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chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 5:51 pm Post subject: FS: 4 berth camper van, tax, MOT, woodburner, compost loo

We are selling our much-loved camper van, because we can't get Nenna's wheelchair and kit in it.

It is a 1986 Renault Trafic AS with a high-top. It has 55,000 miles on the clock and has just started first time for the first time since the New Year.

It has an rocket stove that keeps it very warm, a fridge, a two-burner gas hob, a cold-water sink and a high-tec composting loo that runs on a battery.

It has MOT til August and needed a couple of hundred quid's worth of welding to get through last year.

I am about to put six months tax on it.

Things that need fixing:

- The in-to-the-cab fan has stopped working
- There is a slight leak that means in very wet weather there is dampness in the passenger-side rear foot well. This is definitely not coming from underneath.
- The 12v cig lighter isn't working.

I haven't tried to sort these yet, I think the first and last are very simple, the middle one might need a door seal.

I am going to wash it tomorrow and take some photos. I will be listing it on ebay with the bits fixed for £2,750, but am open to offers for someone who would like it as-seen.

Viewing welcome!

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 6:09 pm Post subject:
Petrol or diesel? I know someone who was after a campervan. I suspect this one will be too big.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 6:14 pm Post subject:
Sorry, should have said. 1.6 Petrol, manual gearbox and works out at about 25p per mile. It's the gearbox with the fifth gear bolted on as an afterthought. Last edited by chez on Mon Mar 10, 14 7:03 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 6:36 pm Post subject:
That seems a small engine for the size of van. Does it manage on it OK?

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 6:57 pm Post subject:
Yes. You don't break any land-speed records, obviously, but so long as you are happy to chug along, she does fine. We take her up on to Exmoor and the top of the Quantocks regularly with no problems.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 6:58 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

1.6 Petrol, manual gearbox and works out at about 45p per mile.

Are you sure?

Thats less than 14 mpg which seems a little low.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 7:03 pm Post subject:
Sorry, typo, I'll alter that. 25p a mile. In a non-excursion week I put seven or eight quid in the tank and do about thirty miles.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 7:05 pm Post subject:
I must get Richard to service my car. In moments, he's almost doubled fuel efficiency.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 7:29 pm Post subject:
He's a marvel!

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 8:48 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

I must get Richard to service my car. In moments, he's almost doubled fuel efficiency.

I can improve it without even servicing it.

1, drive with a slightly slower top speed, even 5mph will help
2, accelerate gently
3, decelerate gently
4, plan further ahead, improve your anticipation
5, change up sooner than you think you should, say 2k rpm with a diesel & 2.5 to 3k with a petrol
6, dont try to hold your speed when going up hill, allow it to gradually drop off, you can pick it up on the down hill section
7, plan your journey to allow extra time so you dont need to rush

That should add about 20%+ to your mpg.

PS, dont coast in a modern car as it will then use fuel to keep the engine running. On the over run the ECU will shut all fuel off.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 9:02 pm Post subject:
I would die of middle age, I'm afraid. Handy tips, genuinely, but I confess mine runs on friesel, and I don't do much of that.

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 14 10:35 pm Post subject:
And i do all of it much to my wifes annoyance. 2 lit diesel, you remwmber nick, 2k revs in top is 60 mph whic is all i do on motorways and a roads, rarely use the brakes, just stop accelerating earlier. I woild love one but we have just been given access to my uncles camper, sjoikd i be brave enoigh to drive it.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 14 3:34 am Post subject:

Pilsbury wrote:

Sjoikd i be brave enoigh to drive it.

Are you turning Scandawegian? Have you nicknamed your son Sjoikd II?

And yes, it is a bit bigger than your fiesta, but the principal is the same: nowt to be ffretting about.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4563
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 14 8:16 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Pilsbury wrote:

Sjoikd i be brave enoigh to drive it.

Are you turning Scandawegian? Have you nicknamed your son Sjoikd II?

And yes, it is a bit bigger than your fiesta, but the principal is the same: nowt to be ffretting about.

Agree,if the front goes through,the back tends to follow,lol.

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2157
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 14 9:06 am Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Hairyloon wrote:

Pilsbury wrote:

Sjoikd i be brave enoigh to drive it.

Are you turning Scandawegian? Have you nicknamed your son Sjoikd II?

And yes, it is a bit bigger than your fiesta, but the principal is the same: nowt to be ffretting about.

Agree,if the front goes through,the back tends to follow,lol.

Sometimes at angle LOL

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