Vanman
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The plan was simple, or so I thought … short-list the PVC’s that match my criteria, view as many as possible before the show, see any stragglers at the NEC, short list 2 or 3 and see who offers the best deal, order one, pick it up in March for the new season.
OK seven PVC’s identified, so far so good. Number visited three. It’s heading towards new model time of year and, being honest, the market for 5.5m vans is small so not many showrooms carry them. I had to travel hundreds of miles just to see those three.
Now I find out that one of the three has been dropped for next year and one of the remaining two has been updated (details not yet available). It turns out most of the manufacturers have updated the specifications/designs for 2017 so most of my research is pretty pointless
Ok, but I can still see them all at the NEC right? Well No actually. At least one of them won’t be released until January. At least one of the manufacturers (Knaus) doesn’t appear to be taking motor homes there this year. Of the others, some of the stands look quite small and what’s the betting they won’t bother to take 5.5m vans with them? Sigh.
There’s always the dealers I hear you say … Lowdhams appear to have 3 big stands. Yes but Lowdhams are a main dealer for at least ELEVEN manufacturers. Given that each manufacturer has 30+ models, what’s the odds on them having the 4 that I want to see?
Beginning to feel a bit disheartened, should it really be this difficult?
OK seven PVC’s identified, so far so good. Number visited three. It’s heading towards new model time of year and, being honest, the market for 5.5m vans is small so not many showrooms carry them. I had to travel hundreds of miles just to see those three.
Now I find out that one of the three has been dropped for next year and one of the remaining two has been updated (details not yet available). It turns out most of the manufacturers have updated the specifications/designs for 2017 so most of my research is pretty pointless
Ok, but I can still see them all at the NEC right? Well No actually. At least one of them won’t be released until January. At least one of the manufacturers (Knaus) doesn’t appear to be taking motor homes there this year. Of the others, some of the stands look quite small and what’s the betting they won’t bother to take 5.5m vans with them? Sigh.
There’s always the dealers I hear you say … Lowdhams appear to have 3 big stands. Yes but Lowdhams are a main dealer for at least ELEVEN manufacturers. Given that each manufacturer has 30+ models, what’s the odds on them having the 4 that I want to see?
Beginning to feel a bit disheartened, should it really be this difficult?