Very Expensive Motorhomes

All this talk made me curious so i've just checked mine. Took delivery in May 2019. First service May 2020 millage 12,479. Current  mileage 15,766 so only 3,300 miles in the last 9 months.

Last time i refueled was the first week in December, but there's only 11L left in the tank so due a refill next time out.

quite easy for us Lutz, we live 10 mins walk to beach, so most of our allowed daily exercise is done in or around the beach area, I cycle or walk almost everywhere, my OH walks, 10 mins walk into village for local shops, butchers/bakers/ almost all other shops closed, 10 miles round trip in OH's car every 2 weeks to shop at supermarket, which includes a stop off at the bottle bank to dispose of the evidence. Our tow car has not turned a wheel in over a month.   

David

Just shows what a good investment a motorhome is, whether costing £40,000 or 4 million although I expect the depreciation is greater on the latter I think even caravans tend to reach a point where the depreciation is less after a few years.

David

Depreciation / resale value really only has any meaning if you intend replacing it. If our 2019 Hymer lasts us 20 years that takes us to 87. We could afford it when we bought it and it was what we wanted to spend our money on rather than cruises or other sorts of holiday.

As to running costs in comparison to our caravan / tow car.

Insurance less (no caravan to insure)

storage a little bit more, as we went for a space easier to get in and out of.

Road fund tax £20 more

Servicing costs, similar to car and caravan

MPG better than towing

Tyres, probably similar as although only four, they will likely be more expensive.

At the moment we have kept the tow car as well as the Yaris. However, have the option of going to one if we need to make savings, which could well be required when we get the bill for the pandemic.

There goes my dream of getting a £600,000 motor caravan for £30,000!

At £70K, and bearing in mind the build quality, I 'do' think it's a bit expensive. The discussion is about the top end of the market. Do I think that Bentleys, Rollers, McLaren's etc are expensive - not for what you get probably but certainly too expensive for me. Most caravans these days appear well north of £20K and, for me, too expensive as well.

Well .... what a bunch of snobs most of these mega motorhome owners are. I forget his name, but the bloke with the £250k motorhome, also considered that owning such a MH meant that he needed to 'camp' at a place with a better clientele. And the bloke that had had eleventeen motorhomes & worked his way up to the huge thing he'd just bought. And many of the mega MHs would need some kind of HGV licence too.

Nowt so queer as folk ..... as they say. I'll stick with my caravan,

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Did notice that the ultimate theft deterent of a detachable steering wheel ,is still legal as fitted to one of the motor caravans offers for the one I have that was on our 2004boxer based Autocruise

I'm not as polite as EmilysDad. I was disgusted at the snobbery. I have to admit I have no interest or desire to own a motorhome, but the vast majority of owners I've met at home and abroad, on municipal or "posh" sites have always been a great bunch of well adjusted folk.

What a shame that the general public will tar those owners with the same brush as the snobs shown last night.

 

Colin