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Hello my name is Andy and at the moment we own a Caravan but i am looking to buy a Motor home in the next 12 months, we want to tour abroad for a few weeks at a time so i think a motor home will be better for this. In this country we only seem to use sites near things (pubs) so never use the car, now what should i buy a left hand drive or right hand drive?
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I would always go RHD, but its a personal thing. I think RHD would be easier to sell on at a later date.
Go and have a look at Todds, they are near to you (and me) they wont mind you just having a nosey, with no pressure. They may even do a deal on your Caravan
We also owned caravans (and tents and trailer tents) and I find that motorhomes have been instrumental in pandering to my "nomadic" holiday style. With a trailer, I arrived on site and stayed for several days. With the MH (no toad - a car pulled along behind - "towed") I drive off the site on a morning and think "do I want to come back tonight?". Often the answer is no, so we move on and find a new venue.
LHD or RHD? I've never used LHD and often think it would be easier to be on the "wrong" side in a country that I know and am familiar with, than use RHD and be on the wrong side in strange lands with complex signage and unusual rules. However, RHD has never proved a problem, except after 6months in Spain when I flashed and hooted at an idiot coming towards me in my lane, before realising I was on the wrong side of the road.
OK, I have a wife who keeps a look out for approaching vehicles if I need to do a quick overtake, but I'm on holiday - do I really need to get past? She's also good on awkward junctions and to tell me that the inside lane is clear at roundabouts, but I could invest £20 on a mirror - I'm sure that would be cheaper in the long run but......
I haven't found driving abroad to be any great problem. The major difference is that the MH is longer, wider, higher, slower, but that applies in UK also.
Ultimately, find a reliable base-vehicle with a layout which you like at a price you can afford. Then enjoy.
Thanks for your replys must admit i was thinking of right hand drive and we have looked at a lot of motorhomes the two in the lead at the moment are Dethleffs Magic Edition I - SG with rear lounge or the Hymer with a rear lounge
Welcome to the site, you are following in many people's tyre tracks by moving on from caravan to motorhome - including ours.......
LHD or RHD? The answer really depends on how long in each place....
if you are going to live in the UK and use it for rare trips even if for 3 weeks at a time then RHD works if you want to use it in the UK too.
If you are never going to use it in the UK then LHD might be preferable if you are ONLY going to use in Europe........ but it is much harder and more expensive to buy LHD in the UK as there are fewer around. They are also not so easy to sell in the UK, they are also more expensive to insure in the UK.
Really it is swings and roundabouts.......
Have you thought about hiring a LHD for when you want one? It is quite possible to hire in e.g. France for when you need it - Mr Google has loads of links to hire companies near the ferry ports.
Like others have said using a RHD is OK in Europe (perhaps not ideal for overtaking), but there are many ways round that and it is meant to be a holiday so take 5 seconds longer and don't bother to overtake.
Thanks for your replys must admit i was thinking of right hand drive and we have looked at a lot of motorhomes the two in the lead at the moment are Dethleffs Magic Edition I - SG with rear lounge or the Hymer with a rear lounge
Andy
Hi Andy and welcome. I prefer driving a RHD in France to driving LHD when we have hired cars abroad. We have a Hymer with a rear lounge and are really taken with it.
Good Luck with your search.
Colin&Shirley
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With a van I think RHD can have an advantage abroad. You always end up down narrow roads and RHD allows you to get much closer to hedges or walls when passing oncoming traffic.
Overtaking usually isnt a problem as your quite high up and can see over cars and small vans
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LHD or RHD? The answer really depends on how long in each place....
........ but it is much harder and more expensive to buy LHD in the UK as there are fewer around. They are also not so easy to sell in the UK, they are also more expensive to insure in the UK.
Dave
Hi Andy and welcome.
My experienceis different from Penguin's.
We bought a LHD in Germany, but if we'd bought new in UK at the time we would have avoided a supplement for the RHD version.
We went with LHD because we intended to spend most of our travelling time abroad - last year, 10 months out of 12. I've managed to cover the blind spot on hard left junctions with the use of a mirror that sits in the 'cradle' of the existing RH wing mirror, along with my rear mirror cranked to a really odd angle and me stretching my neck a lot!
We're happy we went LHD.
We insure with Dolmen's in Dublin and they have no supplement for LHD.
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However, RHD has never proved a problem, except after 6months in Spain when I flashed and hooted at an idiot coming towards me in my lane, before realising I was on the wrong side of the road. 
