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@Dammit
Van (well, V-Class) life:
I'm really enjoying it, in a way that I didn't think I would.
I thought that I'd enjoy the space, the way in which it enabled my cycling, but that it would be rubbish to drive, and I was already fairly well advanced in looking at options for a runabout to go alongside it which would fulfil the "not shit to drive" criteria.
But - and it's a big but - the van is fun. It's a big old bus for sure, but it's comfortable, a fantastic cruiser, visibility is great, for such a big vehicle it's no bother at all to thread down narrow streets and the reversing camera and parking sensors do a great job of getting you out of tight spaces.
Where it truly comes into its own is in being able to arrive at home, grab the bag of dirty clothes and then walk indoors - the bikes (washed at the trailside) stay locked in the van.
The only thing that I'm going to change (because I'm me) is the stereo, and of course the options for that are starting to look a little silly, but I'd like to get something on a par with Herman #1, which was frankly excellent.