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Please forgive me fellow 80-90ers for i have sinned.

As many of you know i sold my beloved camper miss jones to hunt for an early bay, my tempory ride was a mazda Bongo that i borrowed off of my brother in law i have now wasted so many weekends and evenings looking for a decent clean early bay that i finally got fed up with wasting my time, one good thing did come from all the travelling that i was doing from place to place in the bongo, it made me realise what a fantastic little tool the bongo is, powered by a 2.5 ltr deisel engine usually found in the ford ranger, air con, leccy windows, leccy pop top, auto box, 35 mpg, 7 seat capability, pull down blinds built in to the rear window frames, constant 4 x 4 the list goes on and on so i've bought one.

Now before the purists kick off its still a camper and it's still manafactured in the 90's its just a better day to day vehicle for our family needs i thought long and hard about pursuing a good bay and i just wouldn't want to use it through the winter and i cant afford to run 3 vehicles.

Here she is :ok
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and a few more :D
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:ok
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And finally 8)
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lloydy wrote::ok


Thanx buddy i did try to keep with the vw's by looking at some T4's but for a similar spec to the mazda they were £3k more and for no other reason than the vw badge.
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happy camper wrote:Please forgive me fellow 80-90ers for i have sinned.

As many of you know i sold my beloved camper miss jones to hunt for an early bay, my tempory ride was a mazda Bongo that i borrowed off of my brother in law i have now wasted so many weekends and evenings looking for a decent clean early bay that i finally got fed up with wasting my time, one good thing did come from all the travelling that i was doing from place to place in the bongo, it made me realise what a fantastic little tool the bongo is, powered by a 2.5 ltr deisel engine usually found in the . . ranger, air con, leccy windows, leccy pop top, auto box, 35 mpg, 7 seat capability, pull down blinds built in to the rear window frames, constant 4 x 4 the list goes on and on so i've bought one.

Now before the purists kick off its still a camper and it's still manafactured in the 90's its just a better day to day vehicle for our family needs i thought long and hard about pursuing a good bay and i just wouldn't want to use it through the winter and i cant afford to run 3 vehicles.

Here she is :ok

Much better than a Bay for sure. But where are you going to put your clothes, food, BBQ etc?
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Oh and i'll be the first to admit that the mazda isn't as roomy as me old miss jones so i've bought a trailer to lug all the camping gear about, all the camping gear will stay in the trailer so when we wanna head off we just wheel it out of the garage hook it up and away we go :wink:
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yeah i know what you mean, just didn't seem big enough for the four of us. liking the 4WD tho'
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I'll give you a wave as you pass me on the motorway :ok
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lloydy wrote:yeah i know what you mean, just didn't seem big enough for the four of us. liking the 4WD tho'


When i worked it out the van does 75% commuting, shopping etc and 25% camping so having the trailer sorts that lill problem out and leaves us room in the van to transport clothes etc once at the site we have the drive off awning for extra living / storage space, 4 x 4 is defo a bonus but wiped a couple of miles off a gallon but i'd never have got 35 mpg outa me old miss jones :lol:
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ninja.turtle007 wrote:I'll give you a wave as you pass me on the motorway :ok


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make sure the back axle is spot on with oil etc , there very expensive even for just bearings!!! oh and only made for bongos nowt else!
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Will you still be a happy camper??
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jamesc76 wrote:make sure the back axle is spot on with oil etc , there very expensive even for just bearings!!! oh and only made for bongos nowt else!


Its had a full service and mot prior to me getting it from a bongo specialist http://www.andysimports.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and comes with a no quible 3 month warranty, these vehicles share there drivetrain with the ford ranger buddy and ford also do a version of the bongo called the Freda. :wink:
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ninja.turtle007 wrote:Will you still be a happy camper??


Thats weather dependant :rofl
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