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Buying a Motor Home
When choosing a motor home you want to consider vans base model and engine type (e.g. Ford Transit: Turbo Diesel). Choose something that is known to be reliable and low maintenance. Engine type is important to consider, a lot of motor homes have turbo diesel engines these days but they do not provide much in the way of economy, how ever they do provide quite astounding levels of torque especially at low revs.
If you're choosing older models of van you may want to consider petrol engined models as they are cheaper to purchase, less noisy on the road and perform just as well.
After engine and base model you want to consider the type of motor home you require. You will need to pick something that will suit your berthing and storage requirements. The main conventional types of motor home are as follows:
High-top campers
High top campers vans with the roof removed and a GRP or fibre glass raised roof fitted into place. These provide optimal head room and over head storage. A fairly popular type of motor home usually the with turbo-diesel variety of engine.
Fixed-roof campers
Essentially these are mini-buses or people carriers adapted for camping by adding folded out beds, cooking equipment, tables, cupboards or sofas. Light commercial vehicles are popular models for this class of motor home. One advantage of this is that they have car like handling characteristics and are not restricted by high restrictions such as low bridges or multi-storage car parks.
Elevating-roof campers
These have elevating sections to the roof. Some are comprised of cloth and of more solid materials. Cloth sections are generally easier to raise unless you have one with an automated system. The advantage of this type of motor home is that you have the flexibility of having a low profile whilst in transit but still have the optional headroom when you are camping.
Over-cab coach built
A good option for families as they often posses spacious sleeping quarters in the form of a double bed above the drivers cab. Disadvantages of this type of motor home are that they are large in height and parking may be difficult in built up areas.
Low-profile
Low-profile motor homes usually have storage space above the drivers cab as apposed to a bunk. They are smaller than over-cab models and have better economy and handling. Ideal for couples or solo travellers.
A-class
Generally considered top of the range these can be expensive to buy.
With the chassis being made by the base model producer and the rest of the wagon manufactured in their entirety by specialist motor home manufacturers rather than LCV conversions. These have the benefits of fully integrated seating and living space and luxurious interiors.
Demountables
Usually based on pick-up type vehicles these generally have less storage and berthing capacity than other types of camper. As the name suggests the back caravan section is removable giving you extraordinary flexibility.Removal of the back component isn't usually to difficult. These are fairly rare in the UK with main market being in the states.
American RVs or Winnebagoes
Again this type of motor home being more popular in the U.S. these leviathan vehicles boast powerful purpose built engines and large accommodation supplied by their specially built chassis and a body that's profile is closer to that of a passenger coach. As you would expect with this class of vehicle fuel economy is close to terrible.
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