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Woukd you ride this In the rain and how dose it do on big hills

There is a simple answer. Everything is just too expensive and higher interest rates/inflation have put pressure on the home equity cash machine. Just good old fashioned common sense. For most people, a caravan is not a necessity.

I had the same about 6 years ago on McDonald’s and Costa coffee on the Whitchurch bypass 10 minutes over and a £60 fine You are told to take a break when driving but are limited to time it’s ridiculous Keep up the blogs

Hi Andy, another great vlog, sorry about your parking fine. Regarding the CAMC , I am a member and received the email, didn't read anything into it, I assume the youtube channel you speak about was using it as click bate. For me I have stayed at around a dozen sites this year and can't speak highly enough of them, yes some are expensive, but you get all the facilities and the sites are spotless. Look forward to the book, I've gone on enough! See you soon. Conrad

Hi Andy, great vlog and I like the cover for your new book the best of luck with it. Good to hear Eldiss are bringing out new Xplore designs, there's a lot of potential in the market for lightweight vans that are good value for money. Very happy with our Xplore 554 so far no issues at all but I do understand some people are having problems. I'm looking forward to seeing your video from your visit to Eldiss. Sorry to hear of the Parking mishap, that's just taking advantage of people when they do the right thing and have a break before a long journey.

great content again. thankyou. too many different subjects to comment on (for me) but all worthy of the time .

What you need is people with lots of money which people haven't got also caravans are way over priced have been for years. Good bye to there greed .

Any news on Willerby Holiday Homes Andy ? Will they survive?

Hi Andy, I just like to say i've just found your channel ! How i have never come a cross it i don't know. Im now subscribed, so i don't miss any of your content. Firstly can i say. Don't pay the fine. Contest it again. If it went ro court you would win hands down. You say you stopped for a break as you were tired and you had some food from McDonald's. They can not put a time limit on a stay like that. Remember the saying on many motorway signs " TIREDNESS KILLS, STOP AT THE NEXT SERVICES ". So in theory they are forcing you to leave a carpark when you are tired to continue your journey. In court, they would be seen to be encouraging you to drive whilst not fit. I would definitely encourage you to look at this if you have not paid the fine yet. Absolutely loving your vlogs and i have many to watch. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Hi Andy, as a sign posted motorway service it has to allow 2 hrs free parking by law ! So you could argue that you thought this applied to the whole site and It seems you could park in there for 90 minutes and not have been a customer ? Also those parking restriction signs should be inside at food ordering points? Try calling the goole branch directly talking to manager! Always good to hear your insight and knowledge thanks 😊

Fantastic see you soon

Rather than bringing new models out and gloating about them the British manufacturers need to stop them leaking.

Car parts 😢 hopefully see you soon

25-50K to buy one, massive expensive 4x4 vehicle needed to tow them, extortionate cost of pitch fees. Years back so many people had them, bathrooms weren't required or even electrics or luxury furnishings. They were fun, cheap functional vans for affordable weekend and week long breaks towed by small family cars. The very people they were initially produced for can no longer afford them, its the same with static vans. Greed, image and self entitlement has destroyed everything.

C&MC have sadly alienated many people with their behaviour towards its so called members with everyone that speak with using their main sites far far less or not at all as won’t be taken for granted or advantage of, especially with the ever more regular increases in the membership charge on top too. They shouldn’t go bust with £100 million in the bank unless truly incompetent. They avoid full tax liabilities that we and all businesses have to pay being a ‘club’ and not a business (though it is now) and being a charity so should be coining it in. Their own self inflicted fault if not. Spending its cara and mh income on being a new Butlins for anyone with its lodges, pods, yurts and tents ignoring its core activity of decades and their often dated facilities provided isn’t helping them. Can only conclude they are frightened of EV’s and think touring is finished so diversifying to look after themselves first, second and third with its relatively new incumbents agenda drive.

