a friend who has VW campers tells me he knows guys who have vans where the clock stops around 750,000.( or thereabouts ) Apparently it's when it get to the equivalent of 1,000,000 km
That's good to know @Chris-P-Bacon. Thanks. We'll be expecting this one to last till prices for electric come down and facilities for charging them become easily available for longer journeys.
@Kili I like to buy from companies which manufacture in Europe - not just cars - and whose employees are paid and taxed in Europe so the money circulates locally. I do realise that many companies have "creative" accounting methods for tax purposes and that they are beholden to share-holders but EU rules are there to promote EU jobs and investment.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
That's good to know @Chris-P-Bacon. Thanks. We'll be expecting this one to last till prices for electric come down and facilities for charging them become easily available for longer journeys.
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.
£11700 in 2021 according to the calculator I used. Certainly sounds more realistic.
According to the Bank of England historical inflation calculator the figure is £9570.
Referencing a comment I made earlier, I was in the car showroom for 35 minutes. Unfortunately a worldwide shortage of micro processors is limiting car supply, petrol models more so than diesels for some reason. I was told to expect delivery in November.
I worked in Australia House in the 70s and I remember the camper vans for sale parked all the way around the triangular site. I wished I was more adventurous.
If you will forgive the bad pun, it's all wheels within wheels. Nissan have used Renault engines for years, developing truly new components costs a fortune. Seat use Porche technology, a lot of it is simply badge engineering, Skoda,VW, Audi increasingly expensive badges for almost the same thing. Whether you like it or not most Japanese cars are incredibly reliable, and everything is included, if you look at a BMW, this base price looks great but, almost everything is extra, even the wheels! I could go on but this is supposed to be a gardening site. 😄
Our last 2 cars have been Toyotas. We haven't needed to spend any money on either of them, apart from usual consumables. Incredibly reliable. And the IQ, our first Toyota, was my favourite car ever. Same size as a Smart, nearly, so turned on a sixpence and would park in a tiny space, but would take 2 (short!) passengers in the back if necessary.
Sorry, but I now feel the need to be curmudgeonly about something else... 3 juvenile magpies have decided they like using my Enviromesh veg cover as a trampoline.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Apparently it's when it get to the equivalent of 1,000,000 km
@Kili I like to buy from companies which manufacture in Europe - not just cars - and whose employees are paid and taxed in Europe so the money circulates locally. I do realise that many companies have "creative" accounting methods for tax purposes and that they are beholden to share-holders but EU rules are there to promote EU jobs and investment.
Whether you like it or not most Japanese cars are incredibly reliable, and everything is included, if you look at a BMW, this base price looks great but, almost everything is extra, even the wheels!
I could go on but this is supposed to be a gardening site. 😄
Sorry, but I now feel the need to be curmudgeonly about something else...
3 juvenile magpies have decided they like using my Enviromesh veg cover as a trampoline.