Camper Vans

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Thu 18 Aug 2005 23:26
Camper Vans - AlastairW
A colleague of mine is a mad keen cyclist and wants to watch the Tour de France at first hand. To do so you need to camp on the mountain halfway through a stage, so he wants a camper (doesnt fancy towing his caravan up the mountain).
He has looked into renting a camper, but has been quoted £900 per week. Does anyone think it would be feasible to buy an old camper, holiday for, say, three weeks, and then sell it again, preferably without losing any money (apart from fuel)?
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Thu 18 Aug 2005 23:54
Camper Vans - mare
Does anyone think it would be feasible
to buy an old camper, holiday for, say, three weeks, and
then sell it again, preferably without losing any money (apart from
fuel)?


i'd agree with that, perhaps a VW camper would do the trick?
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Fri 19 Aug 2005 00:02
Camper Vans - henry k
IIRC The old way used to be visit Market Road, off Caledonian Road in London on a Sunday. Thats where to Aussies who have finished touring the UK sell their VW campers etc.
May even include a bike or two on a rack.

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/?t=24217
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Fri 19 Aug 2005 11:09
Camper Vans - Truckosaurus
The one downside with the plan is that you'd be buying the camper at the start of 'the season' when prices were high and then selling at the end when the market is depressed at the end of the summer.

Plus you'd probably have to pay for a year's worth of insurance no matter how long you own the 'van.

Was the £900 quote from a British or French company?
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