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olley · Campsite DB Admin

Hi I can only tell you about our brave and the reasons for buying it, never having owned another I am biased. Laughing

Engine wise its got a 8.1 V8 GM vortex which according to stateside tuning is bomb-proof, MPG is about 10 and 7.5 towing I have had LPG conversion done, and on a recent trip it did 220 miles on 160Litres of LPG towing the micra on trailer. I usually keep up with the lorries.

Maintenance cost are: change oil and filter every 3000-4000 miles (filters are £15.00 each stateside tuning) a little plug, Laughing

grease up. nothing much else till you reach 100,000 miles

Powerwise I don't think you will find any RV underpowered unless you like to cruise at the ton Laughing

On the A14 last year I was going uphill pulling the trailer with the micra on doing 75mph. having been used to a diesel the quietness and high driving position makes you think your going slower than you really are.

Its 30' foot long basement model with twin slides with a max weight of 9.25 tons, which gives nearly 2 tons of payload. Some of the smaller (like mine) RV's are being downrated from over 8 tons by the dealers to 7.5 tons, which can seriously reduce the payload.

Unless you have slides on a 30' imho you will find it cramped and there will be a lack of wardrobe space in the bedroom.

Never had any probs. with campsites but we have only had it a year, so early days, but if we bought again I wouldn't worry about getting a longer one now.

I don't agree with Zaskar about going back to a european, there's just to much comfort in an RV that you can't get from the smaller european's Most have full sized showers, Beds ect. I put the dinette slideout and then sit my sunlounger in the middle, when its cold and we are not going out, magic telly in front drink to hand chillllllllllllllllll outtttttttttttt.

Olley

LC1962

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