Is it just me that thinks this?

[gpat]

I won't be popular with any Merc/VW PVC owners for this but...

I know it's subjective, and it might be just me, but this thought struck me today. My neighbour has just converted a Crafter. It's a fine job. We also have some friends with an older Sprinter.

It got me thinking. When a Ducato/Boxer/ Relay pulls onto a site they look like camper vans. When a Sprinter or a Crafter pulls on to site I see a great big van. That regardless of how good the conversion is.

I'm a neutral as we have a coachbuilt.

Is it just me or not?

 

[Mikeco]

Perhaps it’s because usually they are a bigger van, around a metre longer in most cases.

 

[Conal]

I think the colour/decals make a difference. I would agree if the van is all white.

 

[Nirvanauk]

They are also narrower I believe than a Fiat.

 

[Itsmcb]

I was considering an L4H3 boxer for a while. That's also a great big van

PS, looks better in a dark colour

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[gpat]

I don't know what it is about them

 

[gpat]

I was considering an L4H3 boxer for a while. That's also a great big van
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PS, looks better in a dark colour

A few windows and a few graphics and hey presto it'll look like a campervan

 

[Northernraider]

I think they all look like big vans


Because they are lol

 

[gpat]

I think they all look like big vans


Because they are lol

Haha. Yes I know they are all vans. Maybe it's just that there are far more Ducatos or maybe it like Mikeco says and they just tend to be longer

 

[bigtwin]

I think the colour/decals make a difference. I would agree if the van is all white.

This

Ian

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[sciac2001]

The sprinter conversions are much more imposing and have much more presence.
We regularly get second (and third) complimentary glances and comments when parked up..... even from fiat owners.

Ps: At 5.93m we are a lot shorter than many.

 

[CazPaul]

I won't be popular with any Merc/VW PVC owners for this but...

I know it's subjective, and it might be just me, but this thought struck me today. My neighbour has just converted a Crafter. It's a fine job. We also have some friends with an older Sprinter.

It got me thinking. When a Ducato/Boxer/ Relay pulls onto a site they look like camper vans. When a Sprinter or a Crafter pulls on to site I see a great big van. That regardless of how good the conversion is.

I'm a neutral as we have a coachbuilt.

Is it just me or not?

That’s because the ones you see will be 7 metre LWB ones, the Sprinter/Crafter MWB are less than 6 metres.

 

[gpat]

You could be right. Saying that though even the 6m ones look more like vans though and never seem to look like campervans the way a ducato does.

 

[PeterCarole29]

I won't be popular with any Merc/VW PVC owners for this but...

I know it's subjective, and it might be just me, but this thought struck me today. My neighbour has just converted a Crafter. It's a fine job. We also have some friends with an older Sprinter.

It got me thinking. When a Ducato/Boxer/ Relay pulls onto a site they look like camper vans. When a Sprinter or a Crafter pulls on to site I see a great big van. That regardless of how good the conversion is.

I'm a neutral as we have a coachbuilt.

Is it just me or not?

the sprinters are rear wheel drive and internal floor height is higher than the ducato making it overall higher

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

We don't do campsites not found the need.

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[sciac2001]

You could be right. Saying that though even the 6m ones look more like vans though and never seem to look like campervans the way a ducato does.

Can’t agree. At least not with my dark blue La Strada Regent S.

It oozes class, is not as boxy as a ducato based van and is most obviously a nicely designed Camper van.

 

[gpat]

Can’t agree. At least not with my dark blue La Strada Regent S.

It oozes class, is not as boxy as a ducato based van and is most obviously a nicely designed Camper van.

Picture?

 

[L' Hobo]

You could be right. Saying that though even the 6m ones look more like vans though and never seem to look like campervans the way a ducato does.

Seeing your Avatar, perhaps it's those dark glasses, they are made to give a cyclist perspective?? Should have gone to SpecSavers!

 

[gpat]

Can’t agree. At least not with my dark blue La Strada Regent S.

It oozes class, is not as boxy as a ducato based van and is most obviously a nicely designed Camper van.

Just googled. That's cheating

 

[sciac2001]

Picture?

I don’t have one. Refer to La Strada website?

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[gpat]

Just to be clear. I don't dislike the look of the sprinters as vans. It's just they don't look like campervans.

 

[sciac2001]

Just googled. That's cheating

Cheating?
Porquoi?

 

[gpat]

Just be clear. I don't dislike the look of the sprinters as vans. It's just they don't look like campervans.

 

[gpat]

Cheating?
Porquoi?

It's a big 4*4

 

[sciac2001]

It's a big 4*4

No señor. No es un 4x4!

Solo es un rear-wheel drive.

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[Van Aert]

A right old mix at the Wedel-Schulau Stellplatz on the bank of the river Elbe near Hamburg today.

 

[Van Aert]

A right old mix at the Wedel-Schulau Stellplatz on the bank of the river Elbe near Hamburg today.

 

[POH]

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I don't know what it is about them

White van man!!!! Or amazon delivery??

 

[pandjb]

Still think ours looks like a camper.......

 

[sciac2001]

Still think ours looks like a camper.......
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Class!

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