Ultimate mini-camper

AsheGuy wrote:
After driving on a lot of roads in the Appalachian Mountains, I don't find European roads so threatening. Except for that thing about driving on the wrong side of the road. :)

Guess I will not be travelling on the roads of the Appalachian Mountains :)

AsheGuy wrote:
After driving on a lot of roads in the Appalachian Mountains, I don't find European roads so threatening. Except for that thing about driving on the wrong side of the road. :)

That's not a problem except when you go to signal a turn and turn on the windshield wipers. ;)

After driving on a lot of roads in the Appalachian Mountains, I don't find European roads so threatening. Except for that thing about driving on the wrong side of the road. :)

Davydd wrote:
When we went to England and Wales, Wales especially, I would have been uncomfortable even in a Class B van I think. Many of the roads they called highways were not even 16 feet wide and in Wales they had stone walls with tight to the highway with no aprons. Commercial trucks, buses, etc. had 4 x 4 steel tubes welded to the frame used as a rub guide gauge on the stone walls.

Oh tell me about it:E My sister drove my Wife and myself around Wales and Southern England in a hire Peugeot 308. I was constantly saying "slow down, slow down" "I do not care if the GPS wants us to go that pathway, it is no road" Frightening driving conditions. You thanked your lucky stars when you got onto a A-Road or Motorway

When we went to England and Wales, Wales especially, I would have been uncomfortable even in a Class B van I think. Many of the roads they called highways were not even 16 feet wide and in Wales they had stone walls with tight to the highway with no aprons. Commercial trucks, buses, etc. had 4 x 4 steel tubes welded to the frame used as a rub guide gauge on the stone walls.

Not everybody wants the hugest, fattest thing possible...

RobertRyan wrote:

Fastpaddler wrote:

gerrym51 wrote:
You know what i think. I think the people in Japan and europe wish they had our rv's.

I agree. Those little grinders would drive us all nuts. Noisy and uncomfortable. I have seen B Rvs RVs from Canada in Tokyo during the 1980s when i was working there and the Japanese loved them. But you have to have a parking spot for a vehicle and there is the rub!!!Plus the Japanese tax the pants off our vehicles ie US cars are an anomoly there.

These Mini Motorhomes, somewhat larger are killing Caravan sales in Europe.
Other reasons why the Japanese do not buy US vehicles and tax is not one of them. They are buying more and more European ones though.

Yes. Probably because they are more compact. Length, width and height are big concerns on Japanese roads, especially off the autoroutes.
AL

Fastpaddler wrote:

gerrym51 wrote:
You know what i think. I think the people in Japan and europe wish they had our rv's.

I agree. Those little grinders would drive us all nuts. Noisy and uncomfortable. I have seen B Rvs RVs from Canada in Tokyo during the 1980s when i was working there and the Japanese loved them. But you have to have a parking spot for a vehicle and there is the rub!!!Plus the Japanese tax the pants off our vehicles ie US cars are an anomoly there.

These Mini Motorhomes, somewhat larger are killing Caravan sales in Europe.
Other reasons why the Japanese do not buy US vehicles and tax is not one of them. They are buying more and more European ones though.

gerrym51 wrote:
You know what i think. I think the people in Japan and europe wish they had our rv's.

I agree. Those little grinders would drive us all nuts. Noisy and uncomfortable. I have seen B Rvs RVs from Canada in Tokyo during the 1980s when i was working there and the Japanese loved them. But you have to have a parking spot for a vehicle and there is the rub!!!Plus the Japanese tax the pants off our vehicles ie US cars are an anomoly there.

RobertRyan wrote:

Bill.Lynch wrote:

mumkin wrote:
....the English at this RV show was odd unless they are marketing these units to Australia or New Zealand - which is a possibility that I hadn't thought of when I first posted about it.

Or India?

No not in Australia or New Zealand, way too tiny, Local builder AVIDA is launching several 35-40ft models in 2015. 23-28ft is the range of European based Motorhomes here.

There were a few decent sized units at that show... not all of them were so tiny. I doubt that there is much of a market for RVs in India since there are, as yet, few (any?) organized RV parks.

And Robert... The first time I ever heard the term "hoovering" was from a Brit overseas. So it isn't that common in the US. But we of a certain age do still "xerox" our paperwork even though the copy machine is a different brand. Even many Americans use the term Winnebago for any "motorhomes."