Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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hugo7 in reply to @Chak

there's a wealth of of other options out there.

But there sort of aren't are there?

All the other options are either work vans with no cachet or geeky MPVs. Pretty much the only other premium options are those Mercs that everyone says rust as soon as they smell rain or those pimp JDM ones you have to import - are they Nissan? Yes, Nissan Elgrand.

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Chak in reply to @hugo7

@Howard Fair enough. Not well versed in the van/camper world. I always thought They simply sat in the 'slightly too small/Overpriced' bracket range.
Would it be worth simply converting something else slightly cheaper for the cost of one of those?

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Howard in reply to @Chak

The secret and contradiction of the Cali is that really it's a plush people carrier and plush van that can be used as a camper - and it sits on a drive like a big car and doesn't look shit or out of place or get you dirty looks from your neighbours. You can drive it to the shops or to the beach or to the alps and it's stress free. It doesn't care. It feels like a big car when you drive it. Nothing like a van. I think the small size is why it sells tbh.

Plenty of people convert other things. Lots of Mazda Bongos around converted to campers. If you've got the money though it's easy to see why people go for the California.

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