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Hi there,
New joiner to the forum. Always been a fan of VW - current own a Mk1 Golf GTI (owned for 24 years!) and many years ago had a 1974 Kombi Westfalia in the US.
Currently doing some research - want to buy a VW Camper again - but looking for something fairly specific.
1. Need 4WD - van will do a lot of offroad. You could argue better to get a Land Rover/Land Cruiser - but not trying to climb Ben Nevis - but needs to be able to go offroad - fire tracks/some river crossing/mud/snow/sand possibly.
2. Manual. Not interested in Auto - could be a long trip and I'm old school - thought of an auto box sends me to sleep. Annoyingly seems that the most powerful of the T5 and T5 models only automatic - happy to stand corrected on that one!
3. Suspension. Done some research on the interweb and a company in Germany "MultKamper" seem to offer a more robust suspension setup - anyone used them? Know of them?
4. Any companies in the UK that specialise in fitting out camper for more robust travel - under floor protection/extra fuel/water tanks etc.
5. Reliability. Need something reliable - going to off grid at times miles from garage - what are thoughts on reliability of T4/T5/T6. T6 is newer - but T4 has I would suspect less electrical stuff to go wrong. Any tips would be appreciated!
Oh - one last thing - cant seems to access any of the download items - any thoughts on that?
Thanks again!
Cheers!
New joiner to the forum. Always been a fan of VW - current own a Mk1 Golf GTI (owned for 24 years!) and many years ago had a 1974 Kombi Westfalia in the US.
Currently doing some research - want to buy a VW Camper again - but looking for something fairly specific.
1. Need 4WD - van will do a lot of offroad. You could argue better to get a Land Rover/Land Cruiser - but not trying to climb Ben Nevis - but needs to be able to go offroad - fire tracks/some river crossing/mud/snow/sand possibly.
2. Manual. Not interested in Auto - could be a long trip and I'm old school - thought of an auto box sends me to sleep. Annoyingly seems that the most powerful of the T5 and T5 models only automatic - happy to stand corrected on that one!
3. Suspension. Done some research on the interweb and a company in Germany "MultKamper" seem to offer a more robust suspension setup - anyone used them? Know of them?
4. Any companies in the UK that specialise in fitting out camper for more robust travel - under floor protection/extra fuel/water tanks etc.
5. Reliability. Need something reliable - going to off grid at times miles from garage - what are thoughts on reliability of T4/T5/T6. T6 is newer - but T4 has I would suspect less electrical stuff to go wrong. Any tips would be appreciated!
Oh - one last thing - cant seems to access any of the download items - any thoughts on that?
Thanks again!
Cheers!
