PhilR
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Hi all, started doing my research already (all part of the fun!), but can’t buy until next year when the company car goes back. Finding this forum brilliant for all the info I need. This will be our first campervan, we love driving trips and can see ourselves doing a lot more of that now that our recently found love of cruising is looking rather dodgy from now on! Our kids have grown up so it’s just me and my wife and the 2 dogs, although when we tour Europe we’ll leave them behind. We haven’t even seen inside a California yet, we looked at a few outside at Leicester Van Centre recently but it was closed at the time. Even so, we’re both pretty sure a Cali is the perfect fit for us. Saying that, we are still hoping to hire one for a weekend very soon.
Once we’ve hired one, the next step will be to decide on spec/colour etc. I’m hoping the NEC show will go ahead in October as that will be useful. I said to my wife that we could possibly order one then but she thinks that’s too soon - the company car goes back at the end of April 2021.
We love the look of the two-tone paint but haven’t seen one in the flesh, but the colour options are a bit limited it seems. One thing we really aren’t keen on is the light grey seats - not dog friendly at all!! Will have to look at seat covers which is a shame on an almost 70k car.
Think we will go for 4WD too. We have some friends in Switzerland so that may be a reasonably regular jaunt. Spending this much I wouldn’t want to have any regrets regarding spec - my theory is spec up as much as possible - yes it costs more, but we get the benefit of the spec plus it becomes more desirable come selling time.
Anyway, sorry for waffling on, it was only supposed to be a quick introduction!
Thanks for allowing me to join this great forum, I’m sure you’ll be hearing from me a lot over the next few months....
Once we’ve hired one, the next step will be to decide on spec/colour etc. I’m hoping the NEC show will go ahead in October as that will be useful. I said to my wife that we could possibly order one then but she thinks that’s too soon - the company car goes back at the end of April 2021.
We love the look of the two-tone paint but haven’t seen one in the flesh, but the colour options are a bit limited it seems. One thing we really aren’t keen on is the light grey seats - not dog friendly at all!! Will have to look at seat covers which is a shame on an almost 70k car.
Think we will go for 4WD too. We have some friends in Switzerland so that may be a reasonably regular jaunt. Spending this much I wouldn’t want to have any regrets regarding spec - my theory is spec up as much as possible - yes it costs more, but we get the benefit of the spec plus it becomes more desirable come selling time.
Anyway, sorry for waffling on, it was only supposed to be a quick introduction!
Thanks for allowing me to join this great forum, I’m sure you’ll be hearing from me a lot over the next few months....
Phil, your wife and your 2 dogs. I ordered mine back in Sept 2015 and it was over 6 months delivery. After the lockdown, delivery times may be longer (I haven’t been following, others can hopefully share their experience).
