Hi All,
Been enjoying reading others new van threads while we waited for ours and we finally have it so here's our thread.
We previously had a swan which we loved but got major caravan envy every time we went away but it's all we could tow with our old van. We had a big trip planned for christmas to go up to Queensland for a couple of weeks but 7 days before we left a massive tree branch fell on to it smashing the roof and one of the bed ends. After an afternoon of panic thinking our holiday was ruined we managed to pull together some emergency repairs to our baby with a bit of alupanel, some plywood and a heap of sikaflex we were back on track. We had a great holiday and everything held together but when we got back and found out how much had to be done to fix it and how long it was going to take, we bit the bullet and ordered an Isuzu MU-X and an expanda. The guys at Jayco Nowra and Nowra RV centre took the swan as a trade in with the insurance claim which allowed us to get the new van ordered straight away.
So now have a beautiful huge (compared to the swan) 20.63-1 with triple bunks, bed converter, extended draw bar, ibis air con, control panel, washing machine tv antenna and gas bayonet. Picked it up yesterday morning and spent every spare moment in it since. I was nervous towing it as this is the biggest thing I have ever towed but did fine, the MU-X might light work of it and averaged 13.4L/100 from Nowra to sydney which I though was great. We'll be taking it out for an overnighter tomorrow to test it out. So far I am stoked with it, we chose this model for the ensuite, the massive lounge that slides out and the fact that there was still heaps of room even though it has an ensuite and massive lounge. There is so much storage, there is empty cupboards left after putting all our stuff in and it seems to be really comfy. I can't wait to use it, I am sure we are going to have plenty of great holidays with it.
Been enjoying reading others new van threads while we waited for ours and we finally have it so here's our thread.
We previously had a swan which we loved but got major caravan envy every time we went away but it's all we could tow with our old van. We had a big trip planned for christmas to go up to Queensland for a couple of weeks but 7 days before we left a massive tree branch fell on to it smashing the roof and one of the bed ends. After an afternoon of panic thinking our holiday was ruined we managed to pull together some emergency repairs to our baby with a bit of alupanel, some plywood and a heap of sikaflex we were back on track. We had a great holiday and everything held together but when we got back and found out how much had to be done to fix it and how long it was going to take, we bit the bullet and ordered an Isuzu MU-X and an expanda. The guys at Jayco Nowra and Nowra RV centre took the swan as a trade in with the insurance claim which allowed us to get the new van ordered straight away.
So now have a beautiful huge (compared to the swan) 20.63-1 with triple bunks, bed converter, extended draw bar, ibis air con, control panel, washing machine tv antenna and gas bayonet. Picked it up yesterday morning and spent every spare moment in it since. I was nervous towing it as this is the biggest thing I have ever towed but did fine, the MU-X might light work of it and averaged 13.4L/100 from Nowra to sydney which I though was great. We'll be taking it out for an overnighter tomorrow to test it out. So far I am stoked with it, we chose this model for the ensuite, the massive lounge that slides out and the fact that there was still heaps of room even though it has an ensuite and massive lounge. There is so much storage, there is empty cupboards left after putting all our stuff in and it seems to be really comfy. I can't wait to use it, I am sure we are going to have plenty of great holidays with it.
