Elddis Autoquest model 115 2 berth

Elsa,

I was in exactly the same boat as you 5 years ago.  Looked around at a dozen or so secondhand vans at around the £30k mark.  I wasn't happy with the condition of them or the lack of service history or infrequent servicing, and I wouldn't normally buy a second hand toilet, bed or kitchen anyway so I scraped together another £2k and found a new 115 for £32k. They've gone up in price now though.....

I was very pleased with it and had absolutely no problems or faults with it.

I was offered a good p/x price on it last year and have now swapped it for a larger Autotrail. The lounge in the 115 makes a very large double transversely, but we prefer (except on treat night ) two singles, and even with the cab seats turned round they werent quite long enough for me, I'm 6'2". The Autotrail we now have has massive beds. I would say the Auto trail is slightly better built and equipped, but as with everything in life, have a look at it and see if it suits you.

Someone will be along in a minute to say that an 8 year old Hymer (or whatever)  is even better built (it probably is) but make your own mind up if you want 8 year old mechanical bits etc.

If I ever shrink, I would happily buy another 115...!

Hi,

We have had the Marquis version of the 115 for six months.  We chose the dealer model becuase of all the addons and value for money.  When we bought it, it had 3500 miles on the clock. We have added another 1250 miles so far.  Becuase of other committments we have only been away in it for four days at a time, but have done so every month. 

So far so good, we have had no problems at all (fingers crossed) and we are very pleased with it. I am 5'11" and we sleep across the room window to window and have found it surprisingly comfortable. Very comfortable actually.

We were advised that living space during the day is important if we want to buy something small and I think that was good advice.  Putting the bed up in the evening is a bit of a faff, but it usually makes us laugh and takes about 5 minutes or less including fitting sheets etc.

I must add that I have seen quite a bit of criticism of Marquis, and I guess it varies between locations, but Tewkesbury have been very good. They are always happy to offer advice and before purchase made really good suggestions about what to look for, these weren't necessarily in their best interests.

The Marquis versions of the Elddis are better specced. I've got a 125 which, although bought second-hand, had a number of goodies missing from the basic model, most of which I regarded as essential anyway.

"I must add that I have seen quite a bit of criticism of Marquis...."

There’s one good thing I can say about Marquis - their complimentary umbrellas are superb.👍🏻

Are you saying you need an umbrella inside one of their vans TW

Not necessarily, MT, but the brolly is probably the best thing to come off their premises. 

so.....

a) is your van still there

b) is the brolly better than your van

c) you didnt buy your van at Marquis

d) other

a) collected it (again) today 

b) very probably 

c) 'fraid so 

d) the brolly doesn’t suffer from build quality issues, lack of adequate PDI, or need customer care training. Sadly, Marquis is the closest dealer to home and, in reality, probably no worse than anyone else. 

A couple of years ago we had the same choice and decided to spend a few extra pounds and buy new purchasing a Marquis (Elddis) 155.

In general we've been really happy with our purchase. Yes they might not be the strongest or best make but we got a brand new base van, and for what we can get away, the Elddis is great value for the money paid. I also think we're lucky that our local Marquis, Durham, sounds to be be one of the better branches. The staff in there are great and work hard to give good customer service....within the limits of a terrible industry in general.

We have no regrets buying Elddis, and so far would happily buy again.

Good luck, and have fun choosing!

well, good luck TW, hope you're back on track and able to enjoy it....