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Post by Andrew Craig on Mar 26, 2007 5:56:05 GMT
Does anyone have any experience of these small campers, produced by Lifestyle Vehicle Developments Ltd?
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Post by viv on Mar 26, 2007 8:51:42 GMT
Hi Andrew, I have not heard of them but will have a look on the net.
My, you were up early!!!!
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Post by viv on Mar 26, 2007 8:56:30 GMT
Hi again Andrew
Just had a look at the website and I am impressed. Looks really good, with an awning for longer journeys it could fit the bill if and when we decide to have just one vehicle.
I just love 'tiny and compact'!!!!
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Post by Graham on Mar 26, 2007 19:19:45 GMT
They are certainly VERY compact, a little too compact for my liking, I would rather have a Romahome myself.
I'm not sure whether I am right or not, but I think the MD of Lifestyle used to work for Romahome.
Regards
Graham
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Post by mike and heather on Mar 26, 2007 21:20:02 GMT
Yes, Graham, Adam Coombe MD of Lifestyle used to be the Sales Director at Romahome. We met him in 2003 when going to see the factory on the IOW when they were producing Dimension model 001. The Parisienne is designed by Barry Stimpson, who has designed most if not all Romahome models, before Romahome took them on and improved them. La Mediterranee was the mark 1 of The Dimension. See this link for the Parisienne www.lvdltd.co.uk/21901.htmlThe kitchen uses fibreglass just as in Romahomes. I notice they do a Bongo conversion too, and I wonder if this model is or is related to Yamaha's. |
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Post by mike and heather on Mar 26, 2007 21:26:27 GMT
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Post by yamaha on Mar 26, 2007 22:01:53 GMT
"I notice they do a Bongo conversion too, and I wonder if this model is or is related to Yamaha's."
Yep, they would fit our Bongo. Did look at their eBay ad for the units - but we prefer to "rough it" a bit - when we had the Duo Hylo we never cooked in it, nor used the sink - years of motorbike camping have "programmed" us into enjoying cooking and washing on our hands and knees!!
Trouble is - all the space we now have in the Bongo soon seems to get swallowed up with all the gear we now deem "essential", and it would be very hard to downsize the list to do it on the bike now!!
'Spose that's called progress!!
Mike
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baldybantam
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Post by baldybantam on Mar 28, 2007 19:22:45 GMT
We got the literature on "La Parisienne" as we are considering downsizing. However, the passageway space between the seats/beds is only 6 inches. Not being a Twiggy Like creature, the thought of squeezing into this 6 inches every time one wanted to move brought tears to the eyes. OK, perhaps a good diet might help. For us, that was downsizing too far.
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Post by Pauline on Mar 29, 2007 7:41:47 GMT
That is narrow, I think even Twiggy would struggle to get through there!!
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Post by stevef on Mar 31, 2007 15:17:49 GMT
Hi,
The March 07 issue of Practical Motorhome had a 2 page article of someone using a 'Parisienne'. The article was more about the trip than the vehicle but had a few paragraphs and a few pictures. Sounds more suited to one person for the odd night, but does give you a 4 seat car for the rest of the time.
Steve
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