Well, time has finally arrived. I am at last due to retire and my wife and I plan to get our motor home. It will LIKELY be an A Class (not 100% certain) and very likely German. As we plan to use it in France mostly we are seriously considering buying from Germany (LHD).
We are very keen on the Burstner Elegance range. We are quite keen on the fixed island bed as there is only the 2 of use and we don't want to go climbing over each other. I often think that the fixed bed is a waste of space but have listened to a lot of people who say that for long-term touring, making up a bed each day is a real pain and in France/Spain you will likely be sitting outside most of the time anyway. We quite like the i730 and fancy the A Class as the cabin seems more spacious given the (relatively) small size of the lounge, courtesy of the bed.
We are also VERY keen on the Rapido range, which seem to have some superb layouts, and also Pilote. Very taken with them in fact and possibly a good buy for touring France.
Took a liking to the Swift Kontiki very early on and alto the Auto Trail Delaware but got put off with the large numbers of complaints that we seem to see around British MHs. Hymers also took our fancy but seemingly no island beds.
So, any views on either our thoughts, choice of van or buying from Germany or France. We do plan to do some shows but I am not in UK at the moment so it may need to wait.
We are very keen on the Burstner Elegance range. We are quite keen on the fixed island bed as there is only the 2 of use and we don't want to go climbing over each other. I often think that the fixed bed is a waste of space but have listened to a lot of people who say that for long-term touring, making up a bed each day is a real pain and in France/Spain you will likely be sitting outside most of the time anyway. We quite like the i730 and fancy the A Class as the cabin seems more spacious given the (relatively) small size of the lounge, courtesy of the bed.
We are also VERY keen on the Rapido range, which seem to have some superb layouts, and also Pilote. Very taken with them in fact and possibly a good buy for touring France.
Took a liking to the Swift Kontiki very early on and alto the Auto Trail Delaware but got put off with the large numbers of complaints that we seem to see around British MHs. Hymers also took our fancy but seemingly no island beds.
So, any views on either our thoughts, choice of van or buying from Germany or France. We do plan to do some shows but I am not in UK at the moment so it may need to wait.