
Eber123
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Hello,
I must admit I didn't read all posts of this thread so please forgive me if I repeat something.
4x years we had the Ocean and changed in 2021 to the GC 600. After 66000 km and a few tours (last year Scandinavia and Balticum and this year Rumania) we started to talk about changing the camper.
Why?
Even there are only 2 of us (and a little dog) spending 6x weeks in the GC 600 can create a wish to have a bit more place (and length wise beds).
So we checked a wee bit what campers are available in ROI, that are a bit bigger and based on a Crafter or a Sprinter.
There where only a few campers that might be of interest. But changing to a different camper would mean we have to pay something between EUR 75.000 and EUR 100.000 on top of the trade-in for the GC 600.
Why are they so expensive?
First we are looking for a (bit) bigger camper preferably on a Sprinter with automatic transmission. This lifts the price tag a lot. In other words if we are looking for something better as the GC 600 we have to pay a lot.
Also, in our case, there is no motorhome dealer in the greater Dublin area. All dealers are at least 120 km away from us. Even a high quality motorhome (eg Carthago) will have some issues in the first year. I am sure the dealer will look after this, saying leave the camper with us and collected in about 2 days. Which would leave me stranded in the Limerick area or Northern Ireland. In comparison our VW dealer is 26 km away from us.
There are many more things to consider but we agreed that we keep our GC 600 until we can't drive anymore and use the money instead to travel and get the most out of the camper.
Regards,
Eberhard
I must admit I didn't read all posts of this thread so please forgive me if I repeat something.
4x years we had the Ocean and changed in 2021 to the GC 600. After 66000 km and a few tours (last year Scandinavia and Balticum and this year Rumania) we started to talk about changing the camper.
Why?
Even there are only 2 of us (and a little dog) spending 6x weeks in the GC 600 can create a wish to have a bit more place (and length wise beds).
So we checked a wee bit what campers are available in ROI, that are a bit bigger and based on a Crafter or a Sprinter.
There where only a few campers that might be of interest. But changing to a different camper would mean we have to pay something between EUR 75.000 and EUR 100.000 on top of the trade-in for the GC 600.
Why are they so expensive?
First we are looking for a (bit) bigger camper preferably on a Sprinter with automatic transmission. This lifts the price tag a lot. In other words if we are looking for something better as the GC 600 we have to pay a lot.
Also, in our case, there is no motorhome dealer in the greater Dublin area. All dealers are at least 120 km away from us. Even a high quality motorhome (eg Carthago) will have some issues in the first year. I am sure the dealer will look after this, saying leave the camper with us and collected in about 2 days. Which would leave me stranded in the Limerick area or Northern Ireland. In comparison our VW dealer is 26 km away from us.
There are many more things to consider but we agreed that we keep our GC 600 until we can't drive anymore and use the money instead to travel and get the most out of the camper.
Regards,
Eberhard