You make some very good points, but most are relevant to all vans/conversions not just VWs. The real reason Vw campers are expensive, not only are the base vehicles overpriced to start with, people are happy to part with ridiculous amounts of cash to be part of the Vw camper scene. Conversion companies and vw themselves with the California just capitalise on that. Personally i think anyone who spends £60k on a camper its nuts and I'd bet the majority don't use them as a daily vehicle because they'll be too scared to put miles on it and effect its resale value!
Bought a brand new Transit Custom a couple of years ago and had it converted locally. Great camper and drives really nicely. Saved a shed load of cash and ended up with a nicer camper by not going down the VW route.
I had a VW Transporter for 13 years and stupidly sold it 3 years ago. Best van I ever drove. Ordered a new T6.1 Sportline in June 21 and 17 months later it’s arrived! 204ps Dsg. Love it so much!!
@@Vwfan I don't believe there are issues with your car but the grand California is a mess. The caravan part is shoddily built and poor quality. I finally got rid of mine at a staggering loss and bought a different brand
@@michaelflinn7784 Oh I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m a moderator on the VWT5 forum and since I’ve been a member since 2008 you only hear of the horror stories and not of the buses that keep on going! I’ve owed Vauxhall, Ford, Toyota and Peugeot vans of which all have had problems and the VW for me has been totally reliable. Hope your luck changes for you mate!!
Imported a Nissan Elgrand Van for £7300, with 37000 miles full service. Luxury leather interior with toys like 360 surround cameras, electric evening. It has a 250 bhp V6, it also has selectable 4 wheel drive and locking diff locks (4Motion) is a fantastic long distance cruiser. I then fully converted it myself with underslung water tanks, heating and hot water etc for about £7000. So total cost of about £14k, it has proven to be much more reliable that the x5 T5's and T6's I've had over the years. Volkswagen are simply taking the Mickel out of us, they are just ripping us off for an average spec and reliability vehicle.
100% agree! I've just bought a Vellfire, fairly old but rust free and low mileage example in very good condition. I've spent more than you (I'm not skilled enough for a self build!🤣) but it's still significantly cheaper, more comfortable to drive and hopefully more reliable than the Vee dubs! Hope you enjoy the Elly! 👍
We bought a blackberry 2016 VW T6 swbase Tailgate panel van in mint condition with Aircon that had only 18k mileage. We then got it converted to a high spec, with solar panels, electric plug-ins, fridge, roof poptop, kitchenette facilty etc, by Steve @Dub Motion in Norfolk. Came in well under £50k in total, although we decided to wait before installing a heater. Be patient about buying the base van and look every day and be ready to strike straight away with the money. We paid cash and were able to haggle. We bought ours from a VW Commercial vehicle main dealer, which I would recommend doing because they tend to get high quality used vans in stock and can transfer between their outlets. VW T6 campers are expensive because they look stylish and sexy, drive like a dream, are solid and well built and will go on forever if looked after. They also hold their value. Getting a good quality conversion enables you to have the interior done to your own taste and with what you want and also not have what you don't want.
To summarise - its all about Supply and Demand. I would add that the significant investment in a good conversion encourages the purchase of a base vehicle that will last as long as possible and retain its value - this exacerbates the Supply and Demand issue.
Totally agree Rhian. Generally people want a base vehicle to match the quality of a new conversion, but I suppose it depends on how much budget you have available for the whole project.
VW have always been expensive tell me they want £700 for the front spring and got one from Germany for £150 with shipping. I go back forty years and were expensive them. Germans don't pay what we pay we get ripped off.
I get what you mean with the different variables, but it seems too make little difference to a lot of sellers. I have seen campers 9+ years, swb, pushing 150k miles being sold in the high £20k- early £30k mark. (This is the issue). I would never buy a car with 150k miles on it at that price, never mind a camper which may have been a rental, lease or work van in its former life. I have been watching the uk market and I can see a small decline in price for some campers. But overall the whole scene is ultimately overpriced now. And campsites will be filled with stiff upper class snobs than a surf dude and his dog or a small family hitting the road for a week. It’s cheaper too buy a sports car and cruise through Europe booking hotels and air bnb’s 😂
I paid £500 for my VW T4 which starts and drives but just needs cosmetic work doing and then the interior converting which I will do myself. With the small amount of work I've already done, it has probably doubled in value already. Some people have money to burn.
