Recent content by robert_374417101

thanks all - of course you're right my head knows this but my heart took a while to catch up. Such a shame though - sometimes it feels like we will never find "the van of our dreams"

Hi there, been to see a caravan today and its just right but it does have a spongy area running at the front above and to the side of the window. There is no smell of damp and no black spots but just pressing it is evidence something isn't right. We havn't owned a caravan before so don't know if...

Thankyou all. I am just off to look at the vin plate. Can I just ask as well, when viewing a van it is normal and proper to ask to see everything working, eg gas, water electric etc isn't it, it would be mad not to, surely. Some people seem a bit put off by this but I would take that to mean...

Why does the 85% limit not apply to the zafira? Do I have to ring vauxhall up to find out the cars max towing weight then? The Abi marauder we also fancy seeing is 805kg ex works and 1050 kg surely we would be able to tow this, it seems quite a light van?

Thankyou all. You have to admit its confusing with different figures published! I have looked up our zafira 2003 and yes its the 2.0ltr club so we have the kerb weight at 1448 kgs with 85% BEING 1231KGS. Therefore I assume that the difference between 1100 - 1231= 131 would still be available...

Just to add- I know our car's kerb weight is 1448kgs with 85% being 1231 if that helps. 1100 seems very close to 1231

Completely green about this and dont want to make a mistake. The fleetwood garland we are going to have a look at has a weight ex works of 814kg and design weight of 1100kg. Is the desigh weight the max towing weight or is there still an allowance to add to that. I can not match it to our zafira...

Does anyone have any knowledge of these ABI vans. I am looking at a 500CT or (5400CT) which could have been a mis-print. It certainly looks a good conditioned van. Any advice gratefully received.

Thankyou for your help. It was a private sale and and we took your advice and asked about servicing which it hadn't had in the last 4 years. We took this to be a risky purchase and they were not prepared for us to complicate things by asking that it had to have a service.I expect all may well...

Thankyou parky thats very useful and practical advice. Is it common for a service to be done on a van every year and where does one take it? Are they specialists? Should we be worried if it hasn't had a service but looks good after checking out your pointers?

Hello everyone. We are going to see an Eldis wisp et 93 tomorrow and it will be our first caravan having only camped in a tent before. Now this van looks to be in very good order but is that enough given its age? Should we be looking for anything in particular? As newbies I suppose we don't...