Look what just parked next to us.

[bigtree]

Iveco that's just shattered my dreams .

They do one on a Mercedes as well.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Provence , we were there a week ago , Took your advise & was in St-Remy de Provence , shame we missed you , now Been in lac Annecy broken down ever since (over a week now) , where you heading ?

Must have just missed you

 

[EuroTrotters]

Never hear of “Coddiwomple” before. What a great word

Coddiwomple {English slang word} ~ (v.) to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.

 

[whiskyman]

It's amazing the difference in sizes for long-term

When I was doing my first long trip in Spain in my frankia I met a couple who were doing a year in a vw T25 karmann gypsy ...they were stunned that I was solo in an 8.5 metre tag axle ...

I saw this one in Málaga ....only 2 of them in it
View attachment 426909

It must have a log burner fitted with a chimney like that

 

[ceejayt]

Never hear of “Coddiwomple” before. What a great word

The definition of coddiwomple is “to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination”. Coddiwomple is an English slang word but one which should easily be added to your vocabulary. currently I am coddiwompling my way through life.

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[DBK]

It's intriguing why the coddiewomple logo is in English on a German vehicle. Could it be the German language can't express something so vague?

 

[tonyidle]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Nobody would call a traditional Land Rover "beautiful"
But they are superb vehicles.

Given my Mercedes motorhome vs the Exploryx model on a Bolivian "main" road, I know which one I'd pick.
On a German autobahn my views would change.

I'd simply avoid Bolivian roads . And, as it happens, Land Rovers as a base vehicle .

 

[Wissel]

I'd love to build one of those.
Ideally for ourselves, but not likely for a while

 

[pelican]

Nice, very practical for overlanding, if a bit spartan, actually very spartan!.

Oh yes overlandin you wod need plastic crockery

 

[Brains]

Oh yes, overlanding you would need plastic crockery

20 years ago, we took 3 months to drive a not dissimilar Mercedes truck from Ecuador to Chile.
Brilliant trip, Bolivian roads were "interesting"

(We had metal cutlery, all held together in elastic bands to stop the rattles, a trick we still do to this day in our Mercedes Hymer, even on European roads )

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[Cat53]

It looks very robust.

 

[Shevaun]

Exploryx - Impala X

Not sure if this the inside.

 

[bigtree]

Provence , we were there a week ago , Took your advise & was in St-Remy de Provence , shame we missed you , now Been in lac Annecy broken down ever since (over a week now) , where you heading ?

Sorry to hear of your troubles, has this not happened before ?

 

[Scotch mist]

Sorry to hear of your troubles, has this not happened before ?

yeh , same last September, comfort-mattic auto gearbox , stuck in 2nd gear , this is the first time I’ve Really used it since September 2019, SO It was never fixed Last year , they just rebooted the Gearbox Software ,
we have been here in this aire for 9 days now , I am waiting for the Promised tow truck to come (same as every day for the last 8 days) , Just to make things worse my scooter has a knackered tyre , I’m loosing the will to live , should have been on the tunnel tomorrow

 

[Brains]

yeh , same last September, comfort-mattic auto gearbox , stuck in 2nd gear , this is the first time I’ve Really used it since September 2019, SO It was never fixed Last year , they just rebooted the Gearbox Software ,
we have been here in this aire for 9 days now , I am waiting for the Promised tow truck to come (same as every day for the last 8 days) , Just to make things worse my scooter has a knackered tyre , I’m loosing the will to live , should have been on the tunnel tomorrow

Sounds like when you finally get home and get it back you do a couple of circuits of the NC500 during the winter, that should prove if they fixed it or not.

(As an aside, if just rebooting the gearbox software will get you another 1,000 miles, can you not find someone local that could do that?)

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[steve69]

My first thought was "converted ex-prison van".

 

[bigtree]

My first thought was "converted ex-prison van".

And your second thought was, very expensive overlander.

 

[tacr2man]

As our cousins across the Atlantic say "Different strokes for different folks " its all down to personal choice in the end . I dont see it any less aesthetically pleasing than the majority of MOHO .

 

[Catpirate]

love the big van but the chimney looks awkward for bridges

 

[Spawn_e_git]

A German couple parked their overlander next to us, I got chatting to them and they have been away for a year doing north and South America. They got caught up with Covid in Mexico, so shipped it back to Europe and have been round Britain. We are in Provence and they are heading home to Majorca. View attachment 426822

There was an identical one of these a few weeks back @River Breamish CMC, complete with Coddiwomple graphic. Had bikes up on the rear rack and I sat there looking at it for a while wondering how they get them down.

Never figured it out.

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[bigtree]

There was an identical one of these a few weeks back @River Breamish CMC, complete with Coddiwomple graphic. Had bikes up on the rear rack and I sat there looking at it for a while wondering how they get them down.

Never figured it out.

Will be the same vehicle as they did tour Britain.

 

[Spawn_e_git]

Will be the same vehicle as they did tour Britain.

Earlier post said German couple but the one I see was on Spanish plates so assumed it was a different one.

 

[Wack]

Iveco that's just shattered my dreams .

Why , I bought a 35C15 3.0 daily chassis cab new in 2008 , sold it in 2013 with 331,000 miles on it , most of that pulling a 3.5t trailer , never broke down once , still on the original clutch when I sold it, it dis have 2 diffs in it though.
this version looks like it’d be what you need to tour South America in

 

[bigtree]

Earlier post said German couple but the one I see was on Spanish plates so assumed it was a different one.

They are a German couple but live in Spain.

 

[Spawn_e_git]

They are a German couple but live in Spain.

Case closed.

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[Thedriver]

It's amazing the difference in sizes for long-term

When I was doing my first long trip in Spain in my frankia I met a couple who were doing a year in a vw T25 karmann gypsy ...they were stunned that I was solo in an 8.5 metre tag axle ...

I saw this one in Málaga ....only 2 of them in it
View attachment 426909

Nice log burner chimney

 

[Thedriver]

There was an identical one of these a few weeks back @River Breamish CMC, complete with Coddiwomple graphic. Had bikes up on the rear rack and I sat there looking at it for a while wondering how they get them down.

Never figured it out.

Tail lift? Me thinks I spotted the same pic

 

[Boris7]

Saw this at the channel tunnel yesterday,

really impressed

 

[Northernraider]

Saw this at the channel tunnel yesterday, View attachment 433726
View attachment 433727
really impressed

Ive never seen the point as it will be as much use off road as any of those daft porsche, bmw , mercedes Chelsea tractors out there but cost more to run as a result

If you want a 4x4 camper buy a proper one

I suppose its less likely to get stuck on thr grass on a campsite but theres cheaper ways of avoiding that.

Now thats a 4x4 camper

 

[Mikey RV]

Ive never seen the point as it will be as much use off road as any of those daft porsche, bmw , mercedes Chelsea tractors out there but cost more to run as a result

If you want a 4x4 camper buy a proper one

I suppose its less likely to get stuck on thr grass on a campsite but theres cheaper ways of avoiding that.

Now thats a 4x4 camper View attachment 433729

I could live with that.

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