I have restored three 1982 VW Westfalia campers in the last ten years. The biggest reason these and are expensive is because of restoration parts prices and availability. It cost me roughly 20k in materials and my labor 100’s of hours are not calculated.
Merc vito marco polo is head and shoulders above even the best options available to vw cultists. The flood of vw's that are about to hit the market after those who took out credit to buy into the hype will be eye watering. When everyone and their grandma seems to be driving a converted transporter, who will buy all of the vans that get reposessed when jobs start to be lost
I just bought a very late sub 10k mileage 21 highline DSG pretty high spec professional conversion for £48k, which seems a bonkers amount of money to be, but I did look at Transits and there was very little in it price wise for a Ford!
I have one and found it really streesful when needing any servicing done. Tracking, well thats something no one seems able to do. The specialist VW lot, well they seem clueless. One company took 10 hours to replace one haedlight and wanted to charge me per hour. Be careful.
@@HighlifeCampersUK i could write a book. From shite paint work, noone knows that the T28 front is one piece. VW scuffing the side when with them for an under Warranty service, and not saying anything until i checked it over. To wrong info on what tyres i should have on my staggered set up. Fitting faulty new headlights. Over tightening of oil filler housing twice, by two different garages. £680.00 each time. Dodgy rear lights also from VanX. Shocking flooring install. Warped after a year. £5000 on stereo upgrade, the first time the speakers blew, poor workmanship. Every job, painfully stressful and had to be done three times. The question is.... which garage for the next service?
I've given up on VW Transporters (I've owned 4 over the years). This summer I purchased a 3 year old used low mileage (20k) factory converted from new ,Ford Transit Custom.. It has more space all round, & cheaper to run. For me I cannot justify the high purchase cost of a VW over my Ford given that I feel the VW feels more solid.. I have £15k in my pocket for travel costs. BTW the T4 was VWs best van - Well built , reliable without Money pit electronics .
The prices are ridicoulos even other brands. A VW Ocean costs 100000 euro. A Ford Transit costs under 80000. A Fiat Ducato 5m40 is around 85000. The VW is compact but the Fiat has much more space including a shower and bathroom. I would choose for the Fiat .
I just wonder what you consider " not making a huge amount of profit " actually is. I would think £25k, at least, has been lumped onto the base model van. Yes materiels have all gone up, but there's not anywhere near , say £7k of material going into the van, that's max, the lion's share of the cost is labour. And how long does it take to fit out ??? Spare us the line, were not making huge money, that's why Dozens, yes Dozens of youse have sprung up in the past few years, because you aren't making doe, my Arse.
I didn't say we weren't making money, of course we are, we are a business. You obviously have no idea what it costs to fit out a VW camper to a high standard, so that was a pretty ignorant comment, but thanks all the same.
I did my own van. Cost £8k just for the conversion and that's just for materials. The money is in the labour. Do your own van to a professional high standard and see how long it takes you.
A friend of mine had the transporter for work ,and it was changed out for a transit , he said transit was a better drive , he did a lot of miles .That was his opinion. I've had a T 2 and T4 I think you are paying extra ,but also buying into the V W family .
So basically what your saying is that because VW are taking the piss on prices for base vehicles you have to too. You seem to forget that VW are dearer than most 6m Ducato/Citroen conversions and they will be more reliable than a VW.
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. It boils down to supply and demand. A lot of people love and want a VW camper. A lot of people do NOT love and want a Citroen camper for a long list of reasons. Thanks for your comment though, it's appreciated.
