Back after a lovely 2 weeks away at Blackland Lakes in Calne.
I won't bore you with the details of our various arguments with the teenagers.
However I will report back that the van has performed well - I will say that I think Bailey build quality may have suffered somewhat in the past couple of years as, for a brand new van, there are a few things that are a bit loose (nothing to go back to to a dealer for) but still a little flimsy in places.
The facilities all work great (didn't need to try the heating as we needed fans for the heat) so no complaints there.
Only awning issue was the marker light which gets in the way of EVERY airpole as you thread it onto the bead (so the awning will go on from the back next time)
What was highlighted most however was that (as you will all know from my various posts before) my car woes continued although we did get a definitive answer from Bailey on axle weights (See link to other thread if i can make it work) ----> CLICK HERE
Basically - as previously stated - we aren't the lightest of campers and like our home comforts therefore even though we snuck in under any limits, the van was getting close to its 1800 MTPLM (even with a lighter nose of 80kg - which performed much better) and the car (when dogs and roofbox included) was only about 30kg off the GVW therefore the conclusion is thus:
The Mitsubishi is a great towcar but is a very light SUV. Comparing with my friend's Sorento, the GVW is nearly 350kg higher on the Kia. I think although a comfortable tow (which it was over 6 hours) we will always be running close to limits with that outfit so we will be looking at a towcar that will give us a bit more leeway to load what we want into the car and not worry about overloading the van.
I won't bore you with the details of our various arguments with the teenagers.
However I will report back that the van has performed well - I will say that I think Bailey build quality may have suffered somewhat in the past couple of years as, for a brand new van, there are a few things that are a bit loose (nothing to go back to to a dealer for) but still a little flimsy in places.
The facilities all work great (didn't need to try the heating as we needed fans for the heat) so no complaints there.
Only awning issue was the marker light which gets in the way of EVERY airpole as you thread it onto the bead (so the awning will go on from the back next time)
What was highlighted most however was that (as you will all know from my various posts before) my car woes continued although we did get a definitive answer from Bailey on axle weights (See link to other thread if i can make it work) ----> CLICK HERE
Basically - as previously stated - we aren't the lightest of campers and like our home comforts therefore even though we snuck in under any limits, the van was getting close to its 1800 MTPLM (even with a lighter nose of 80kg - which performed much better) and the car (when dogs and roofbox included) was only about 30kg off the GVW therefore the conclusion is thus:
The Mitsubishi is a great towcar but is a very light SUV. Comparing with my friend's Sorento, the GVW is nearly 350kg higher on the Kia. I think although a comfortable tow (which it was over 6 hours) we will always be running close to limits with that outfit so we will be looking at a towcar that will give us a bit more leeway to load what we want into the car and not worry about overloading the van.
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