Beautiful Mercedes Autotrail ruined, words fail me

ambulancekidd

ambulancekidd

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Since 1964 Gosh that makes me feel old.
I'm rarely stuck for words but this Merc popped up on Gumtree.
Some DIY fiend has butchered the interior to such a tune that I doubt if it could be rescued?

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Ah but, I have no idea what it looked ike originally amd I quite like it, apart from the 2 kids and no apparent seat belts for them.
 
How precious do you ned to be to be incensed by some seat fabric change that wasn't production line fitted.
It's not like it's even in a gaudy colour scheme!!
Get a grip ya soft lad, if we all liked the same thing the world would be a truly boring place.
 
Whats wrong with it, where do I begin?

Its the rather crude painting of the lower cupboards, the addition of tacky chrome strips all over the place, the kitchen has had an explosion of grey paint up to & including the worktops.
The toilet, same grey paint all over the place & pictures on the wall, really!
The upholstery isn't nice but looked forgivable up til you read the description, refoamed & retrimmed, what happened to the sprung seating that Autotrail excel in, yuk!!!
All of that is before we get to the outside, the repainted cab looks like Stevie Wonder did it with a water pistol.

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, I suspect this motorhome would look even worse in the flesh.
 
I did consider posting a photo of the interior of my daughters motorhome / campervan but quite frankly I would be insulted if she was described as “fiend” or a “butcher” and I hate the A4053.
 
Each to their own. Can't see anything wrong with it personally.

But then I have 8 large native Indian graphics on mine and love it. I didn't choose them and some may think they look awful....... As it happens my late father was a cowboy film addict and we like to think he helped us find "Moki" ....... And I have to say I like it when a MH looks different to the production line clones.
 
Ah, I see what you’re trying to do - using some of those voodoo mind tricks and reverse psychology on us to get us to buy your mates MoHo!

Well I’m sorry, lovely though it is I’m NOT going to buy it; but it is nice and I’m going to use some of those design inspirations to personalise my own MoHo in a similar manner ?
 
Decor's not my taste but the two kiddies look like they may need some help! :)

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What saddens me most is that the van is registered 2007 and has only covered 28598 miles divided by 12 years = only 2383 miles a year, what a waste of money.
So often I see SH vans up for sale with extremely low mileages, mostly 1/2/3 year old ones and think to myself...did you actually use it?, or was the van back at the dealership awaiting repairs during that time.
A fellow funster said to me on one occasion if you are not doing 9K a year in any van then you are wasting your money!
I dont know, horses for courses and all that, but I think he has a point.

Les
 
what.... WHAT!!!

You gonna have a pop of my interior design now????

Whats wrong with it?

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My CUSTOM exterior, ( I call it stealth living, it blends in with the forest. Anyone got a damp meter?)


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TinaL said:
What saddens me most is that the van is registered 2007 and has only covered 28598 miles divided by 12 years = only 2383 miles a year, what a waste of money.
So often I see SH vans up for sale with extremely low mileages, mostly 1/2/3 year old ones and think to myself...did you actually use it?, or was the van back at the dealership awaiting repairs during that time.
A fellow funster said to me on one occasion if you are not doing 9K a year in any van then you are wasting your money!
I dont know, horses for courses and all that, but I think he has a point.

Les
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You have to remember though that not everyone with a van is retired and can manage anywhere near 9000 a year.
We are both working and do about half that, still enjoy getting away in it at least once a month though, currently down ShropshireGloucester for 10 days in it, from Durham.
 
Just taking the pictures off the walls and the things that are hanging down, oh yes and the odd ornament or two before I post pictures up. :giggle:
 
CazPaul said:
You have to remember though that not everyone with a van is retired and can manage anywhere near 9000 a year.
We are both working and do about half that, still enjoy getting away in it at least once a month though, currently down ShropshireGloucester for 10 days in it, from Durham.
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We are in similar position and we have had some great weekends away with relatively few miles ... living in Scotland we have loads of lovely places to explore which don’t require miles of driving (though sometimes they do take a while to get there of on single track roads).
 
ShaKen said:
Ah, I see what you’re trying to do - using some of those voodoo mind tricks and reverse psychology on us to get us to buy your mates MoHo!

Well I’m sorry, lovely though it is I’m NOT going to buy it; but it is nice and I’m going to use some of those design inspirations to personalise my own MoHo in a similar manner ?
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I think you may have hit on something there, just getting it to a wider audience :unsure: (y):)
 
Horses for courses!
At least it’s clean & tidy, would get rid of pictures and the kids with their fun(ny) faces, otherwise it’s better than some.
We met a young couple a few years ago in France, they had an older B584 than ours and they came in for a chat.
In conversation I said the net curtains were handy on an Aire when you were quite close to a neighbour, she said they were the first thing they took out and threw away! Then she went on to say she didn’t like the fact that the plastics (round doors & windows) had discoloured and was going to do ‘something’ with them like decoupage! She had several other ‘ideas’ for the poor van interior, up to that point it was old but original!
It’s a good job we are all different with different ideas!
 
People often modernise and update their homes. Some do it well, others do not. Sometimes I like the chosen style, other times I do not. I don’t see why a motorhome owner should not do the same thing. If they get it wrong it may make it more difficult to sell, if they do it well they might get more for it. Their choice.

When we took delivery of out previous motorhome the first thing we did was remove the net curtains because we don’t like them. We will do the same with our new one. It is just a matter of taste.

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