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mangothemadmonk · NW Rally Co-ordinator

If there had been a Hymer in there I would have voted. There wasn't, so I didn't Wink

Johnny F

Sonesta

Sonesta

SandJ · Specs DB Admin

Have you not seen my one that is going Sue?

Steve

Oh,

And the mad Monk is not privileged to own a Swift, we don't want him in our gang either. Wink

You still could have voted Twisted Evil

Get thta button pressed on the Swift now.

Steve Wink

ingram

My vote has to be, and is, for the Autotrail. I prefer the outside appearance of the Swift with it's lowline overcab roof: I also like the internal appearance of the Swift.

What swings it for me is:-
1) The Autotrail Cheyenne 660 has what appears to be a reasonable amount of usable kitchen worktop. The Swift does not. I cannot see from the Autotrail website illustrations if the Cheyenne 660 has a fixed draining board but it does have more wrktop then the Swift.

2) Last time I compared Swift Boleros and Autotrails the Autotrail build quality surpassed Swifts by miles and miles and miles .... I have not yet had an opportunity to examine a 2008 Swift Bolero though.............

If Swift made the kitchen side lounge seat smaller and the kitchen bigger I might go for it ..... but until then ...... Autotrail.

Harvey

Annsman

We are about to get a new 660 next week but when we were looking we "narrowed down" the search to 2 vans the 680fb and the 660.

The reasons we went for the 660 were: More storage spaces inside and outside the vehicle. The 660 has 2 wardrobes, 4 draws and many lockers inside the vehicle. The bathroom had more storage and was better laid out

Outside there is the under skirt storage at the rear, a locker on the offside and the underbed external access locker door was bigger.

Because we are going long term touring and possibly full timing next year storage was the biggest factor, but the build quality was important too and the 660 seemed to be that bit more substantial. Autotrail also provide more extras too. A bigger water tank could be added, (at cost) and we got to change the fridge freezer too.

The visit to the Autotrail factory was informative and helped us decide because we could see for ourselves what went into it!

But on a purely asthetic choice the 680 was better looking and that sun window does make it seem more airy!

Hope this helps anyone with the voting!

Briarose

Just to add we spent a month in our Bolero not long ago, and we didn't find we felt cramped at all. In the fixed bed model I personally wouldn't want to loose any of the settee space to give more to the kitchen, we often cook in etc and haven't found a problem...........the only thing I do wish (nothing to do with the Bolero itself) is that if you have the oven on you also have to lift the glass lid up on the cooker, but I understand that is a safety aspect and obv more to do with that and is the same in other motorhomes too.

One thing we do love is the huge carousel under the sink and also the overhead kitchen storage you can get so much in there..............we actually find from that aspect we have more storage space in the kitchen than we ever did in our old twin axle caravan.

For two people (and two dogs) we find the Bolero is perfect for touring I am sure you will love it Steve as other Bolero owners will also confirm...............we also have a friend in Norfolk that has the Bolero and he recommended it to us before we bought ours, as soon as he showed us inside it just felt right for us.

bigbazza

I don't know which is better Steve, I just wanted to flash my avatar at you. Red Hot Evil

SandJ · Specs DB Admin

PENALTY

Oye, stop going off topic. Shocked

You need to slow it down a bit, flashes far too quick

Steve

ps

Which looks the best Motorhome?