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Hi all I am now ruuning on a mixture of diesel/veg oil The veg oil is working out at £1.00/litre, Its not the used stuff from chippies, Its straight from the bottle and is available from Tesco and all Read more »

I've been living in Brighton for a nearly 2 months now.  And I've been enjoying the benefits that living in a flat brings, rather than living in a van.  But I already miss touring and being on the road. Read more »

hello everyone, just bought a renault trafic T1400 campervan. this is our first one.
when we went to insure it we were asked who converted it, well you can imagine our panic. we didnt know and we dont know how to find out. we have looked everywhere for a plate on the van for a clue but nothing. was wondering if anyone could enlighten us as to where we can find out. thank you in advance Read more »

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Well its nine months since i bought the beast for £2450.00. Now when i bought it I had it serviced at a cost of £192.00 which included all filters air and oil changed.Then in August Mot time hit me, guess what it failed, N/S rear brake binding, Off side rear brake binding(rear hand brake cables), osf ball joint osf front and rear tyres bald,rack boots split, nsr tie bar/rod play in pin bush. Read more »

Hi all I'm Andrew AKA Bigboack, Well here it is, My 1997 Nissan Elgrand 3.2td It started life as a luxury 8 seater mpv in Japan, Bought it last year and fell in love with it, saw its potential as a luxury campervan. Its got electric curtains, roof mounted DVD player twin air con, soft close side door and rear. Its done 109000 miles.Done the conversion meself so its not prof quality but its mine.

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I met up with Ross of Munich Kampers here in Brighton recently.  Not only is he a really nice chap, but he does a great job of maintaing VW camper vans. Read more »

As a favour to a friend I am paying for a insulation, carpets and electrics with a leisure battery and a few lights at a cost of £620 this is for a Renault Kangoo, it needs to be done urgently hence why I have gone with it.

Any useful advice before I see them what to request would be grateful for

John the Wanderer 007

To say hello to all the campers and hopefully you will hear from Poppy soon :)

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Have been reading about how some folks like to have the newest shiny bits n bobs in their vans while others prefer to make their own adaptations and scrounge round for stuff that will do. And do you know - both are right. It takes all sorts and wouldn't do if everyone was the same! Read more »