VW supply there vans to hire companies on the understanding that the hire companies do not resell privately .They have to sell them back to VW ..it's xalled price fixing
I had a Bongo camper and it was brilliant, shame Mazda stopped making them. Do you know why Audi, BMW, etc don’t make T5 equivalents? Surely there’s a massive market for them
Not necessarily, it depends mainly on the mileage and age of the van, the same as any vehicle. Buying a quality car or van costs money, you could buy a Ford and save a lot of money, but you get what you pay for.
I’m looking at a 2014 Highline fully professional conversion, Chinese diesel heater, two tone, white above Indium grey lower, with 49000 miles on the clock. It’s just been fully serviced/cambelt/water pump. They want £35000. Does that seem reasonable??
Hi Peter, thanks for your question. It’s very hard to value a camper as there are so many variables, but the mileage is quite low and it seems solid from what you have said. However I do think £35,000 is quite a lot for a 2014 van, but it boils down to what you think and what you think it’s worth to you. It’s certainly in the right ball park but I’d shop around.
There was zero BS in that video, in fact the whole point of the video was to be honest to help people understand why VW campers are expensive. If you don't like my explanation, there is nothing I can do about that. But your guesses on costs were way off, just so you know.
That’s the world we live in people want now can’t wait six months to 9 months for a new one also, it’s a fashion thing with people have to have vw I do agree, costs are going up, but there’s some people out there who are taking advantage of this .,most people get finance from vw which is better option you keep it for three years you sell, the vehicle pay the finance and make some money yourself because they hold their money you get to enjoy it three years as well get your next new one
I’ve never understood why people will spend that money on a cramped VW van. It’s insane. Either a proper motorhome and e-bikes or a car and a caravan. It’s seems the worst of both worlds. Expensive, no inside space if it’s raining. Still a pain to park in town.
I’ve done 10k this year in a dsg would never go bk to manual I’m regular on T6 forums you don’t hear anything about dsg probs …. No one also tells you 6.1s have an in built problem of dumping diesel into the gearbox oil do they
@@linoleumbonypart385, totally agree. I was lucky enough to get a DSG with only 276 miles on the clock and I'll never go back to manual. It's a dream to drive and an older VW fan told me that DSG is also better than other automatics such as Ford. (I know that the DSG is not technically an automatic but you know what I mean.)
VW transporters have always been overpriced, particularly when you compare their specification and build quality against other brands, they are lower spec and low build quality than ford yet cost a lot more.
Peoples willingness to pay top price to join the VW clan … yes they have always been expensive compared to other van brands 👍 that’s not my opinion it’s an empirical fact I’ve had quite few over the last 40 years and know that through buying them for myself.
@@peterlee44 i own both a 2019 t6 and a 2016 transit and can confirm the transit is better in every way. From fuel economy to reliability. Fit and finish, refinement, the lot. Every time I get in the vw something else breaks. This month its the washer pump. In 25 years driving I’ve never had one fail.
With respect you have not even answered your own question, all you have discussed are variables such as demand, styles, models and options which would similarly effect the price of any other van.
Thanks for your respectful comment. I did answer the question and explained in detail and in a very transparent way, why VW campers in particular are so expensive. The cost of conversion materials are around the same regardless of the make of van, it's the VW base vehicles that increase the cost due to demand and the quality of the product. I'm sorry you didn't catch the overall sentiment of the video.
Anyone who spends 50k on one of those needs to be sent to hospital for a head examination....infact I expect they are bought on finance..even more ridiculous
Totally disagree with point 1, come on man vw transporters have been expensive way before the new van shortage!!! So the real truth is you build vans at that high price because people will pay. Badge buyers!!
Absolutely, I did day VWs have aways been expensive but even more so now. If people want a quality base vehicle and they like the VW brand, power to them, who are we to judge? people can buy what ever makes them happy..
This is bull****. so the high price isnt a high price he says, its just age and mileage related. As with every car so thats no excuse. And new vws? Blah blah blah no comment!
No I didn't say that, you just made that up. Prices are high, hence the title "Why Are VW Campers So Expensive' I explain why in detail, no fluff just the truth of the matter.
