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I agree with this 100%.
Theyre hard to find but my favourite is the t5/t6 with a medium height roof or the L1H2 Transit Custom. That extra few inches means you can stand in them (just) and the swb ones are only as long as an estate car. They also remain nice and stealthy
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did you miss that I've had one of those for 11 years already? I mean, a T5/56 variant? In my case with an electric-hydraulic pop up roof rather than a high-top
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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)