New Caravans are a complete rip-off now! Also the UK Campsites are too expensive and no longer value for money when I can go for 10 days in Greece for more value for my money!

Do you have any leads as to where I can buy one of these from? Thank you!

Great review Andy, I like the cabinets they bring a nice bright airy modern feel to the van. Washroom looks a bit on small side but it has everything one needs. Probably wouldn't be a big job to replace the seating foam and you would have a nice van for a very reasonable price. Great van for families with a handy dinette that kids could use on those wet days.

Never mind.

See ya!!!

You talk of towbar prices. My electric VW bar fitted, was £1300. It is however the easiest and best bar I’ve ever experienced, especially as I get older. No need to even kneel on the floor.

Very worrying times Andy. My question to everyone is - are young families buying caravans, the way we used to.

Bought my new Phoenix from them in February fantastic service from them and van is great so far. Totally shocked when I heard

They've been ripping us off last 4 years what goes around comes around ...ps Brownhills have new evolution Eldis Vans in stock as far as you can see ..

Not bad for the Price Andy, looking forward to the coachmans.

Greed poor workmanship uncomfortable cardboard seats and uncomfortable beds poor quality furniture that falls apart overpriced tin boxes that leak Caravanning used to be a cheaper option for poorer families to get away on holiday. The prices they asking today is a joke. People can go on holiday abroad for 20 years on the money they are asking for a Caravan. Then you have the tow car, insurances,services,storage and the high cost of caravan site fees.They have effectively priced themselves out of the market. Sales of caravans boomed during and after Covid.The market was flooded with caravans. Now normal people can’t afford to Caravan. Now on top of all of that we will all need to tow with electric cars that are also priced out of reach of the majority of people on low earnings. I guess it’s bye bye to caravanning.

one piece front window. less to leak.👍👍👍👍👍. i think shipping length should be stated as most sites are working to this as caravans are getting bigger . keep the vids coming.

Great review Andy and very fair. We had the 570/6 which was a similar bunk bed layout but with the larger side washroom and much bigger dinette. IMO it is a better design than the end washroom 560. The seating upholstery is hopeless Ozio foam, I called it Owzio because it was painful to sit on for longer than 5 minutes. The dividing curtain was an optional extra but far too expensive so we didn’t bother. Other than that we found the Pursuit a superb van, it never let us down, was well built and did everything we could reasonably expected. Worth £14k of anyone’s money.

Broadland have gone into administration too

The parts manufacturers and suppliers plus dealers have gouged the market to the point that now we dont want the products at that huge price....

Hi Andrew, it may only time before a manufacturer closes down if new sales are so low. Have you had any communication with manufacturers ? We have a new coachman laser 545, we ordered it in October 23 and picked it up end of March this year. Five months of a wait so do you have any idea what will happen with production of 2025 models will that slow down as there are a lot of 2024 models not sold, or will they carry on production and hope for an upturn in sales.

Land Rover quoted 2,137 for fitting a detachable tow bar to a defender with air suspension.If I was in the market for a caravan the Mink from Iceland would be my top choice - Very cool/funky and perfect for solo caravaners

Caravans are too expensive and prices for Campervans are artificially inflated to appeal to older people who have recently retired and have spare cash to blow , Dealers wax on too much profit, I know they are a business and there to make money but new van prices are ffar too steep and the used van market is the same, we have just returned from a three week trip to Sweden, they are far less expensive for their continental vans we went to a dealership to buy gas and looked at the new vans on sale, we looked at a Kabe and a Dethleff van and they were beautifully constructed in comparison to what we get in the UK and we reckoned vans were cheaper to buy new once you did the conversion to Sterling, I would have a Kabe van over any of the new dross on offer in UK. No plans at this time to trade our older Van because we have better things to spend the money we have, for a box on wheels that we use max six trips a year.

On the plus side there will always be people who will always caravan, so keep the caravan youv got. the value will increase

I bought a Motorhome from Broadlane and sadly have to say that the handover process and aftercare was shocking,perhaps they needed to walk the talk.

