I'd love a VW camper
But I've heard they're expensive to run/maintain, and handle like shit.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:13, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

you get used to the more sedate pace of driving
but yes to the expensive running. hence why the g/f doesn't own one any more...
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:18, Reply)

I'd be torn between a VW classic and one of those massive fuck off RVs they have in America

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:19, Reply)

All old cars are brutal to maintain
I used to have a mini. However, these geniuses will build you a new vw camper to your spec. You surely as hell wouldn't get change from £500 though.
(berk, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:19, Reply)

I totally thought that was going to be a link
to the VW site.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Nope
Some random company down in Bristol who import the VW shells from South America and then build them from new. I know this because there was one in our work car park a few weeks ago with a 10 registration - it's owner caught me peering in the window and weeping. He was quite friendly actually, once he'd asked me what the hell I was doing...
(berk, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:26, Reply)

they ain't cheap though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:26, Reply)

Ha. Ha. No.
£36k for the very shiniest one.
(berk, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:27, Reply)

I don't want all the cooker and fridge bollocks in one anyway
which is why I'm going to buy a van, insulate it and stick a bed in it and nothing else.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:28, Reply)

Like James May's improv camper van last week?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:31, Reply)

I actually thought that was pretty cool
you blatantly wouldn't put a bog in it, but other than it was ace.

but no, a VW van, with a proper comfy bed built in, but one that can be removed so I can also use it as a van.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:33, Reply)

*Warning* Sad, anally rententive camping related tosser talk ahead.
You get some rather impressive and comfy looking inflatable beds these days.

www.aerobed.co.uk/pages/product.asp?prodid=2130&type=Raised&range=Classic
(Cave Duck, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:58, Reply)

I recently bought the single height version
very good indeed. worth the extra money
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 16:33, Reply)

they drive just fine
the newer ones, like T4s and T5s are great, it's like driving a boat

old ones are expensive to run, but no more so than any other classic car.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:26, Reply)

that's not true, to be fair
but I'm very late on this, so I'm not expecting anyone to be paying attention.

They cost a fortune to run because they are mind-blowingly badly designed. In running cost vs what they are actually worth they are in a beautiful class of their own. Well, maybe two, including the Triumph Stag if you leave the original V8 in it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 17:37, Reply)

paying a small amount of attention
my view was based on experiences of friends of my brother who are big into the classic VW scene and restoration costs aside, haven't found the running costs to be particularly outrageous.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 17:52, Reply)

VW Transporters are also pretty ace.
A few of my surfer friends have them and I am tempted too. They are so versatile.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 15:31, Reply)