Spenders
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On Friday 8th February I took delivery of my first motorhome, a 2006 Auto Trail Scout SE..... and I was a very happy bunny. Having arranged the insurance, storage etc, Mrs Spenders and I began getting it sorted with all the bits and bats to go on our first weekend away trip today.
Imagine my surprise then when I went to collect the vehicle from storage and found the rear lounge to be literally flooded with water. The water had clearly been dripping down from around the rooflight surround. The vehicle has been rained on a number of times since we picked it up with no problem, and as we had visited it most days since collection would have noticed water ingress. I even slept in it for the first two nights and it definately rained, but no problem at all.
The only thing different was that the afternoon/evening before had seen a fairly heavy snowfall, which would have lain heavily on the roof of the van. After getting to approx. 4" depth, over a period of about 6 hours, the weather warmed and turned to rain, and by the following morning (Friday) the snow had just about fully disappeared.
The van has been taken back to the supplying dealer who have agreed to totally re-fit and re-seal the rooflight.
Am I just unlucky, or is this the sort of thing that happens often?
Imagine my surprise then when I went to collect the vehicle from storage and found the rear lounge to be literally flooded with water. The water had clearly been dripping down from around the rooflight surround. The vehicle has been rained on a number of times since we picked it up with no problem, and as we had visited it most days since collection would have noticed water ingress. I even slept in it for the first two nights and it definately rained, but no problem at all.
The only thing different was that the afternoon/evening before had seen a fairly heavy snowfall, which would have lain heavily on the roof of the van. After getting to approx. 4" depth, over a period of about 6 hours, the weather warmed and turned to rain, and by the following morning (Friday) the snow had just about fully disappeared.
The van has been taken back to the supplying dealer who have agreed to totally re-fit and re-seal the rooflight.
Am I just unlucky, or is this the sort of thing that happens often?