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Post by glenw on Nov 3, 2008 14:28:35 GMT
Hi all,
this is only a maybe!!!! but, we are thinking about selling our romahome demountable and getting something slightly bigger.
It is a 2000 x reg daihatsu hijet 1.3 petrol.
If anyone is interested, PM me and i'll let you know whats going on. send photo's etc
As I say, it is only a MAYBE at this time, we don't really want to sell but....................
Hope all the regulars around here are well, I keep popping in every so often, just to see whats what.
take care all,
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Post by Graham on Nov 3, 2008 16:19:50 GMT
Hi Glen
If you sell your van, I hope you'll stick around the forum. What sort of replacement are you thinking of?
Graham
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Post by glenw on Nov 3, 2008 19:20:45 GMT
Hi Graham,
Don't worry, you'll not get rid of us that easily.!! :-)
We've just been looking around generally and have seen a couple of vans we like the look of. 1 is a jap import and the other is a romahome quartet. We want something that has just a little more space, we like to move around rather than staying on 1 site and packing/unpacking does get a little tedious. we also like to take our bikes with us and they take up too much room so maybe a rear cycle rack would be useful ( not sure if the quartet will be ok with this). An loo /shower would be nice too for the odd night wild camping.
it really is early days, hence no price etc listed, we still love our romahome !!!
we'll see what happens
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Post by glenw on Nov 5, 2008 17:10:26 GMT
well, it looks as though the maybe has become have!!
A dealer has given us a decent trade in price against a bigger van, we just need to sort out the finance side of things now! I'm thinking that I should apply for that tv programme where you get paid to open a box too!! ;-)
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Post by Graham on Nov 5, 2008 22:04:33 GMT
Crickey, that was quick, so don't keep us in suspense, what van have you got/getting?
Graham
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Post by glenw on Nov 6, 2008 11:32:31 GMT
Sorry, forgot to tell you that bit! We decided on the Japanese imported Toyota hilux coachbuilt. Its at a local Japanese import dealer, has 9600 miles on a 1992 diesel 2.8l. Its quite a bit bigger than our romahome, having a fixed over cab bed ( no more taking the bed down every morning!! ;D). Its also got a small shower/toilet room, on board water tanks, a petrol generator, and heating! Its going to feel like a palace!!. It will sad to see the romahome go, we've loved doing her up and the time we've spent away in her but she was just a little too small for our needs. I hope we are still OK to stick around under the small motorhome banner, the new one ain't that big look!  I'm going to leave the window sticker thing for the forum/website in the romahome, you never know, the new owner may join us! Glen |
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Post by Graham on Nov 6, 2008 11:48:04 GMT
Its a very smart looking van and pretty unique, don't think I've seen one quite like it. You are certainly welcome to stick around we like a diverse range of subscribers.
Bet you can't wait to get out on the road.
Graham
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Post by jayjay on Nov 7, 2008 12:32:32 GMT
Wow Glen! Just catching up with everything - that new Toyota sounds fab!  |
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Post by glenw on Nov 7, 2008 19:23:28 GMT
yeah, we can't wait to get it, should be picking it up next week. The only problem is, we won't be able to use it until january, we are abroad for all of december!!
Hi jayjay, was wondering if you were still around! How did the house move go? did you keep your romahome on, last I heard was you were struggling to get a parking space for it??
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Post by Pauline on Nov 8, 2008 17:37:57 GMT
I'm going to leave the window sticker thing for the forum/website in the romahome, you never know, the new owner may join us! Glen Great idea Glen  Your new van looks lovely, is it going to be the Honeymoon Hotel? It has the look of a Quartet but more robust, a sort of 'toughed up' Quartet ;D Bet you can't wait to get out and about in it, there is no chance of us passing you now, not like we did on the M42 on the way to Wolverley!  |
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Post by pendel on Nov 11, 2008 1:01:17 GMT
Hi Glen. Your new camper looks great. Good luck with it. We have upgraded our Roma with a newer one but still have the older one on the drive for sale. Penny
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Post by barry5933 on Nov 12, 2008 13:42:58 GMT
What on earth  ?? What mpg will that return? I presume the spare wheel on the front bumper is for those little misjudgements when parking! |
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Post by glenw on Nov 12, 2008 19:22:25 GMT
Your new van looks lovely, is it going to be the Honeymoon Hotel? ;D The honeymoon hotel is a little further afield! We've booked a cruise around the Galapagos islands and then onto Costa Rica!!! little over 3 weeks to go!!!  |
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Post by glenw on Nov 12, 2008 19:26:05 GMT
Hi Glen. Your new camper looks great. Good luck with it. We have upgraded our Roma with a newer one but still have the older one on the drive for sale. Penny Thanks Penny, hope you are both well! We were lucky to get a very reasonable ( in our opinion!!) trade in, we just need to avoid Ebay for the next few weeks, as this is where the trader is going to advertise it!! We don't want to know what he gets for it! hope the new roma is as good as you hoped and good luck with the sale of the old one |
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Post by glenw on Nov 12, 2008 19:30:00 GMT
What on earth ?? What mpg will that return? I presume the spare wheel on the front bumper is for those little misjudgements when parking! Its a fairly unique vehicle I think, being a japanese import. MPG is difficult to find out, most website list figures around the 30mpg mark, we weren't getting much more than that from our roma!! I don't do parking misjudgements so the tyre on the front must be to help nudge lesser motorhomes out of the mud on grass sites or to push slowlaners out of the way!!! ;D |
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Post by Graham on Nov 12, 2008 20:26:59 GMT
we just need to avoid Ebay for the next few weeks, as this is where the trader is going to advertise it!! We don't want to know what he gets for it! You'll have to be careful coming on here then, Ebay adverts appear on this forum sometimes. Graham |
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Post by glenw on Nov 14, 2008 12:26:06 GMT
We've just fetched the new van, everything seems good with it!! now we have to search through the diary to see when's the first time we can get away in it!!
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Post by Pauline on Nov 17, 2008 18:50:00 GMT
;D The honeymoon hotel is a little further afield! We've booked a cruise around the Galapagos islands and then onto Costa Rica!!! little over 3 weeks to go!!! Wow that sounds fantastic! I'm getting all excited for you both, hopefully all the wet weather is getting out of the way so that you will have a lovely DRY day |
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