If you want to be able to take ad hoc trips I get it. A family friend and her BF bought a VW transporter* for ~£2k I think and converted it themselves - a well finished job, but not to a super high spec - good enough for surf trips tho. Although that was a few years ago.
If we were sans kids that’d make perfect sense, but a vw camper that sleeps four is silly monies. I think this setup might be a good compromise. The pickup itself is a bit ott as a car, but the freedom it’ll bring us makes up for it.
If you want to be able to take ad hoc trips I get it. A family friend and her BF bought a VW transporter* for ~£2k I think and converted it themselves - a well finished job, but not to a super high spec - good enough for surf trips tho. Although that was a few years ago.
*a regular one, not a lift up roof one.