Stunning, brand new, professionally converted, off grid micro camper. I beg to differ

[AlyJay]

Better but bed looks small and only one ring on the hob.

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Gads, the toilet slides out from under sink.
Can you imagine your partner cozy and watching TV and then you slide the toilet out and take a dump? How awfull.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Yeah, you'd need to vacate the van for one of mine.

 

[trevskoda]

Not to be done when someone pops in for a chat.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

They get more worserer.

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[kangooroo]

I'm a micro-camper and this would appeal to me although I would avoid the timber panelling which adds unnecessary weight.

I prefer my own car-camper with its B2B charging, LifePo4, gas-free set-up and addition of an Autoterm diesel heater, particularly having just used it off-grid for 3 weeks in the Scottish Highlands.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'm a micro-camper and this would appeal to me although I would avoid the timber panelling which adds unnecessary weight.

I prefer my own car-camper with its B2B charging, LifePo4, gas-free set-up and addition of an Autoterm diesel heater, particularly having just used it off-grid for 3 weeks in the Scottish Highlands.

Pictures, we need pictures...

 

[kangooroo]

Electrics visible from rear passenger door



Sink - drains into jerrican. 20L fresh water carried.



Bed - behind driver seat


Cooking etc is via inverter and LifePo4.

I am 100% off-grid mostly stealth-camper, September-June but avoid July-August when too busy and usually too hot.

Adjacent vehicle is also a car-camper, gas-free and fitted with diesel hob for cooking and heating.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

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[Pudsey Bear]

I feel sorry for this one, obviously a loved van, but you get to the point.

Could be a good buy for the right man who's looking for a project maybe.

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[CriftinsCampers]

I feel sorry for this one, obviously a loved van, but you get to the point.

Could be a good buy for the right man who's looking for a project maybe.

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Yep unfortunately he had at least three years notice it was rotting, it may have been a much easier fix if done promptly but now with no mot and a whole string of failed items and advisories it’s not going to be worth very much and a tired looking van like that was probably really only worth around 9k with a fault free mot.

Someone will probably get it for significantly less and keep it going for a bit longer

 

[AlyJay]

Thing is unless all the rot gets cut out and rewelded properly it will just be rotten again every mot, and to take the time and weld it up to last will cost an absolute fortune.
Also if it is actual suspension parts ie mechanical parts that are getting thin, these will need to be replace as your legally not allowed to repair suspension items for MOT pass, I dont mean the body area or "prescribed areas" these can obviously be repaired.
I used to be a MOT tester and mechanic before joining oil industry and welding up a rotten vehicle properly can be a very expensive buisness.
That and the rest of the van looks like a scruffy old squib anyway.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It'd be a good project van for welder who doesn't have a lot of money.

 

[Ohmega]

What a mess .
With all that wood in there bet there's not a lot of carrying capacity left .
Single hob??
So how do you make a meal ??

No toilet .

A lot of money for nothing..

 

[Pudsey Bear]

What a mess .
With all that wood in there bet there's not a lot of carrying capacity left .
Single hob??
So how do you make a meal ??

No toilet .

A lot of money for nothing..

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[trevskoda]

Something is only worth what someone wishes to pay, id say £1500 tops.

 

[gasgas]

If he was a Professional (van converter) he would have stated the correct MGW which certainly is not 3500kg, and taken it to a weighbridge. His only profession is he is a professional expert bulls**itter with a dictionary of random 'puff' phrases as the law specifies untruths to falsely enhance a description of a product. It's an ex-British Gas van, driven a short distance to a customer, stopped for 30 mins for the engine to cool off, started, driven another 4 miles to the next customer, stopped for 30 mins for the engine to cool off. Maximum engine wear, minimum mileage.

 

[gasgas]

Looking again at the thread title and the

Stunning, brand new, professionally converted, off grid micro camper.​

The only thing that is stunning is the gall of the seller describing it as something it is not.
It is in no way a brand new micro camper.
It is not professionally converted, the converter is clearly not a professional in any way. I bet he has done it in evenings and on weekends on his driveway. That is a part time bodger.
Off grid: well that bit is true since it has no facility to connect to a mains supply so it will be not much use in the UK unless you start the engine. ?USB rechargeable cold tap (since there is no hot, and no cold water tank other than a Jerry can).
Micro camper - OK for micro people who can stand up in a 4ft high van and can get dressed and undressed in the rain outside . . . .

Anyway I have got better things to do than trype here about rubbish converters, though they do annoy me with their tongue and groove pine conversions and nailed together chopped up pallets. I even saw some like that yesterday at the NEC.

NOW this is what I call a Stunning, brand new, professionally converted, off grid proper sized campervan in terms of build quality and cost. A new converter I haven't heard of yesterday at the NEC. I only came across it in a far corner as the show was closing. At £77k or £75 k without the awning or TV (although I don't have 75k to spend on a new camper) on the face of it I would buy it in preference to all the others on show. The company is Aura, in Nottingham - or was it Northampton - I always get the two mixed up. The only doubt I might have about it is that it has an under floor refillable LPG tank. I am undecided if that is good or bad but as most of our campervanning is done in Europe with widespread refilling stations, I would allow it that. They did say they are a new company, but I was seriously impressed with the build quality and the stuff they have included which costs more than doing it cheaply. On a quick search I couldn't find a www for them, but they did say they are new. Here's a youtube:

 

[nabsim]

Going back to the original post, Shane has a 2020 VW Caddy Maxi but not converted, still as standard. Loads of space in them and ok round town but one of the most gutless cars I have driven. You would definitely want some engine tune if you got one of those