I was quite excited when Lady Nasher wanted me to look at a Vehicle she'd found online advertised as being 'Rosso Red', but was a little disappointed it's this, not 916 Era Ducati Red: Anyway, deposit paid, but for various reasons we're not collecting for @6-8weeks. A short game of 'guess what it is' might be fun.
Sadly none of the above. It's a very unusual colour for its ilk, and is not beautiful in any conventional sense. But in it's own way, crucially, very practical and comfortable. It will definitely effect the boys inheritance, so they are up for borrowing it.
It's got one of these: One of these: And a comfortable place to sleep or sit with the doors open facing the beach: Go on, laugh at us:
And while Lady Nasher isn't looking I'll find a way to make one of the rear sofa/beds removeable and add some tie-downs so I can transport the odd motorcycle about:
Install a towing hitch at the rear, then you can transport bikes ( or anything else) by trailer. No messing up the interior.
in the inside view, it looks much longer than from the outside. maybe the angle in photo foreshortens it. how much bigger than a typical vw is it?
It's based on an XL length Ducato, so 6.35M. We particularly wanted lengthways full size rear beds that can be used as singles or make up into a proper sized double with the infills added.
That's very posh. Nice colour too . We leave some clothes and basic food in our van so if the weather is nice, home from work Friday night , straight in the van and away . Only have to get an hours drive away for the odd night and it feels like a real break away . Now you have bought it you have to make sure you use it. Enjoy.
Installing a tow hitch will be one of the first things I do to it, along with adding a second 'House' battery, but I've never been happy with bike trailers. I know many people do many miles with one, but I'd rather a bike being transported is tucked up inside a van. When Lady Nasher and myself are away together it's really unlikely I'd be taking a bike, but it would be nice to think I could pick up a purchased project bike in it. I'm not against towing, I've done thousands of miles over the years with my boat on a trailer behind my various 4x4s, and hire trailers of different sizes quite often to move stuff about. Though if I do need to tow something I'm sure my weapon of choice will be my Land Rover, not the Van, but it would be great to have the option if required.
Thanks Jez It will be a few weeks before we collect it for various reasons, but we've got several places we're considering for a first trip.
Hey Kato A Rolling road block at the very least I'd like to imagine We particularly wanted a Van based MH not a Coachbuilt with a big box on the back to keep the width down which should help. I'm working on the premise that we can go anywhere a delivery van can. I did have to compromise on my initial requirement for 4x4 due to the massive additional cost for one with it of a similar age and low miles. This one, or should I say 'our one', is 4yrs old, was ordered new with the unusual colour and most options boxes ticked, then only used sparingly. It only has @8500 miles on it.