Its called corporate greed,thats why ive never bought one,nice as they are,theres no way they are worth the money,i ended up buying a two person motorhome instead,more facilities and dare i say better quality,for half the price,its just a van thats kitted out ,like a transit or renault trafic,the bottom will fall out of them eventually,ive looked at lots,(when i wanted to buy one) and come to the conclusion that they are not worth the money,add to it that they are the most stolen camper van in the uk,put me right off,shame really
The real reason why so expensive is RIP OFF ENGLAND. For what they charge you can go to a hotel every day for 3 years. Yes, not nessrsarily off the beaten track, but also ............I just can't be bothered to finish this.
You make some very good points, but most are relevant to all vans/conversions not just VWs. The real reason Vw campers are expensive, not only are the base vehicles overpriced to start with, people are happy to part with ridiculous amounts of cash to be part of the Vw camper scene. Conversion companies and vw themselves with the California just capitalise on that. Personally i think anyone who spends £60k on a camper its nuts and I'd bet the majority don't use them as a daily vehicle because they'll be too scared to put miles on it and effect its resale value!
Bought a brand new Transit Custom a couple of years ago and had it converted locally. Great camper and drives really nicely. Saved a shed load of cash and ended up with a nicer camper by not going down the VW route.
The metal and corrosion protection on VWs but, transits use timing chains instead of cam belts
@@zambotv8150 im not sure what your suggesting, Vw's rust more or less than transits?
@@zambotv8150 my transit is a belt. It also has no rust. 2016 90000 miles
@@alexholmes3 In my experience VW have better corrosion protection? I suppose it depends on weather conditions and how well they're looked after,
@@Dmrdecs Mine is a 2013, 170 000 miles and, it's holding up OK.
With all the problems and poor quality I have on my California the price is ridiculously expensive. I feel scammed by VW.
Can I ask what specifically as I'm thinking of going for a California
Cheers
I've owned a California beach since 2017 best vehicle I have ever owned
I had a VW Transporter for 13 years and stupidly sold it 3 years ago. Best van I ever drove. Ordered a new T6.1 Sportline in June 21 and 17 months later it’s arrived! 204ps Dsg. Love it so much!!
@@Vwfan I don't believe there are issues with your car but the grand California is a mess. The caravan part is shoddily built and poor quality. I finally got rid of mine at a staggering loss and bought a different brand
@@michaelflinn7784 Oh I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m a moderator on the VWT5 forum and since I’ve been a member since 2008 you only hear of the horror stories and not of the buses that keep on going!
I’ve owed Vauxhall, Ford, Toyota and Peugeot vans of which all have had problems and the VW for me has been totally reliable.
Hope your luck changes for you mate!!
Imported a Nissan Elgrand Van for £7300, with 37000 miles full service. Luxury leather interior with toys like 360 surround cameras, electric evening. It has a 250 bhp V6, it also has selectable 4 wheel drive and locking diff locks (4Motion) is a fantastic long distance cruiser.
I then fully converted it myself with underslung water tanks, heating and hot water etc for about £7000.
So total cost of about £14k, it has proven to be much more reliable that the x5 T5's and T6's I've had over the years.
Volkswagen are simply taking the Mickel out of us, they are just ripping us off for an average spec and reliability vehicle.
100% agree! I've just bought a Vellfire, fairly old but rust free and low mileage example in very good condition. I've spent more than you (I'm not skilled enough for a self build!🤣) but it's still significantly cheaper, more comfortable to drive and hopefully more reliable than the Vee dubs! Hope you enjoy the Elly! 👍
@@simongray2533 Great, enjoy the Vellfire am sure it will give you many trouble free years of enjoyment 👍
@@IronMountainx Thank-you I'm sure I will. (As long as I don't get the one dog that Toyota ever produced!) 🤣🤣
We bought a blackberry 2016 VW T6 swbase Tailgate panel van in mint condition with Aircon that had only 18k mileage. We then got it converted to a high spec, with solar panels, electric plug-ins, fridge, roof poptop, kitchenette facilty etc, by Steve @Dub Motion in Norfolk. Came in well under £50k in total, although we decided to wait before installing a heater. Be patient about buying the base van and look every day and be ready to strike straight away with the money. We paid cash and were able to haggle. We bought ours from a VW Commercial vehicle main dealer, which I would recommend doing because they tend to get high quality used vans in stock and can transfer between their outlets. VW T6 campers are expensive because they look stylish and sexy, drive like a dream, are solid and well built and will go on forever if looked after. They also hold their value. Getting a good quality conversion enables you to have the interior done to your own taste and with what you want and also not have what you don't want.
