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Pass. I still don't get camper vans/mobile homes/whatever you want to call them.
If you're in a vehicle, then you might as well drive to the nearest hotel/guesthouse/B&B/AirBnB and stay there, and then drive to the place you really want to get to.
Camping, on the other hand, great. Tent, sleeping roll, sleeping bag. You can put it on a bike, you can carry it in a rucksack, stay in the middle of nowhere inaccessible by a vehicle or just stopping wherever you like. Nice.
Sleeping in a glorified van next to a bucket of excrement, on the other hand, seems to me the worst of both worlds.
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Camper vans, vans etc are kick arse if you've got genuine wilderness on your doorstep. Want to go Mountain biking / dirt biking / climbing / Kayaking in the great outdoors? You sort of need one. I agree about the plumbing though, much rather take a shovel and join the bears.
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With you all the way! £35k plus for a reasonable second hand posh van, which is an awful lot of nights in decent accommodation, which a camper isn't. I have never had to tax, MOT or insure a b&b, nor do they depreciate and need maintenance. Access for campers is largely limited to fucking awful sites, access for tents far less so. Chemical shitters can REALLY go forth and multiply.
I think I am now banned from the 'campers' thread...
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I still don't get
Like any lifestyle product, ownership makes the consumer feel good by being able to purchase an alternative version of the grim reality of their daily life.
You could just as well say why buy a cheeky little roadster when you'll never be able to drop the roof either because of the weather or because of the diesel fumes rolling in over your door while you sit at lights or crawl on 40mph variable speed limit.
Mainly tho the benefit is being able to sit in a vehicle with a cup of tea sheltered from the inevitable rain and clouds before you head off to sit in a traffic jam in the same vehicle.
If you think about it, it's probably the most spirituality British mode of transport ever.
Jung
ColinTheBald
hugo7
Thing is, after my yurting experience...
These jeep sized campers don't appeal.
Holdup!