Adria Twin arrived! Forums

b6x

re: Fiamma Awning.... received this email from Glenn at AgentFiamma:-

The fitting kit (98655-745) attaches to the mounting points where the roof rack would normally be mounted. If you have a long wheelbase vehicle, you will need to get 2 kits as the F65 370 will need 3 mounting points. If it's a short wheelbase, you'll just need the one kit. The awning would then be the F65 320. You will also only need 1 kit.

Sounds good to me! Think I'll be placing an order for one of them soon.

Ta,
Steve

jtrevan

G'day Folks,

Am new to this forum but not to motorhomes. Have had various wagons in the last 10 years. My new purchase is a 2007 Adria twin, picked it up from Chelston 2 weeks ago and am absolutely chuffed.
Had a cursory sleep over to make sure all was good.
Not sure where the MMM report was coming from, all the issues that were raised just really don't seem applicable to the van I picked up !!!
I am having a proper oven fitted which means that I will lose one of the kitchen drawers, for me a small price to pay when the gain is being able to cook casseroles etc...
The only other addition I am currently looking into is a freestanding awning. I don't know if any other members have had any experience of awnings with this vehicle and any recommendations would be well received.
I have been looking at the Outdoor Revolution Movelite and Movelite XL , and also the Khyam motordome.
Anyway, I just really wanted to say that I like my new van.

Jon.

Steamdrivenandy

Welcome john
I'm totally envious of you with the new Twin.
Did you trade in another wagon or buy straight? If the latter did you get any discount etc?
What colour did you get, I've still to see a red or blue on in the metal.
I'd be interested to know if a Motordome fits as well 'cos we use one on our Tranny. It clips OK to the roof gutter and they do say it'll clip to the groove on the front of our Fiamma F1 awning but I've never been able to get it secured properly.
Whenever I've seen a new Twin I've forgotten to examine the guttering. From photos it looks as if there's a piece above the side door and then one higher up along the whole roof length. That may be a bit high for a standard Motordome. Not sure.
The Motordome is fine as a tent and erects quickly and dependably initially, but takes an age if you want to peg out all the guys etc, there's loads of 'em.
We only take it with us if we're going to be in one place more than one night, otherwise it's not worth the time taken to get it up and secured.

b6x

Jon,

Hi and welcome. Glad to hear of another happy Twin owner... makes me a little more relieved about the choice we've made. Should be getting it towards the end of this month hopefully Smile

Be interested to hear how you get on installing an oven, and the model installed. We were told by a dealer that they'd tried for another customer, but the depth of the kitchen unit was too shallow to fit in a deeper fitting oven.

A missing oven was the only thing that we had reservations of before signing on the dotted line.

As a seperate issue, why a freestanding awning? Personal choice or just not considered a fixed one? Not really thought of freestanding before but guess it makes a bit of sense.

Regards,
Steve

tramp

hi all,
we too have the new van had it 3 weeks now great, mmm report up to usual criitasism unfounded of coarse but they seem to moan about every van they test Rolling Eyes

ares had a status digital arial fitted and is great also had a omnistore side awning fitted no probs either. ref oven try the new dometic ovens they are the same size as smev but much better we are having one sent from germany " the land were everthing is possible" we run our tv via a inverter fromk the rear.
as for the carpets we bought and fitted our own the btm cuboard has space to be liffted just reposision the hindge and adjust the door locks Laughing

we so one at the slovenian motorhome show in apeil at Ljubljana so went to the factory for a look great people and place.
t
tramp

check out the updated web site.

b6x

Looks good. You must be well pleased. I'm so looking forward to ours.
*Should* be on the way from the factory very soon.

Would be interested to hear how you get on installing the oven too... it's definately something we'd look into. How'd you find the Omnistor awning too? I am currently torn between an Omnistor 6002 annodised and a Fiamma F65 Titanium, but really not sure which one to go for. Does the Ominstor also fit without drilling?

Would be very interested in some close up shots of your awning installed from the front and side... if you ever get time. Smile

In fact, lots of things to still sort out... awning, TV aerial, TV, colour coding front bumper, new alarm, cycle rack, cab side-door Remis blinds... ahh, the joys of owning a motorhome.

We also have the fitted carpets installed and were worried about the MMM comment of it fouling the bottom drawer... glad it's sortable - is that something you did yourself?

Thanks in advance,
Steve

nicp01

Hi
We have just had a fiamma 65 top 370 awning put on our adria (may07)twin all ok (leisuretechservices).. also retro fitted a toad and an aerial..
We have carried at different times an upright freezer stood upright, a double bed on its side....8 pallets for firewood in the under bed space with the bed up.. 2 lafuma rsx plus cases of wine..
The 2.2 diesel flies and returned 29mpg at 75 in france earlier this year, best one Ive ever driven..and so quiet...
I have autoglymed the body and apart from the bad finishing on edges of the stick ons ( I suspect they'll pull off in time) its fine.. but nobody waves anymore we're a white van now....
I dont like the toilet its too high up and we use a footstool!!
Wife wants more hanging space and fridge is small
there is no middle stop on our door but I'm looking for one, fiat locally didnt have any but they had the mudflaps - not cheap...
I dont like the length I keep driving over kerbs on corners but I'll get used to it and it sticks out 1m in car parks, couldnt park on the front at biarritz....better with a 5m
but I love the bed, so I'm keeping it, I thought once I was at home when I woke up
Peter

b6x

nicp01

a quick reply, the awning doesnt need drilling, the brackets for the fiat ducato 2006 onwards are available separately.... I climbed up yesterday to polish it to seal the metal and it looks fairly simple to fit, youd need 2 to lift it tho and hold it whilst tightening the screws

I'll photo when I get home, I cant remember the exact version of aerial will post that later too, I bought an in line scart ( cigarette packet size) sticks in the back of my 19in tv ( I keep that flat on a blanket in the storage locker above the cab) picked up all the freeview channels great reception mind you I can see winter hill from my drive...
regards
Peter
is it possble to walk on the roof it seems fairly solid?? or better still send the wife up