rupertpoon
VIP Member
Options for our Cali Beach which has apparantly been built and is being shipped over, so hope to get it by the end of May, fingers crossed.
We got parking sensors and folding mirrors as we live in a busy suburb, so wanted to be able to use it with confidence and not dent it! We got the power latching for sliding door and tailgate so we wouldn't have to remember to manually lock them. What else.. the extra two removable seats, as we have 3 kids and when they want to take friends along on day trips it would be dead useful. We've had a seven seat VW Touran and Toyota Verso before and found it very handy with extra seats. Also useful for the in-laws when they are visiting!
Finally, got the fog-lights for a bit of bling, and the metallic beige paint. We had a metallic grey T4 Westfalia in 2010 and it was great because it only needed washing twice a year! Since we bike quite a lot, we also went for the VW bike rack. Had a Fiamma rack on the T4 and whilst OK, it is not that strong when loaded with 4 bikes. We didn't go for roll-away awning, as we weren't sure how much use we would get out of it in the UK. We spent the money on an Outwell Country Road awning instead, which would give us an extra 1 or 2 rooms when camping, useful on a rainy day.
And that's it, we didn't upgrade the stereo or add a satnav because they seemed pretty steep for what they are, since TomTom's are only about 100 quid, or you can buy an iPad2 3G for £400 and use it at home. Just my opinion; as long as the stereo plays MP3 CD's and has an aux-in for our iPod, that is good enough for us.
We got parking sensors and folding mirrors as we live in a busy suburb, so wanted to be able to use it with confidence and not dent it! We got the power latching for sliding door and tailgate so we wouldn't have to remember to manually lock them. What else.. the extra two removable seats, as we have 3 kids and when they want to take friends along on day trips it would be dead useful. We've had a seven seat VW Touran and Toyota Verso before and found it very handy with extra seats. Also useful for the in-laws when they are visiting!
Finally, got the fog-lights for a bit of bling, and the metallic beige paint. We had a metallic grey T4 Westfalia in 2010 and it was great because it only needed washing twice a year! Since we bike quite a lot, we also went for the VW bike rack. Had a Fiamma rack on the T4 and whilst OK, it is not that strong when loaded with 4 bikes. We didn't go for roll-away awning, as we weren't sure how much use we would get out of it in the UK. We spent the money on an Outwell Country Road awning instead, which would give us an extra 1 or 2 rooms when camping, useful on a rainy day.
And that's it, we didn't upgrade the stereo or add a satnav because they seemed pretty steep for what they are, since TomTom's are only about 100 quid, or you can buy an iPad2 3G for £400 and use it at home. Just my opinion; as long as the stereo plays MP3 CD's and has an aux-in for our iPod, that is good enough for us.