We couldn't agree more Gary, thanks for your comment and input.
I've got a 1.9 d t4 potop leasure drive, never let's me down and all vw campers have always been expensive
To summarise - its all about Supply and Demand. I would add that the significant investment in a good conversion encourages the purchase of a base vehicle that will last as long as possible and retain its value - this exacerbates the Supply and Demand issue.
Totally agree Rhian. Generally people want a base vehicle to match the quality of a new conversion, but I suppose it depends on how much budget you have available for the whole project.
4 transit custom look way cooler And the dash - is much better
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I leased a transit custom recently and glad it went back. Bad build quality and loads of things went wrong with it. Prefer my new T6.1 LWB Sportline
That's subjective, Transit vans look like bloated ford fiestas to me, VW' T6.1s look a whole lot tighter in design and I don't own either.
VW have always been expensive tell me they want £700 for the front spring and got one from Germany for £150 with shipping. I go back forty years and were expensive them. Germans don't pay what we pay we get ripped off.
I get what you mean with the different variables, but it seems too make little difference to a lot of sellers.
I have seen campers 9+ years, swb, pushing 150k miles being sold in the high £20k- early £30k mark. (This is the issue).
I would never buy a car with 150k miles on it at that price, never mind a camper which may have been a rental, lease or work van in its former life.
I have been watching the uk market and I can see a small decline in price for some campers. But overall the whole scene is ultimately overpriced now. And campsites will be filled with stiff upper class snobs than a surf dude and his dog or a small family hitting the road for a week.
It’s cheaper too buy a sports car and cruise through Europe booking hotels and air bnb’s 😂
I will use the sports car if the camper is not finished.
I paid £500 for my VW T4 which starts and drives but just needs cosmetic work doing and then the interior converting which I will do myself. With the small amount of work I've already done, it has probably doubled in value already. Some people have money to burn.
very good your videos. I'm building a camper and the information is very important.
Glad you are finding our videos helpful 👍
I have restored three 1982 VW Westfalia campers in the last ten years.
The biggest reason these and are expensive is because of restoration parts prices and availability.
It cost me roughly 20k in materials and my labor 100’s of hours are not calculated.
It's one of the greatest marketing campaigns ever
Merc vito marco polo is head and shoulders above even the best options available to vw cultists. The flood of vw's that are about to hit the market after those who took out credit to buy into the hype will be eye watering. When everyone and their grandma seems to be driving a converted transporter, who will buy all of the vans that get reposessed when jobs start to be lost
Not to forget the difference between a auto/DSG) and a manual. Perhaps personal preference - But big differences in prices.
I’d never go back to a manual love the dsg
I just bought a very late sub 10k mileage 21 highline DSG pretty high spec professional conversion for £48k, which seems a bonkers amount of money to be, but I did look at Transits and there was very little in it price wise for a Ford!
I have one and found it really streesful when needing any servicing done. Tracking, well thats something no one seems able to do. The specialist VW lot, well they seem clueless. One company took 10 hours to replace one haedlight and wanted to charge me per hour. Be careful.
Sorry to hear you have had a bad experience with VW, it's not something we hear very often.
@@HighlifeCampersUK i could write a book. From shite paint work, noone knows that the T28 front is one piece. VW scuffing the side when with them for an under Warranty service, and not saying anything until i checked it over. To wrong info on what tyres i should have on my staggered set up. Fitting faulty new headlights. Over tightening of oil filler housing twice, by two different garages. £680.00 each time. Dodgy rear lights also from VanX. Shocking flooring install. Warped after a year. £5000 on stereo upgrade, the first time the speakers blew, poor workmanship. Every job, painfully stressful and had to be done three times. The question is.... which garage for the next service?
