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Why do you feel the need for the extra space?
Do you park on a resi street? Can you guarantee that you'll not be blocking light into people's front room or gardens?
Do you exclusively stay in campsites? If not have you considered that a LWB van takes the parking space of three cars which carry 5x more people? And that local roads in popular locations generally just aren't designed for massive vans
Without wanting to be too blunt, I really hate the way influencers have persuaded everyone they need big fuck off vans now. Especially in the outdoors community which I would like to think is conscious of their consumption and outdoor access in general.
A van to me should be closer to camping than driving a studio flat to the lake district for the weekend, and the more people that do the latter are the ones who risk spoiling access in general. Big van owners IME are often more akin to 'love the outdoors' youtubers who spend the weekends walking one mile and then flying a fucking drone over the fells.
Apols to anyone offended! (Except the drone folk)
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im desparate for a full sprinter/crafter xlwb high top etc but in reality the classic panel van size is the best IMO.
plus;
the cost
parking
faff in rural country lanes
cost to run
the extra space is nice, but a £200 tent awning also does this
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Right so I have the opportunity to trade my 11 year old VW California in for a brand new LWB Crafter, which would be a base vehicle for conversion. Upsides: much more space, shower + toilet, newer vehicle. Downsides: obviously much bigger so would only get used for camping (though we have a mini-SUV for family use). After the conversion I’ll be about £10-15k out of pocket due to strong residuals on the Cali.
Crafter owners, any advice for me?