Advice Please

Thanks for the helpful answers.  Also whats best to get first the tow car or the caravan?

...well unless you have a suitable towcar first - then how would you be able to take home any caravan that you buy ?

Personally I would look at caravans first to see what I would likely wish to tow. No need to buy a 'van first of course, 

I did actually by a caravan without having a tow car when I returned to caravaning after almost 3 years without. The caravan was a demonstrator with a good discount and the dealer was happy to store for a few months. I actually picked up the caravan around a month later although I had any of three neighbours who would have picked it up for me.

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The dealer was more than happy to keep it for me and as you have said many of us have a friend or relative that can tow a van if needed, I have done that myself for someone I worked with I got everything sorted in 2 weeks from finding just the right van for us.

I also had a friend that sold his van private and towed the van to the new owners to help the deal along for the cost of his fuel.

It is the chicken and egg but the match has to be right everything we do is some sort of compromise and have to decide what is most important to you.

Is it the van or car the van will be used a lot less but needs to do what you need it to do on the other hand the car is probably going to be used every day,  decide what is most important and the other is the compromise.

Just my thoughts and of course could be wrong

MMMM somehow managed to leave the first bit of from my last post in reply to Easy T here are my full thoughts LOL

That has been my experience as well Easy T my last caravan would weigh in at 1850KG fully loaded (fixed bed and big enough for 4 adults if needed) my old tow car would have been right on its outer limit and even with years of towing experience didn’t want the tail wagging the dog so got the van then looked for a car.

The dealer was more than happy to keep it for me and as you have said many of us have a friend or relative that can tow a van if needed, I have done that myself for someone I worked with I got everything sorted in 2 weeks from finding just the right van for us.

I also had a friend that sold his van private and towed the van to the new owners to help the deal along for the cost of his fuel.

It is the chicken and egg but the match has to be right everything we do is some sort of compromise and have to decide what is most important to you.

Is it the van or car the van will be used a lot less but needs to do what you need it to do on the other hand the car is probably going to be used every day,  decide what is most important and the other is the compromise.

Just my thoughts and of course could be wrong

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Good luck!!!

Helen

Helen

Thanks Helen, yeah all I seem to be doing is bookmarking cars/caravans and using the clubs outfitting page...lots of X's or ! lol. 

What we need to do is actually find somewhere we can look inside caravans 

Thanks for all the help.

Hi Dan , there are 2 local caravan sales in the area .. 1st Stowford caravans near Tonyrefail. .2nd Newport Caravans . Either place will have a range of budget vans for sale . Have a look at these to get an idea of what you want that suits your needs. Don't worry about buying straight away , there will always be another with as good a deal at any time during the autumn/winter months . Once you know what the weight details are you can look for a suitable car that either of you would be happy to drive .

 I live in Pontypridd , so can help if you don't have anyone else for advice or even a tow if necessary 

Ken

Dont forget , use your nose when looking at older vans . If it smells damp , then it probably is damp . If it smells of dogs then there have been dogs in it a lot,  which is a smell that can be difficult to remove . Beware of vans that are displayed with open doors & roof vents ! If you have a damp meter , use it all over the van top & bottom corners & around all windows & doors