goodmorrow
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Hi, I joined just a few days ago. Thanks for all the Welcome messages in the Introduce Yourself section!
I know this is an incredibly long post, and my thanks in advance to anyone who manages to get to the end of it. I'm hoping to get some advice......
First I'll have to tell you my medical situation, which I'm sure you don't want to know, but it's relevant. I have a problem that means I need the loo frequently and sometimes urgently. And you can't always find a bush when you need one.
So about two years ago I said to my wife, "Wouldn't it be nice if our MPV had a loo - and curtains for the privacy to use it. Oh - that's a campervan! Well, I do go to folk festivals, so a campervan would be useful!" But we still wanted it to be primarily an MPV.
So we got a pop-top VW T5, with a removable middle row of seats in front of the rock'n'roll bed, so it could seat six. It's been very good – I use it for everything from a family outing to a quick dash to the shops (despite having a Clio as well, which mostly my daughter uses). But now, I'd like to change to a higher spec vehicle.
I've found that even a pop-top gets into very few multi-storeys, so this time I'm planning to get a high-top, for extra storage and headroom. I've found several companies that can do high-top 'vans of the same length as my T5 (5 metres) with six seats.
But folk festivals have no EHU and horrible showers - and some high-top 'vans have hot water and a shower room. Very tempting - but only 3 or 4 seats. These 'vans are around 5.5 metres – still short enough to be my everyday vehicle? On family outings we could go in convoy with the Clio.
And I've seen a few 'vans that have everything I want – six seats plus shower. They're around 6 metres - possibly ok for a family day out, but surely too long for a dash to the shops? I'd be back to the Clio – so no toilet. And I know that weight, license, and parking could get complicated.
So, which way to go? Get a 6m 'van (shower and six seats), and hope it will be usable both as campervan and as MPV? Or get a 5.5m 'van (shower, only four seats), admit it's a campervan not an MPV, and on family outings go in convoy with the Clio? Or get a 5m 'van (six seats, no shower), regard it as an MPV not a campervan, and for folk festivals go back to using B&Bs?
Thanks for any advice!
I know this is an incredibly long post, and my thanks in advance to anyone who manages to get to the end of it. I'm hoping to get some advice......
First I'll have to tell you my medical situation, which I'm sure you don't want to know, but it's relevant. I have a problem that means I need the loo frequently and sometimes urgently. And you can't always find a bush when you need one.
So about two years ago I said to my wife, "Wouldn't it be nice if our MPV had a loo - and curtains for the privacy to use it. Oh - that's a campervan! Well, I do go to folk festivals, so a campervan would be useful!" But we still wanted it to be primarily an MPV.
So we got a pop-top VW T5, with a removable middle row of seats in front of the rock'n'roll bed, so it could seat six. It's been very good – I use it for everything from a family outing to a quick dash to the shops (despite having a Clio as well, which mostly my daughter uses). But now, I'd like to change to a higher spec vehicle.
I've found that even a pop-top gets into very few multi-storeys, so this time I'm planning to get a high-top, for extra storage and headroom. I've found several companies that can do high-top 'vans of the same length as my T5 (5 metres) with six seats.
But folk festivals have no EHU and horrible showers - and some high-top 'vans have hot water and a shower room. Very tempting - but only 3 or 4 seats. These 'vans are around 5.5 metres – still short enough to be my everyday vehicle? On family outings we could go in convoy with the Clio.
And I've seen a few 'vans that have everything I want – six seats plus shower. They're around 6 metres - possibly ok for a family day out, but surely too long for a dash to the shops? I'd be back to the Clio – so no toilet. And I know that weight, license, and parking could get complicated.
So, which way to go? Get a 6m 'van (shower and six seats), and hope it will be usable both as campervan and as MPV? Or get a 5.5m 'van (shower, only four seats), admit it's a campervan not an MPV, and on family outings go in convoy with the Clio? Or get a 5m 'van (six seats, no shower), regard it as an MPV not a campervan, and for folk festivals go back to using B&Bs?
Thanks for any advice!