Exactly - things that money can't buy. We have a 4 year old and hopes for another. If we wait 2/3 years to see how things pan out, then he's going to be 6/7 before we even start. He's had so much of his little life robbed from him because of the pandemic. He lives to be outdoors and in nature, so this camper life really seems ideal.
Hopefully I think I’m right in saying most people don’t remember much before 4yrs. Ours are 12 and nearly 9. The pandemic will have affected them but I’m hoping upcoming teenage years will eclipse most of it. Our 2 weeks in France in summer 2020, mid pandemic, was a great example of how the California helped us through. After 13 weeks home schooling, it felt incredible to be outside in the sunshine, swimming, eating pizza and ice cream. That definitely helped me so I’m sure it helped them.
Our Ocean is Acapulco, bought it new but ‘ ‘off the peg’ from Liverpool so not our spec but speaking as a woman “ any colour was fab”….. 3 years later still pinching myself when I get in to drive it “ this is really ours”, my husband and our Labrador love it too !
We were 10 hours drive away from Calais when I read the quarantine rules were changing in 18 hours. My wife was off doing yoga in a field somewhere. Eurostar were very clear on their website that nobody should arrive without a reservation. I was 1067 in the queue. I emailed my bosses and they were very sympathetic. They basically gave me permission to stay. We stayed where we were and came back on our regular booking 48 hours later.
We were in a similar situation re price/availability, and looked at conversations from the better approved converters, but they made no financial sense as once a half decent base spec van was used they were as much if not more than a list price Coast. And the residual will never be as good as a factory built Cali. So we bit the bullet and brought our one year old Coast! I think the greatest risk when the current high price bubble breaks for camper vans & motorhomes will be the T5/T6/T6.1 conversions as they are everywhere - Cali’s are still a relatively small percentage of all the vans out there & very highly regarded.
Well said and spot on
Don't sleep on it too long or it'll be gone! I lost several that way before I learned to jump in, saw mine and said "I'll take it! "
Interesting thanks I didn’t realise that
When in Dorset last year we walked along the coast path by half a dozen pop up campsites. I saw one other Cali and at least 50 T6 conversions. I can see their values falling.
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