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jarda
Hi,
recently, with my wife we rented VW California T4 for a winter trip to mountains and we decided that we need something like this
We have two kids (2 and 4 years) and a dog (40kg) and we do not need anything fancy (since VW Touran and a tent was also a solution at some point), but we would like it to be reliable.
So we have the following requirements:
Our current idea is to:
My questions would be:
So, any advices are welcome!
recently, with my wife we rented VW California T4 for a winter trip to mountains and we decided that we need something like this
We have two kids (2 and 4 years) and a dog (40kg) and we do not need anything fancy (since VW Touran and a tent was also a solution at some point), but we would like it to be reliable.
So we have the following requirements:
- price around £17'000
- sleeping place for 4 (a roof)
- ISOFIX on the rear seats
- independent heating (for winter)
- ideally T5
- optional things we like: a reasonable battery life (either a connection to 230V or a solar panel), freezer
Our current idea is to:
- buy used T5 Beach from 2006 without roof for around £14'000
- around 200'000km (125'000 miles)
- add a new third party roof with bed and solar panel on it (for around £4'000)
My questions would be:
- Is it a good idea? (e.g. value of the roof, reliability of the car..)
- How many miles can we expect it to run reasonably well?
- What are costs further investments we can expect "soon", e.g. engine, transmission..?
- What are good/bad engine/transmission choices here?
- Does this 2006 Beach has independent heater (that can run over night)?
So, any advices are welcome!