David
Hired the van for our weekend away at Purbeck Folk Festival.
The van as a living space had everything we needed. It had a nice double bed with sheets and pillows provided. The gas stove worked well and we had just enough water for the weekend for the sink/washing up. There is a small enclosed toilet which is a godsend during the night! The solar panel ensures that the spacious fridge can stay on the whole time and there isn’t any worry about charging devices.
The van does look a little rough around the edges (it is a DIY conversion) and to get the van going needed a certain routine with the key - we later found out that the main key was faulty (spare key worked no problem without the routine!).
We decided to drive back the Sunday night and the key would not work. Despite Pedro talking us through the routine to start the van, it wouldn’t start. (Now this is more of a GoBoony issue) the breakdown service is via the AA and they were unable to send anyone out for three hours, which kept extending through the night. I ended up calling my own recovery who came and got the van started. The AA’s contractor called 12 hours after I called the AA to say they were coming out!
We drove home to de-kit the van and again the van wouldn’t start. Pedro did come to my house with the spare key and got the van going at which point we agreed the main key was faulty.
The van was fine to drive and if it wasn’t for the faulty key we would have given it a better rating.