Dealership rang, offered to swap my van! Sanity check please

[CC44853]

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Terrible photo I know. It looks so sharp tho!

 

[willwander]

Terrible photo I know. It looks so sharp tho!

Looks good from any angle. Love the colour.

 

[Jay586]

I want to take my awning off...

Looks good. Pov spec Coast owner.

 

[andyinluton]

Terrible photo I know. It looks so sharp tho!

Looks good - did you take off the awning or realise it didn't have one?

 

[CC44853]

Looks good - did you take off the awning or realise it didn't have one?

I take it off outside summer. It's easy to do as long as you have somewhere to store it!

 

[Jay586]

I take it off outside summer. It's easy to do as long as you have somewhere to store it!

Do you need any special tools? Are they spline bolts? This should be a separate post, probably...

 

[DaveVancouver]

Who cares why it was returned? I wouldn't expect a straight answer in any case. It's comes with a 2 year warantee, which is probably worth at least another 5K.

 

[CC44853]

Do you need any special tools? Are they spline bolts? This should be a separate post, probably...

No I just use a single T30 bit on a racket with extension from this neat kit I keep in the van:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HY7LV6E/?tag=vwcalifornia-21

All explained here:

T6.1 - Removing the Awning

Hi Peeps I want to remove the awning on my T6.1 Ocean. I never use it, so it's a drag in every sense of the word. There have been several threads about this, and there is a video () that I will follow, so I'm happy with how to go about it. What I need to know, and can't find anywhere, is the...

vwcaliforniaclub.com

 

[Jay586]

My birthday tomorrow, wee pressie to self time. Thanks.

 

[DevillBelgium]

My birthday tomorrow, wee pressie to self time. Thanks.

Happy Birthday

 

[Lambeth Cali]

I keep coming back here hoping to hear why someone might have returned / sold their van after only 300 miles, seems an odd thing to do and is quite interesting.
But all there is is a pointless arguement about roofs instead ... boring.

I went to look at a van at VWCampersales but my wife was pregnant, wouldn’t get out of bed so by the time we arrived someone else was test driving it and bought it. Two days later it came up for sale again and I bought it. The guy who changed his mind then contacted me to suggest the van had problems. These were all known by Campersales and fixed before I collected it. Mine for 13 years now.

The chap went on to buy a new one. Then I think a few months later he sold that. He was what I would impolitely call “a bit of a berk”.

From what I remember the reason he sold the new van was his wife didn’t enjoy the campervan experience. The foundation, not to be taken for granted, of all California ownership is a willing wife*.

*or husband, or partner, and family.

 

[Wondering Star]

Right place at the right time.
I sold my Cali in Sept 2020 and was keen to view and possibly buy a Hymer Grand Canyon. Stock was short, vehicles were being purchased prior to arriving at the dealership.
Expressed an interest in a vehicle coming into Campersales and requested a call back when in stock, I did get a call but unfortunately it was sold to a customer prior to arrival.
However a few days later Rob from Campersales phoned and suggested that the sale may fall through.
The reason being the new owner hadn't realised the vehicle had leather trim and being a VEGAN, he requested a trim swop be but as Rob said what with?
The original sale collapsed, the next day we purchased, sometimes you are just lucky.

 

[Amarillo]

The foundation, not to be taken for granted, of all California ownership is a willing wife*.

I can see an attraction in buying one to be able to escape from the wife.

 

[calibusje]

Right place at the right time.
I sold my Cali in Sept 2020 and was keen to view and possibly buy a Hymer Grand Canyon. Stock was short, vehicles were being purchased prior to arriving at the dealership.
Expressed an interest in a vehicle coming into Campersales and requested a call back when in stock, I did get a call but unfortunately it was sold to a customer prior to arrival.
However a few days later Rob from Campersales phoned and suggested that the sale may fall through.
The reason being the new owner hadn't realised the vehicle had leather trim and being a VEGAN, he requested a trim swop be but as Rob said what with?
The original sale collapsed, the next day we purchased, sometimes you are just lucky.

Indeed, sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time and you can make your move. Anyway, an equally incredible story as a cali as a gift from Volkswagen because an employee retiring, but those stories just make it a little bit funnier to read, don't they?
Have fun with your campervan!

 

[sidepod]

I can see an attraction in buying one might be to escape from the wife.

I'd imagine it could well be a mutual feeling!

 

[DianeM]

I don't know anything about the money, the value or the resell value. I don't care either. That's not what my post is about at all. Just about how desirable for some a manual roof is. Very strange that a dealer asks one to trade in their coast for something that can still be bought both new and second-hand in different ages, isn't it? You would almost think that it is about the manual roof…

For me I’d never consider a manual roof, I’m too short , just put my neck out closing the tailgate

 

[calibusje]

For me I’d never consider a manual roof, I’m too short , just put my neck out closing the tailgate

Sure: small people can't do anything with it, this is logical and a good reason to go for the automatic roof. As I mentioned somewhere before, my wife can't pull the roof down either

 

[GrahamB]

I’m going back to just a mattress, even less to go wrong.

Mattress? Luxury. When I were a lad…etc etc.

 

[GrahamB]

So he had to get rid of it before he had his 19th Nervous Breakdown

Sold it back to the dealer for much less than he paid for it. Dealer said you can’t always get what you want…

 

[Anthony1]

Auto roofs are bound to fail sooner or later on any MY.

Nothing lasts forever. One day the pyramids will be gone.