Assuming we can go abroad any time soon. We were already expecting to be overrun with cheap campers and abandoned lockdown pets by now. We probably won't do any camping trips this year though so I can pick up a better deal in the winter if needs be. I'm not sure I'm quite ready for a rainy weekend stuck in a small van with two toddlers and a dog just yet.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I'm astonished at the prices of camper vans when I see them down here. Maybe it's a Cornwall premium when folk are on holiday and get the urge to buy one?
Assuming we can go abroad any time soon. We were already expecting to be overrun with cheap campers and abandoned lockdown pets by now. We probably won't do any camping trips this year though so I can pick up a better deal in the winter if needs be. I'm not sure I'm quite ready for a rainy weekend stuck in a small van with two toddlers and a dog just yet.
@WonkyWomble can tell you lots about the fun to be had on the North York Moors in a small touring caravan with your parents, older brother and large Labrador, when the awning in which said brother and dog sleep are blown away by Hurricane Charlie ... not helped by the Labrador having an attack of ear canker which needed vigorous scratching so, when the caravan wasn’t rocking because of the storm it was rocking because of the dog 🙄 😂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My hubby worked for Vauxhall for 20 years, then almost 2 years ago Peugeot took over,and my God,did things go downhill! Yesterday, I had my oldest son screaming down the phone. He has severe depression. The company somehow have got our phone numbers intertwined. Especially ridiculous as my husband was s tech there. Bloke rang last year,said who he was ringing from,I thought he's had an accident at work, weird conversation ensued, because he said he was ringing FOR him, silly me I thought that meant on his behalf! Said I was confused,if he cared to pop out of his office,he could find said hubby on the workshop. Ah no,he's ringing about service wasnt due. They keep texting and ringing my son,mainly about my husband's car. They have been advised for the 2 years,and it's still happening. Same with my youngest son and the royal c***up regarding his second jab. His GP did a phone consultation last month, they do have both his mobile and landline number,yet they give the vaccine center an 0845 number supposedly his!
It's not only Vauxhall which has gone downhill. I'd driven Nissan for years then made the mistake of buying anouther make. When that was ready to change I went back to Nissan and, although I realised they had been bought by Renault, didn't know they now used Renault engines and probably loads of other parts too. I've been lucky but know of many other people with the same car who have had the engine swallow oil and had to be replaced. Not too bad if still under warranty, but it fails after that...
The last car I bought was a Ford Orion ( there's one which didn't stand the test of time eh? ) It was on July 11th 1989. I've had vans ever since. We now have a Fiesta van '07 reg and only 42,000 miles and Hubby's Honda Civic '08 plate and 165,000 miles. I might lose the van this year and just keep the Civic. It's never "gone wrong" and only ever needed tyres, brake shoes and the odd light bulb.
I don’t know how much mobile homes are nowadays, we bought one for cash in 1976 it cost £1300. According to an internet site, that equates to £80,000+ in today’s money. Doesn’t sound right but maybe.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
The last car I bought was a Ford Orion ( there's one which didn't stand the test of time eh? ) It was on July 11th 1989. I've had vans ever since. We now have a Fiesta van '07 reg and only 42,000 miles and Hubby's Honda Civic '08 plate and 165,000 miles. I might lose the van this year and just keep the Civic. It's never "gone wrong" and only ever needed tyres, brake shoes and the odd light bulb.
Older Honda's were always a good choice I have two an Accord and a Jazz. I had 3 Accords in a pervious life as a Taxi driver before I quit and went into IT for my last 30 years before retirement.
Not one of my Honda Accords ever broke down and I used to run them up to 200000 miles before getting another. The usual wear and tear such as new batteries every 3 years and brakes and the usual service items were all that was needed.
The Jazz was the wife's car who cant drive now due to illness so I use that more often than not and its brilliant as its like a mini van when you drop the seats which give you a flatbed in the back. I use the Accord if we go to France as its got the power to cope with the motorways more easily and is more comfortable for distance driving not that I'll be doing much of that anymore with the misses as she is. Maybe time to pass it on.
I'm not so sure about the new Hondas as they all seem to be hybrids now so any one with experience of a hybrid Honda might want to chip in.
Basically you cant go wrong with a Honda as the engineering is the best there is has been my experience and the Honda Jazz is such a multi purpose vehicle you cant go wrong with one of those.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was on July 11th 1989.
I've had vans ever since.
We now have a Fiesta van '07 reg and only 42,000 miles and Hubby's Honda Civic '08 plate and 165,000 miles.
I might lose the van this year and just keep the Civic. It's never "gone wrong" and only ever needed tyres, brake shoes and the odd light bulb.
Older Honda's were always a good choice I have two an Accord and a Jazz. I had 3 Accords in a pervious life as a Taxi driver before I quit and went into IT for my last 30 years before retirement.
Not one of my Honda Accords ever broke down and I used to run them up to 200000 miles before getting another. The usual wear and tear such as new batteries every 3 years and brakes and the usual service items were all that was needed.
The Jazz was the wife's car who cant drive now due to illness so I use that more often than not and its brilliant as its like a mini van when you drop the seats which give you a flatbed in the back. I use the Accord if we go to France as its got the power to cope with the motorways more easily and is more comfortable for distance driving not that I'll be doing much of that anymore with the misses as she is. Maybe time to pass it on.
I'm not so sure about the new Hondas as they all seem to be hybrids now so any one with experience of a hybrid Honda might want to chip in.
Basically you cant go wrong with a Honda as the engineering is the best there is has been my experience and the Honda Jazz is such a multi purpose vehicle you cant go wrong with one of those.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'