Wendell Hovey asks: Does anyone have any information about buying a camper in europe, using it there for the summer, and selling it at the end of the summer?
Yes I have information. There is talk about buying vans at Schiphol (Amsterdam) from people who are about ready to board their planes and are desperately trying to find a buyer; contact Tim Smith about this one. Buying a van in Germany, and presumably other continental countries, means big bucks. They have stiff inspection criteria, so most vanagons have already melted away. Prices are out of sight for used cars, as the eastern european market (and Balkan and Near Eastern) holds a steady demand for used vehicles. Have you ever seen a shot of Palestine without a white Peugeot 404 in it? Wonder why? I ran into a couple of Aussies driving old -- as in 1976 or so -- campers from the UK. They paid in the neighborhood of 3,000 quid and hoped to dump them for a similar amount. Of course it helps to have a place to stay in the UK while you're shopping. It seems the UK vehicles aren't subject to the stringent safety inspections that might be found on the continent. And perhaps the RHD discourages the shipment to the eastern countries. UK subscribers, add your two bits worth! Neil Neil Wigley U of Windsor <wigley@server.uwindsor.ca>
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