Boomer
So after the best part of 3 years we've sold our Coast and upsized to an Adria Twin Sports 640 SGX.
We had some great holidays in the Cali and have spent the last few summers touring France, but we found that we wanted that little bit more space, plus loo and shower. Having ummed and arred for ages, we eventually took the plunge on a new Adria.
Over night camped at the supplying dealers on pick up to check for any snagging issues. Gave us a little more insight into the benefits we were looking for. So having the large longitudinal bed downstairs is great. Moves up and down electronically to access the garage which is big enough to store our bikes in along with all other camping nonsense. On the maxi chassis so lots of payload.
Loo is great and even the shower, although cramped, pumps out hot water and it's good enough.
Pop top is large enough and we got a few extras with this one including heated mattress and an internal insulated wrap for it which helps extend the camping season.
Downsides we knew about. It's 6.36m long and drives very much like a van. Although I said that about the Cali until I got use to that and then that felt like a big car. We'll clearly need to be more careful and plan parking, but it's not a daily driver so not too much of an issue. Finally, the dashboard of the fiat Ducato base isn't a patch on the California. It does rattle more, but then there's more to rattle. That said, it doesn't have the anything squeaky steering wheel that I could never resolve on our coast - and I have a plentifully supply of foam pads to silence things when they arise!
Oh, and the Cali was far better looking, and cooler, but I still like the Adria!
Frist full trip to the lakes in Feb half term, which we probably wouldn't have done in the VW.
Thanks for all the advice and tips from this group over the last few years. It's been invaluable.
We had some great holidays in the Cali and have spent the last few summers touring France, but we found that we wanted that little bit more space, plus loo and shower. Having ummed and arred for ages, we eventually took the plunge on a new Adria.
Over night camped at the supplying dealers on pick up to check for any snagging issues. Gave us a little more insight into the benefits we were looking for. So having the large longitudinal bed downstairs is great. Moves up and down electronically to access the garage which is big enough to store our bikes in along with all other camping nonsense. On the maxi chassis so lots of payload.
Loo is great and even the shower, although cramped, pumps out hot water and it's good enough.
Pop top is large enough and we got a few extras with this one including heated mattress and an internal insulated wrap for it which helps extend the camping season.
Downsides we knew about. It's 6.36m long and drives very much like a van. Although I said that about the Cali until I got use to that and then that felt like a big car. We'll clearly need to be more careful and plan parking, but it's not a daily driver so not too much of an issue. Finally, the dashboard of the fiat Ducato base isn't a patch on the California. It does rattle more, but then there's more to rattle. That said, it doesn't have the anything squeaky steering wheel that I could never resolve on our coast - and I have a plentifully supply of foam pads to silence things when they arise!
Oh, and the Cali was far better looking, and cooler, but I still like the Adria!
Frist full trip to the lakes in Feb half term, which we probably wouldn't have done in the VW.
Thanks for all the advice and tips from this group over the last few years. It's been invaluable.
