Dave is a Toyo Man

Ole Grizzly · Senior Member

Dave is a Toyo Man

dave06 · Guru

grizz. I dont think you could go wrong with either of those, they seem pretty good provided the service manuals and log books are up to spec. I would lean towards the toy simply because of parts, price and availability, 150 k's is not much on the diesel she would be good for another 150 at least, the mercedes is probably the better machine but breakdowns, if any, will set you back quite a bit so be carefull and finding a merc specialist in coober pedy would be a problem, one of those models, not sure which one, had a problem with the tiptronic semi auto gear box at the mates workshop, she had to be towed on to a reclaimer truck and carried to adelaide for specialist treatment, me toyota everytime but I am biased

Ole Grizzly · Senior Member

Have been down town today looking at some more campervans. Shock Horror !

Pretty on the outside, not too bad on the inside, but underneath..'struth'..most look as if they have been used for clearing scrub and breaking up Mallee Roots.

On closer inspection rubbing off the gunk reveals iron ore coloured dust and some had visible stripes and unfaded paint work where sign writing had been removed..At the correct angle the names of hire companies are revealed..

Inspecting the Legal Jargon attached to the window never states those companies, but some other weird company name which is the tax haven .

Boy-O-Boy..I tried so hard to be polite to the salespersons.

dave06 · Guru

unfortunately some people think "free camping" means automatic off roading and diligently race in to the scrub willy nilly, its a mine field grizz, when we were looking for a replacement mini motorhome we had definate needs and wants, we asked around got info and settled on a toyota because everybody said so, next trick was to find a good one, easier said than done, we must have looked at 30 or 40 of them and like you found sign writing and damage and others with shadecloth for awnings and some of the inside construction attempts were absolutely woefull, my son being an exceptionally knowledgeable bloke, was looking through carpoint and said to me "what about this one, I rang port side motors in adelaide who had it up for sale, he gave me the usual "only one owner driven to and from church" routine, I said to the dragon that I was fed up looking and I will just grab this one, if its buggered we will fix it, we bought it sight unseen cash on the knocker, and they delivered it for free, didnt have to do a damn thing, topped it up with fuel filled up with groceries, threw our clothes in and we were in kangaroo island the next day, sometimes you can be lucky other times not, be carefull check them out and if necesary get an raa report done on them