Hi Andy, that's very sad news, when you think of all the jobs that are lost not to mention the local spin off to repair shops etc. Hate to see closures in any industry but being optimistic I think things will balance out and affordability will return but sadly it's going to come at the expense of small to medium sized dealerships. Looking forward to your visit to the Eldiss factory in your next video.

chin up andrew. we have seen better / different times. we dont like change. but change is nowt new,

Hi Andy, quick question I'll be in the market for a new van in the spring. Is it worth me selling my 2022 sprite in November with 6 months warranty still or part x next spring. Will probably save a couple of quid on insurance and storage also.

According to the Derbyshire Times, Robinson caravans who were taken over a couple of years ago had agreed to be paid some of the sale price over a few years. Since bankrupcy it appears they were owed over £1.000.000 and have little chance of getting anything back from their buyer.

Too many people trying to screw the public, the straw that broke the customers back! Just had a new quote for car insurance, 20yrs no claims, 6000 miles per year, and a clean licence held for 50yrs. Gone from £500 pounds to over £740 pounds, they are taking the piss.

I have had 3 New vans from Broad Lane, Alcester and Kennilworth, over the last few years. Sadly my last one, an Elegance, was a shed on wheels. The manufacturers must take their share of the blame for producing such poor quality vans but Broad Lanes PDI and Hand Over on our Elegance was particulary poor.

I am sure the whole industry will now be in a steep decline. Dealers, manufacturers and campsites. The industry has lost sight of what caravaning was all about. It’s all too expensive now and no longer value for money.

Looking to buy a caravan for 1st time .... love listening to the passion you have for the industry. Trying to read your mind about what way to go - used or new - high end or budget. Ill keep listening/watching/reading Thank you sir 👏

Broadlane Leek Wootton brother made out wanted to retire and join family in Devon when sold off to Spinney, knew staff that unhappy as their family had joined that branch giving-up their own longstanding service business only to be dumped just over a year later due to lack of demand there last year. Just leaves the family breakaway that was Broadlane on A5 that became Venture several years back as unhappy with what Alcester and Leek Wootton brothers imposed. They tried to get rid of Alcester 2 years ago by selling the business premises to Alde to manufacture from there which asked questions then.

The price of caravans should be a balance between buyer + dealer. If too few buyers are prepared/able to pay the price of a 2024 new caravan, that is because they are overpriced for what is on offer. A leaking van with issues that should be picked up on PDI rather than relying on the customer to do that inspection as he uses the van; a van that you can't book in for warranty work to put the defects right....all that is the sign of an industry digging its own grave. You are (just?) old enough to remember buying British Leyland etc cars 50 years ago - the "Friday afternoon cars", the regular faults; the Ford you might order in September to be told it would take 6 months to deliver.... I wonder why people started to buy Japanese and, more recently, South Korean vehicles with 5-7 year and 100,000 mile warranties...!!

Try taking a caravan/motorhome/campervan to another dealership for warranty repairs and im sure you will be disappointed. A work colleague has a 2019 coachman that has serious damp issues ( under warranty) and he cant even take it in till next February. And that is the supplying dealer. ( Just off the A1/M62 ) if asking a sales person when choosing a van ( either new or used ) about potential warranty repairs i wonder how honest they will be. I can't believe how much the price increases have been over the last few years. Im glad im out of it.

You’re right there Andy, had my swift icon up for sale for 3 months & nothing. I have even reduced the price 4 times but nothing. Dead in the water at moment. Hopefully it picks up soon. I don’t understand really as going abroad is now very expensive like most things.

its called going green lol! stop changing your caravan every couple years and keep it for long time and thats green ! same with cars instead of buying modern junk

"Covid has a lot to do with it..." - If you mean Dealer and Manufacturer greed has a lot to do with it, then yes I agree...