Autograph 79-6, pros v cons

"however, the fact that it's over 3500kg means it can't be driven in a car license but it seems the OP has a 'qualified' driver on board."

just to clarify (as the post has disappeared...) this statement does need qualifying to say

"however, the fact that it's over 3500kg means it can't be driven in a car license unless the driver passed their test before Jan 1997, but it seems the OP has a 'qualified' driver on board."

i did specifically write this proviso upthread, but omitted the same caveat in the later post.

hope this removes any confusion for the OP

this was the specific reason for me asking the age of the OP/family in my first post...

there is often a conflict between payload and license groups...

young families with kids and loads of stuff tend to need more payload but are often limited to smaller 3500kg vans which may have insufficient payload.

larger vans on heavier chassis might have stacks of the payload they need but they aren't licensed to drive them.

..whereas we oldies who are often couples (or even singles) might need less payload yet have license groups allowing for much larger vehicles.

good luck with the switch.

Thankyou for clarifying that, BB. It was unfortunate that the explanation of the seemingly erroneous statement regarding the driving licence was Deleted User. It concerned me that someone would totally misunderstand the position and I have asked for a staff member to post the true facts. However, you have now made that unnecessary. 👍🏻

I looked at the eye watering prices of hiring a car in the uk. It was far cheaper just to take ours with us so SWMBO followed me in the car. First leg of the journey to South Coast was nearly 200 miles. When I arrived at the site SWMBO was still behind me. After that we only moved about 50 miles between campsites.

We have just moved from a caravan to a MH granted only a 6.2 metre one, we struggled at first to justify changing over in case we were stranded on site but have found we have overcome this by use of our bikes admittedly electric ones, we are OAPs thus have bus passes which are an help. We both golf so to take the MH to a golf course could be a problem, we ring them up first to check they can accommodate it, up to now we have only been refused once. The issue of towing a small car defeats the object in my view you may as well stay with a caravan. The best thing we have found about a MH is the stress taken out from towing never used to bother me when l was younger but has l got older l used to dread hitching up. One thing we make sure of is that we are on a bus route and only a couple of miles from a town or village, admittedly we can park our MH without much hassle just cant go on car parks with height restrictions. The most helpful thing we got was the Garmin Sat Nav camper which gives parking for your Motorhome plus height restrictions, just put your weight an dimensions in gives you all the info you need. Hope this helps with your decision, l wish we had done it a lot earlier.

Heethers