Benimar Mileo 282

Is the sat nav part of the base vehicle, ie built into the dash? If so what make is the base vehicle, eg Fiat, Ford…? What age is the vehicle?

Unfortunately the built in sat navs in vehicles are usually no where near as well spec'd as specialised sat navs. I have a sat nav in my Peugeot cab which is not to bad but you do have to watch it as it has a tendency to take short cuts which are not always suitable. My stand alone TomTom with camper maps would be much better.

David

Fiat based, 2020 model.

My Garmin took me down the mother of all bad roads last year in Devon. I was pruning my way the entire length of the road!

AH

Good, that’s the same base vehicle and year as mine. 

We find the sat nav difficult to read because the screen is not in the driver's eyeline and it isn't very big. Consequently we use our Garmin mounted on top of the dash and find it's a vast improvement.

I'm not aware of a subscription needed for the built in sat nav but I'm not sure how you update it. You can bet it won’t be as simple as updating the Garmin via the PC!

Whatever, you'd be best trying the built in sat nav before making any decisions.

We've had Garmins for years and never had your experience. Have you got it set to select major roads?

Thanks for the reply. Will certainly explore the Nav before writing it off.

Generally we have it set for major roads, but as others have observed many West Country roads are narrow lanes!

AH

Tell me about it! I live here. Seriously, though, there aren't many that are unusable.

Btw, you might find info about the sat nav on the Fiat Professional website.

Thanks, will do.

AH

Tinwheeler:

What size TV fits in her please?

Do the U.K. models have the anti-freeze heater on the waste?

Does the Solar panel feed the engine battery?

Can you fit/do you need two leisure batteries?

Does she have an electric step?

What is the Gas bottle storage capacity?

Sorry for so many questions. We've agreed to buy on Friday and had a good look around her. Unfortunately, she's in Sussex and we're in Essex, so the next time I see her will probably be on handover.

The salesman was very competent, but I don't think he'd seen this particular MH before.

AH

I'm sorry, AH, but I can't answer your questions as I have no knowledge of the Benimar.

Our base vehicles are basically the same but my conversion is by Auto Sleeper of a panel van while the items you list are particular to the Benimar conversion. Maybe someone else here is familiar with the Benimar, or I would think you'd find answers to most of your questions online.

Thanks. My mistake.

AH