Buying T7 California Beach Camper

[thatsnotmynaim]

Oh yes how weird, kind of defeats half the point of it really....

 

[2haw]

One thing to be aware of is that the Hybrid beach camper is only available as a four seater. It's not very clear on the configurator unless you check the interior pictures.

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Oh yeah. Thanks. That rules that out then!
Typical useless VW information!
The brochure and configurator doesn’t give any other larger wheel options for the Beach but if you choose the 18”winter tyres, it makes you add an 18” wheel, so larger wheels are possible. Shame it only lets you have the Anthracite finish though.

 

[Rhauri]

No but I looked at the back (from boot) and front (from behind seats) of the unit and whilst from the back it looks like the electrics that take up a 3rd of the space are separate to the kitchen, if you look at it all from behind the seats it’s more like 50:50 and more like one unit. So can’t be removed without removing the electric hookup and inverter which is probably wired to the van so it can be charged from the engine..
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Good to know this.
I hope it's not true, as for me I like my current 2021 Beach as it means very limited extra weight from a kitchen & cupboard, but when we pull up, easy to pop the pop top, reverse the front seats ....
Up to us if we pop the rear shelf in to make downstairs a bed too.

So plenty of room for surf boards, dogs etc.
I don't want half the rear 'boot' area taken up by a kitchen unit we'll not use (a JetBoil to make hot drinks, heat soup is plenty for us).

 

[thatsnotmynaim]

I don’t think you sensibly can without voiding warranty, even if you could / did as it forms part of the downstairs bed it would mean you can no longer use that, unless you fashion a new rear deck. The easiest way I’d say is if you could somehow get the T7 Beach Tour parts from outside the uk, but it would mean new inverter housing (and perhaps inverter / battery / wiring) then new rear bed deck as the tour has the deck and table sideways (like the Ocean) and the Beach Camper it’s longways.

In our old T6.1 we also used to be able to put our dogs folding travel crate sideways between the front seats and bed, in the T7 the gap is much smaller, just enough to stand on and leave your shoes, not sure where the dog can go now?!?

 

[FamCamping]

I don’t think you sensibly can without voiding warranty, even if you could / did as it forms part of the downstairs bed it would mean you can no longer use that, unless you fashion a new rear deck. The easiest way I’d say is if you could somehow get the T7 Beach Tour parts from outside the uk, but it would mean new inverter housing (and perhaps inverter / battery / wiring) then new rear bed deck as the tour has the deck and table sideways (like the Ocean) and the Beach Camper it’s longways.

In our old T6.1 we also used to be able to put our dogs folding travel crate sideways between the front seats and bed, in the T7 the gap is much smaller, just enough to stand on and leave your shoes, not sure where the dog can go now?!?

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Hi,
Not really a question about the kitchen, but as we are waiting for our Cali now, and you already use it for some time. Is there any space for porta potty in the Beach now?
Thanks for your help

 

[thatsnotmynaim]

Depends where you want to keep it, there’s the obvious but only main space in the boot, it’s ~1m deep and accessible from the van if you pull the seat in front of it forward or remove the seat altogether (perhaps just travelling with 4seats), if we travel with our dog we sometimes remove the centre rear seat as that leaves a nice gap. Also this weekend I discovered the big draw below the cooker is fully removeable, pull it nearly all the way out, press 2 clips and then pull out altogether. Cooker still works fine with lower drawer removed.