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Thank you so much - this is exactly the sort of feedback that I was looking for and so helpful. I'm definately leaning towards the Euramobil - don't think we can go far wrong with it.
As mentioned above Euramobil servicing has had a bit of a question mark lately but two points are worth considering.
Johns Cross motorhomes and Chelston Motorhomes have both indicated on this forum that they will be more than willing to take servicing/repairs etc although they would not be able to carry out warranty work as not officially EM dealers. The second point is that the base vehicle is easy to find a dealer for (Fiat or Merc) and most of the equipment inside is standard to all sorts of makes e.g. Truma, Omnistor,Thetford, Dometic, Surflo pumps etc etc so all of those items should present no problems. Even the electrics are apparentely made by an Italian company that supplies various makes of motorhomes. (Cant, remember the make now).
I think the new EM equivalent prices are in the region of £80,000
I think all you can do is look at both makes and models and make your own choice based on what appeals to you. I think they are both well made motorhomes.
Regards, dave
Just found an 866 on the web. I see its a twin rear wheel axle (Not Tag) and 8.6M long which is little more than my 810. Mine has an electric front windscreen blind and all cab windows are double glazes. I suspect the 866 is the same. I have not had any problems with the length. I see its got over 1000 Kg,s of payload. Very useful, no worries there of overloading.
Hi, we have a Eura Mobil 666hb A Class on a Mercedes chassi with the sprintshift gearbox, we wanted a rear wheel drive and fully winterised van and it fit the bill perfect, we are really happy with ours. Bob.
Chudders - was there a price on the Eura on the web and what age was it? I'm finding it so hard to do a like for like price as there are so few out there.
Bob - good to hear that you're happy with your motor - it all is sounding very positive for the euramobil.
You have obviously identified a couple of good manufacturers and I am sure you will not go wrong. EuraMobil was on my list, although I ended up with a N+B. The market in these quality MHs is small so go for what suits you and is available.
After years of looking for a motorhome, never seen anything else in the same price range as Eura Mobils so well built, the reason our first MH was a Eura. (pre 2006 models I refer to)
Lift the habitation seats on a lot of motorhomes and they are flimsy slats. Do the same on Euras and they are made of thick, solid ply.
Follow the cabling/piping on Euras and they are neatly trunked/clipped. Look under some and the cables/pipes are thrown in.
The insulation on Euras is as good as if not better than the Hymers of the time.
Eura furniture was framed with solid real wood. Shame they used hardboard for the facias and have now moved on to furniture board.
Beds and foams good quality
Seating strong and well upholstered
Flooring Strong as are roofs
Hobby I am not so familiar with but the pre 2006 ones I saw seemed extremely good quality too.
We looked at quite a few Euramobil tag vans before we bought our Frankia. The quality seemed good, but they all had small fridges and we wanted a large one. Also we prefer a van that the bed over the luton folds up which the Eura did not have. I know they may seem quite small details but my gamily needs a large fridge and I have back problems that would be made worse by having to bend to det through to the cab.
Look around and dont just stick to 2 manufacturers, although we did remove Burstner from our search list because every van we looked at had broken handles, furniture etc. We looked at one Hobby, it had a bathroom with a sliding wall, this van also had plastic parts broken on doors etc.
N & B, Frankia and Carthago do seem to have a top build quality, but this does reflect in the prices.
Thank you for your comments. We certainly haven't ruled out other manufacturers as we've looked at most makes and models of motorhome over the past year but it's the inside configuration of the Euramobil and the Hobby that has made us narrow it down to these two vans. Plus, like you, we've found some makes of van seem to have a number of faults, such as broken fittings, before they've even been driven out of the dealer's forecourt!
A large fridge isn't an issue for us as there is only 2 of us and there is a drop down bed in the Eura which will only be used if family join us for a holiday.
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