd57]

If you want some sub forums in it, such as Concorde Tech, Owners Club Meets.. Just shout

Thanks Jim would you set those up pls then maybe peter21 and I could start the ball rolling, Cheers Lyn

 

[Brian and Jo]

can we have a niesmann bishchoff one as well please
Brian & Jo

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[Fantini]

Hi Lynd57,

We also went to the factory meet last year, along with Peter 21 & Kaye B.

Not sure if we will be able to go this year but will probably do a few UK rallies.

Sure we will meet up some time.

Regards, J & A

 

[funflair]

can we have a niesmann bishchoff one as well please
Brian & Jo

Hi Brian

We have one

Martin

 

[funflair]

@KayeB

You should be reading this Kaye, you know I have no interest in Concorde's

Martin

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[grumfy]

Yes we too were at the factory meet last year but missed the Chichester do as new van wasn't ready. Got it in December after long wait. E&D

 

[peter21]

Jim...thanks for the name change and subforum...
Lynd57...bet you can't wait! I am guessing you are going to Southdown's for the Charisma? Is Ben or Rod doing the handover? If so say Peter and Nia send their regards...We stopped at Hayling Island for a couple of days after our handover to get used to the systems and check everything out before taking the ferry over to France.
You will have a lot of fun with your new toy.
We will be in Portsmouth the Monday you pick up...we are catching the evening ferry to Caen that night. It's just getting a bit cold wet and windy up here in Cumbria and Spain beckons.

 

[Brian and Jo]

Hi Brian

We have one

Martin

No I was only joking Mart

Brian & Jo

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[Tandy]

Great idea - met lots of Concorde owners at the Southdowns Weekend at Concierge Camping last Autumn.
It was great to meet lots of friendly people who were happy to extend help, advice and "war stories" of when things went wrong.
Really hope they do it again this year, and it would be great if we had an owners group,
I would love to go to the German Concorde event which sounds fantastic.

Andy, Tanya & Pandora the pup

 

[TheDogMan]

I have been undecided between a Concord or RS for months and just put a deposit on a used RS Endevour, hope I have done the right thing !!! they have got an owners club but I don't know if its very active

 

[Lynd57]

We saw the RS Elysian at the NEC and it was lovely. We decided to go with the Concorde Charisma with the Iveco chassis in the end purely for its comfort, layout and build quality and it's just lovely. Can't praise enough the guys at Southdowns they have been brilliant would definitely highly recommend them totally customer service driven it was a joy to do business with them.
We've booked our Chunnel ticket and seeing where our 6 weeks will take us, roll on April.
Best of luck with your RS you'll love it I'm sure.
Happy camping

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[Lynd57]

Great idea - met lots of Concorde owners at the Southdowns Weekend at Concierge Camping last Autumn.
It was great to meet lots of friendly people who were happy to extend help, advice and "war stories" of when things went wrong.
Really hope they do it again this year, and it would be great if we had an owners group,
I would love to go to the German Concorde event which sounds fantastic.

Andy, Tanya & Pandora the pup

Hi, we're heading to this years German meet, yes it does sound great I think Johns looking forward to the factory tour!!
I think if Southdowns do another weekend at Concierge Camping I think we'll have to pay a visit. It'll be good to meet other owners. Cheers John, Lyn & Ruby Doo the pup x

 

[TrebleH]

Hi folks, just bought a 2006 Concord Concerto and wondering if there is anything I need to be wary of. I am informed that springs in the locker locks are iffy and break which means you can't lock the doors, does anyone know where I can get them?

 

[canopus]

I called in at Alpha Motorhomes in Belgium hoping to by the very same springs. They didn't stock them separately but told me usually you had to buy the whole gubbins, ie front facia and box behind. The guy went into the stores and brought two of said boxes complete with mechanisms and springs. I asked him how much and he said FOC.

Im told that the spring should be readily available from a good locksmiths but I cant verify that. One thing I can verify is that if you bought the whole thing from Southdowns you wouldn't have change out of £75.00.

Is your Concerto on a Merc or Iveco?

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[canopus]

'We saw the RS Elysian at the NEC and it was lovely. We decided to go with the Concorde'

A very wise move indeed IMO.

 

[Littlewheels]

Concorde Motorhomes Owners UK, A group of 40 on Facebook it includes a number of newish Concorde owners and gets a bit of Technical support from Southdowns.

 

[Tandy]

Thanks Liitle Wheels - great find

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