[Closed] Show us your tin tents

That's not a tin tent, it's a holiday cottage on wheels 🙂

I'm in the "that's ridiculous" camp, just book a B&B or hotel...

I'm with seosamh77. Monstrous.

Love me a caravan. Ours is a little more basic mind.
We've got a fixed bed and side bunks for the kids with a lounge. That was my aim. Never having to make the bed up again. None of my friends understand. One or two are living the "dublife" but for me that doesn't compare for comfort.

I hope it's the best weather we've ever had at ynot this year!!
Looks proper tho pal!

Complete with Lurcher!

Someone's nicked your car & drugged the dog.

Is disappointed. Thought it was another van thread. Let's make it one.

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Someone’s nicked your car & drugged the dog.

The dog always looks like that unless something is stupid enough to try and run away from it!!

AA - what's that wee thing?

Its called an Abi Adventurer I think. We kind of inherited off a friend who had kept it in dry storage for years. Sleeps 3. Has a fridge, 3 ring cooker and sleeps 3. Tap is bust and we ejected the chemical bog and use the space to keep the BBQ. Its very basic and rough round the edges but good fun. Would love an Eriba or a Tab but we dont use it enough to justify outlay.

Not sure there's anything humble about that lol! That combo will be worth more than my house!

But it does look very nice and colour coordinated.

"Humble brag "
don't you mean a large appologie to all those stuck in traffic behind me.

OP - I hope you have a vacuum cleaner, a satellite dish and a huge flat screen tv in that thing. When I visit fee paying campsites in our small(ish) van that seems to be the preferred evening activities of dwellers of these monsters whilst were out supping a beer (insert drink of choice) watching the sun set. Never understood why some people go to the trouble of dragging their life half way across the continent to rarely venture out and do all the stuff they could do at home.

Humble brag – here’s my new tailback weapon, 2016 Buccaneer Cruiser.

I don't have a caravan, but I love the way caravan brands have espoused the language of piracy, rebellion and sex-toys; Buccaneer, really? 'Tailback weapon', hmmmm...

My all-time favourite is the 'Marauder', which is a perfectly inoffensive, mid-sized caravan usually in an advanced state of decay - god only knows what they were thinking when they named that one.

I think the ultimate spot would be a Marauder being towed by a Barbarian or similar dodgy 4x4 pick-up monstrosity.

Edit: tbf, the OP's pic isn't that far off...

I think STW needs a refresher course on what “humblebrag” actually means; it’s become the new “man-flu” 😂

I’m in the “that’s ridiculous” camp, just book a B&B or hotel…

+1
That's nothing but a "Look at me" set up. The costs to the environment, and chaos on the roads, it causes are beyond ridiculous. For the money that is lying there, depreciating, you could have some proper accomodation.

Remember Clarkson's conker game? The best use yet for those things!

Along with horse boxes a pointless and inconsiderate use of the road network. Should pay considerable additional tax for hauling a shed around IMHO.

Love it. Pretty much the response I was expecting on here 😂. I'll address some of your 'issues' later

Should pay considerable additional tax for hauling a shed around IMHO.

And he is.

Do you know how much the VED is for a Discovery 4?

also, Nice outfit.

Actually I'm not perchy - it's a commercial 😂

But cheers

Nice outfit, bit bigger than I'd like even if I did have the money to afford it

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Just the two of us, and we are happy enough making up a bed so we're ok with a smaller van. Awning makes it easier for storing tandem / bikes and relaxing. Just had the most fantastic easter weekend at Town End Cottage CL

Christ those things are bigger than a Lamborghini 4x4.

Hope the caravan haters citing eco-concerns don't fly abroad for their holibobs?

My caravan is 38 feet x 12 feet.

Just sayin’😉

My caravan is 38 feet x 12 feet.

Just sayin’

That's bigger than a T5.

Smaller than an Airbus A380 though.

Genuine question- these cost around £24k, plus the appropriate car and associated costs. These are too big to do anything but book a pitch at a campsite/caravan park for £30-50/night. You also need a big house to store the thing, or pay for storage.

After all the above hastle, is it not cheaper and more conveniant to rent a tin tent, book an airbnb or other accomodation? Plus you'll get there faster, have more space on the drive and more money in the bank. It's a cool piece of kit, don't get me wrong. I'm just curious what the attraction of this is for you.

My all-time favourite is the ‘Marauder

I was playing the caravan game with my wife on a long drive once, well, i was s****ing every now and then and the wife was tutting and rolling her eyes.

I said to her that the highlight of the trip would be to see a Marauder. You'll never guess what happened next?

Yes, two of them!! I nearly wet my self with excitement.

My wife was so proud.

I know, cool stary bra. I 🤩

Smaller than an Airbus A380 though.

Are you counting A380's wing mirrors?

Are you counting A380’s wing mirrors?

They don’t have mirrors on the wings, silly.

It’s cameras these days innit.

They don’t have mirrors on the wings, silly.

It’s cameras these days innit.

I'm so behind the times.

I’m so behind the times.

Yep.

The mirrors are all inside so you can admire your shoes.

How's about chemi-khazi pilot

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Genuine question- these cost around £24k, plus the appropriate car and associated costs. These are too big to do anything but book a pitch at a campsite/caravan park for £30-50/night. You also need a big house to store the thing, or pay for storage.
After all the above hastle, is it not cheaper and more conveniant to rent a tin tent, book an airbnb or other accomodation? Plus you’ll get there faster, have more space on the drive and more money in the bank. It’s a cool piece of kit, don’t get me wrong. I’m just curious what the attraction of this is for you.

it's a fair point. The outfit in the OP is certainly around that mark, but our was a damn sight cheaper then 24k including both the car and the tandem (we're talkijg maybe half that in total, and we've had the car for years). The CL I linked to above is £13 a night. Renting a cottage for the dates we wanted (Wed-sun over easter weekend) would be difficult, as most place will want a ful weeks rental, which is going to be on the order of mabe £600 for a week I'd guess? Even a hotel would be maybe £80 per night, so that would be upwards of £300. Plus in a hotel we would struggle to store the tandem, and we wouldn't have cooking facilities so we'd be eating out every night (admittedly we did have a couple of nights out even in the van).

Having the van means we c an find a nice site in the area we want and have a cheap(ish) trip, for an initial outlay. Pros and cons to both approaches

Hope the caravan haters citing eco-concerns don’t fly abroad for their holibobs

I thought they'd be too busy un-glueing their tits from some road in central London to be posting on here to be honest, so fair play

I'd have one if my situation could justify it and the one in OP looks rather smart. However funds and lifestyle don't suit. Bugger.

D’ya like dags?

How is that pimp’s palace a commercial?

Pimpin’ be a commercial enterprise innit.

We are on our way to Scotland in ours for the weekend. Best impulse buy we ever did.

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No campervans I do like and that is awesome.

^^that last photo is great 😀

I don’t understand caravans if I’m being honest. Camper van or tent just seem more practical and easier to just pitch up in on a whim. Caravans just seem a bit 1970’s pensioner to me. Each to their own though Grandad 😉