Adios Adria
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2017
- Time to say goodbye to my 2018 Adria Adora 613DT Isonzo,, but before I do I show off the bed and how I upgraded the water system using a Whale Pump.
For more info about the Whale Pump upgrade, please see Dan Trudgian's brilliant video about it:
• Whale Pump EP1642 upgr...
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Oh Andrew, such a bitter sweet post. I'm so glad you were able to try out the Adria. The new pump worked a treat. I loved the pictures at the end. Cheers.
Hi Andrew, Its very easy to gain an attachment to an immanent object that provides us with so much, shelter, our home, etc,...
Very charming vlog as is the norm. It's this personal touch you Sir are so good at, a joy to view, great fun, and of course, Dougal!
Thanks
Cheers Bob!
Aww, good-bye, Adria! I love the light quality in that caravan.
'The Winner Takes it all' made me smile, nicely done :)
Thank you for your wonderful review, absolutely love this caravan xx
8:22 - just about my favourite clever edit of all your videos!
Thanks for the video. For your info on the truma water pump the blue bit of plastic flips open to give you an attachment to hold the pump. I didn't realize until I had seen Dan's video. After the pipe coming off three times I have replaced it with the Whale pump, a much better prospect. Thanks for the film on passing the bottom of the bed.
6 weeks and I never knew about the flip-out attachment... but the Whale is a better beast, simply because someone has THOUGHT about it!
Great series of write ups on the pros, and cons, of something different.
Thanks also for the heads up on Skerryvore, got to see them last Sat., great gig.
Cheers John! Glad you got to see the Skerries... such a great bunch of blokes, so talented and so friendly too!
Well it's taken a while but we're finally buying our first caravan. A second hand swift belonging to a friend. You and Mr Trudgian have a lot to answer for ;-)
Yay! Welcome to the Dark Side! We have cake ;@)
Waited in all day for you to drop that off and it never arrived. Great review as always
Keep doing those Euromillions!
Enjoyed all of your honest reviews on the good and not so good of the Adria Andrew. Not too shabby a caravan to spend some time living in, that's for sure. That Whale pump looks the business. I had already watched Dans video on it.
Right, lets get on with autumn and winter living in the Airstream then. Well by that I mean, you do the living and I'll enjoy the videos.....lol. You and Dougal take care now....................Andy.
Cheers Andy!
It's always sad to say goodbye to something one enjoys.
I have a queen bed in my 2016 RV.
Nice not making the couch into a bed every time.
Enjoy your Airstream!
1.Duvalay will supply a topper cut to size. 2. Turn your aqua roll on it side and put pump in side entry lowering the height of hose.
Your onto something there I think! Lets have a top ten Caravan Olympic Sports suggestion list people.
Welcome back to Airstream’s fan base.
just got the same wagon and im happy that the water runs slow, this way it will last much longer....
Doohal is a sweetheart.
Curious as to whether there is enough pipe on the original pump to do an overhand loop (Straight out of the top of the tank, loop back over the tank, then run parallel to the tank top to the caravan connection) to eliminate the kink. Similar to highway ramps.
It is a lovely caravan. I don't blame you for getting attached. Still, there were problems you couldn't fix, like the plugs.
Back to the Airstream.
Now which one does Dougal like best? That's the real question.
Love, love, love it.
Thanks Carol!
I've been following you since mai/june, I guess. The only thing I've to say until now (and that includes everything I want to say): If I were a caravan-brand, I would make a very simple deal with you! In the end result you will never have a problem with a fixed bed for you and Dougle! ;-)
Thanks for your vote of confidence Roger! I'm hoping to try out some different new vans soon... as long as the manufacturers are confident in their products to let me have them!
You're welcome Andrew.
It really is a lovely van, thanks for the reviews of it. In a way I can't help but laugh as all of our Australian vans have inbuilt water tanks and seeing the rollaways that you use is somewhat comical (please don't take offense). However, all of our van parks have water at every site so we can connect mains water directly to the van. We use the water in the tanks when wild camping (we call it free camping) which we do a lot. The downside of inbuilt water tanks means more weight and the ground clearance is higher than UK and European vans.
No one would buy a vans without inbuilt water tanks here as that's how"normal" they have become.
Cheers! Some vans have inboard tanks but that's mainly for freezing weather use. Very few sites have water to each pitch, hence the Aquaroll!
It may be goodbye Adria.....but that means HELLO AIRSTREAM 😁😁😁😁😁🍾
What is Dougal's rating of the Adria Adora Isonzo on a 1 - 5 doggie bark scale? 🐕🐶🐩🐅🐾
It has central heating, it has a comfy sofa, and it has a warm bed. And no nasty wet outdoor shower to wash him down after walkies! So 5/5 from Dougal! ;@)
I hope you can try out van conversion and motorhomes
Fingers crossed... I would like to and will be approaching companies to do so soon.
Great video. Did you enjoy the adria enough to trade the airstream in? Keep up the good work
Not...*quite!*
great vid mate . on the water pump problem ! what if you flipped the butt on it's side (you'd have to chock it to stop rolling away) then angle of pipe would be straight?
Dogknob1 . It doesn't help. I had the same problem on my Lunar and put the aqua roll on its side. The pump just ran constantly. The Whale pump is 100% better.
