ronecc1
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- Jun 25, 2021
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Over the past 15 years, my wife and I have owned two motorhomes and one campervan.
First was a Luna Roadstar, 2005. Disaster. Roof leaked the first week and soaked everything through. Re fitted by Luna and they fitted some free extras for us. Water still leaked out of shower room though. Got rid and did not buy again until 2012. We then purchased, a new to the market Knaus. Disaster. First holiday and up to Scotland we go. All the catches pulled out of the kitchen drawers and cupboards on a series of bends, the kitchen tap wing snapped so no water. Then the waste drain parted company inside the polystyrene wrap on the tank, the sunroof leaked cold water as we drove. We sold after twelve months. 2016 we purchased an Autocruise campervan. Very cramped, bare wiring underneath the van, kitchen drawers that dropped because the sliders were so poor and flimsy. Shower room not big enough to swing a mouse, sliding door window that permanently steamed up, sat nav that would not update.
So in 2021 we are thinking again of a motorhome. Thought about a Transit campervan but decided why buy a cramped van for £55,000 when we can get something I can stand up in and sleep in when one of us wants. Hence we thought of a Bailey 69-2, just what we need, large washroom and large rear lounge. Then I read the reports of Bailey and their rubbish quality control. What can we do? We do not like the cramped front lounge/dining areas on campervans and very many motorhomes. We have a budget of around £60/64,000. Any ideas, or is it the bad reports of Bailey are just a few owners with niggles. Having had two British and one Dutch I am unsure which way to go.
First was a Luna Roadstar, 2005. Disaster. Roof leaked the first week and soaked everything through. Re fitted by Luna and they fitted some free extras for us. Water still leaked out of shower room though. Got rid and did not buy again until 2012. We then purchased, a new to the market Knaus. Disaster. First holiday and up to Scotland we go. All the catches pulled out of the kitchen drawers and cupboards on a series of bends, the kitchen tap wing snapped so no water. Then the waste drain parted company inside the polystyrene wrap on the tank, the sunroof leaked cold water as we drove. We sold after twelve months. 2016 we purchased an Autocruise campervan. Very cramped, bare wiring underneath the van, kitchen drawers that dropped because the sliders were so poor and flimsy. Shower room not big enough to swing a mouse, sliding door window that permanently steamed up, sat nav that would not update.
So in 2021 we are thinking again of a motorhome. Thought about a Transit campervan but decided why buy a cramped van for £55,000 when we can get something I can stand up in and sleep in when one of us wants. Hence we thought of a Bailey 69-2, just what we need, large washroom and large rear lounge. Then I read the reports of Bailey and their rubbish quality control. What can we do? We do not like the cramped front lounge/dining areas on campervans and very many motorhomes. We have a budget of around £60/64,000. Any ideas, or is it the bad reports of Bailey are just a few owners with niggles. Having had two British and one Dutch I am unsure which way to go.