Still on the hunt for a campervan, predominately for me and 1 spaniel to go off for 5 day walking trips, occasionally joined by Mrs A (we’d need an awning as there would then be 3 dogs, so me and dogs in awning, Mrs A in van!). We’ve done lots of camping in the past.
Been looking and trying to learn, and it’s slightly scary to take the plunge as prices are very high. Don’t want to do a conversion myself. Happy(ish) to pay high for me, if reasonably sure that we could sell on in 2 years for similar(ish) amount. Appreciate it’s a bad time to be a buyer. Have a max budget that we can get together of £25k but really would like to pay less.
Also, if possible, I’d like an automatic.
Historically we’ve always bought old secondhand cars with abnormally low miles, and always been lucky with this approach. Lots of campers are 150K miles which makes me nervous.
So what about a Japanese import. Look to be 50% cheaper, smaller but probably OK for bulk of my use, auto, and low miles.
Or best to suck it up and pay £20K+ for a Ford/Vauxhall/VW with 100K+ miles.
Any opinions?