Michael Vincent aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh don't mention the L word we're just having a nightmare with our brand new Clubman ☹️ 🔫
Dogknob1 oh no. Hope it gets sorted. But get the whale pump, it's one less problem.
Hi Andrew, could you tell me the size of your Airstream plz? You said in one episode that you'd choose maneurability over size any day (something like that). Airstream Europe now has 21, 23 and 26 foot trailers, would you go for the smallest one? That one has smaller fridge, basically no wardrobe... I'm thinking of going for the 23 or 26 foot, how much of a problem do you think those sizes would be for one person to handle? I'd greatly appreciate a quick comment
Things are very different here in the UK where we have 17ft Airstreams (like mine) you can manoeuvre by hand thanks to lower nose (tongue) weights, jockey wheels, and the ability to fit a motor mover. Check out my video on Solo Caravanning for more details, cheers!
+Andrew Ditton Thanks, I will!
I get attached too. I loved that bed, though. It looked very practical and comfy. You must be glad to see you Airstream. I'm sure it missed you!
I was only in the Airstream one night before the next loan caravan...coming next week!
Thing is which one does Dougal like in preference?
The Adria. The fixed bed is an extra place to kip in the daytime.
Haha LOL, love the ABBA reference. Very clever!
Well spotted Rene! A pity I didn't have any mustard yellow paint ;@)
True ABBA fans! Greeting from Colorado and a fellow R̶V̶e̶r̶, err I mean Caravanner.
Ooooh ADRIA is a Good caravan but airstream is very beatiful
hi andrew, what type of dog id dugle please
He is mainly Jack Russell with a hint of border collie we think.
I was hoping for the full "One Of Us" with you getting the paint roller out and putting up pictures.
I was all out of yellow paint and blue eyeshadow...
I can understand the lack of paint in a caravan, but not having the full Autumn range of Sasharelle in a suede effect poshette is unforgivable.
Hi Andrew - Just wondering how Dougal is?
Still not smiling! ;)
Great video.........but..........which one ? Chose !!!
Neither. You'll have to wait till the next vlog ;@)
Is that guy really using the stabiliser to hold back the caravan at 9:39? I would not be pleased if that were my van...
I never realised that filling a cup with water under timed conditions was a spectator sport. It is now!!
Next week is synchronised Wastemaster Emptying, followed by formation Aquaroll Filling! ;@)
To bad, so sad, all that handy storage gone. And a fixed bed. That new pump was great. Extra snuggles and kisses from Dougal should help. As long as you don't hose him off with the outdoor shower for a few days. Lol
Yep, he loved the fact there was no outdoor shower! ;@)
The charming Ray crashed the bleeding van !!!! 9:55
Put your aqua roll on it’s side, it won’t move on gravel.
No audio issues here
I think the earlier (deleted) comment was before the upload had had a chance to settle.
Those men who took the caravan off your hands just bashed it into the other caravan in the shed. You cut the video as one of them went round to see if there was any damage.
That's what it looked like... it was actually just the force of the handbrake on the caravan travelling backwards that caused the nose to lurch up. No damage done - I think!
Lol!!
You're not the only one who gets ridiculously attached to caravans & motorhomes. I'm the same - and it's the same when I have to part with vehicles as well. Daft aren't we? 🙄
Yep. But I always argue that buying a caravan/moho is as much an emotional purchase as it is rational.
Andrew as you are going to USA to check out their RVs I thought I would put you onto another fulltime RV couple who left the rat race and are involved in making a film about the RV life, their site is RV Love.com (Marc & Julie) this couple will be able to give you the whole package about the life as they do a lot of research, visit RV builders plus its their job/company these days, now the other side of the scale about enjoying the life is The Motorhome Experiment, this couple (Paul & Lorena) sold their brick & sticks and have travelled a lot of USA already, at present they are in Canada but they will answer your questions, hope this helps you, just a bit of information for you, both their channels are also on CZcams, you know what American's, well legal people who reside in the USA are like with cameras. Hope this helps you with your next quest. I must say I used to enjoy caravans in my younger days but we still have a problem in the UK and that is live boards unless you buy from overseas UK ones tend to be to cold, still you should be happy with your Airstream. Safe travels my friend, I liked your DusselVlogs and this van you tested
Thanks a lot Mike, some great leads there. I really need to start formulating a plan so I will put a plan in place soon. Thanks a lot!
No problems Andrew, anything to help, depending on when you are going don't forget the snowbirds travel south for the winter months although I'm not quite sure how that's going to happen this year as hurricanes Harvey and Irma have made Texas & Florida a disaster area, not forgetting an earthquake in Mexico, but with their resolve I'm sure they will be on the case to be open ASAP, myself I'm lucky to contact these people RV & Sail/Motor boat people also people building their house from scratch off grid by CZcams and their home page. Good Luck with your missions and Safe Travels to you and Himself that never smiles.
mmmmmmmmmmmm still think i might fancy a missouri
Yep, I think I would too.
Gu dearbh, tha e math a bhith beò!
Tha sin ceart gu leòr!
you will never have same comfort in the other cramped wagon..... ur soooo in denial..... :-)
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Funny video 😂
Why are you selling it if it is a brilliant as you stated?
It was loan caravan while my Airstream was in for repair.