Great video Sam, hard to see these spiralling costs steadying in the near future!
Thanks for your feedback Finn, things aren't looking great right now but we will get through it I'm sure!
I've given up on VW Transporters (I've owned 4 over the years). This summer I purchased a 3 year old used low mileage (20k) factory converted from new ,Ford Transit Custom.. It has more space all round, & cheaper to run. For me I cannot justify the high purchase cost of a VW over my Ford given that I feel the VW feels more solid.. I have £15k in my pocket for travel costs. BTW the T4 was VWs best van - Well built , reliable without Money pit electronics .
The prices are ridicoulos even other brands.
A VW Ocean costs 100000 euro.
A Ford Transit costs under 80000.
A Fiat Ducato 5m40 is around 85000.
The VW is compact but the Fiat has much more space including a shower and bathroom.
I would choose for the Fiat .
It’s called vw tax better off buying a transit or a sprinter cheaper and just as good
I just wonder what you consider " not making a huge amount of profit " actually is. I would think £25k, at least, has been lumped onto the base model van. Yes materiels have all gone up, but there's not anywhere near , say £7k of material going into the van, that's max, the lion's share of the cost is labour. And how long does it take to fit out ??? Spare us the line, were not making huge money, that's why Dozens, yes Dozens of youse have sprung up in the past few years, because you aren't making doe, my Arse.
I didn't say we weren't making money, of course we are, we are a business. You obviously have no idea what it costs to fit out a VW camper to a high standard, so that was a pretty ignorant comment, but thanks all the same.
@@dougscott2298 Please find a different channel to post your ridiculous comments, thanks
They not as bad as the Americans charging 165k for a van
I did my own van. Cost £8k just for the conversion and that's just for materials. The money is in the labour. Do your own van to a professional high standard and see how long it takes you.
Van with a sink £ 60,000 complete joke
A friend of mine had the transporter for work ,and it was changed out for a transit , he said transit was a better drive , he did a lot of miles .That was his opinion. I've had a T 2 and T4 I think you are paying extra ,but also buying into the V W family .
So basically what your saying is that because VW are taking the piss on prices for base vehicles you have to too. You seem to forget that VW are dearer than most 6m Ducato/Citroen conversions and they will be more reliable than a VW.
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. It boils down to supply and demand. A lot of people love and want a VW camper. A lot of people do NOT love and want a Citroen camper for a long list of reasons. Thanks for your comment though, it's appreciated.
I know right lol paying 45k for a short wheelbase low roof 🤣
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VW supply there vans to hire companies on the understanding that the hire companies do not resell privately .They have to sell them back to VW ..it's xalled price fixing
I had a Bongo camper and it was brilliant, shame Mazda stopped making them.
Do you know why Audi, BMW, etc don’t make T5 equivalents? Surely there’s a massive market for them
I think the reason they are so expensive is because people believe the hype and are willing to pay thousands of pounds for a badge! 🤣🤣
It is expensive for commercial van as well
Very useful and appreciated thank you
A California built by VW will always hold its value over and above the 3rd Party Company conversions.
So basically then if i go for a lwb with a tail gate and a few optioms like cc and a/c...... i'm going to get shafted?!!?
Not necessarily, it depends mainly on the mileage and age of the van, the same as any vehicle. Buying a quality car or van costs money, you could buy a Ford and save a lot of money, but you get what you pay for.
I’m looking at a 2014 Highline fully professional conversion, Chinese diesel heater, two tone, white above Indium grey lower, with 49000 miles on the clock. It’s just been fully serviced/cambelt/water pump. They want £35000. Does that seem reasonable??
Hi Peter, thanks for your question. It’s very hard to value a camper as there are so many variables, but the mileage is quite low and it seems solid from what you have said. However I do think £35,000 is quite a lot for a 2014 van, but it boils down to what you think and what you think it’s worth to you. It’s certainly in the right ball park but I’d shop around.
Because they're deemed "fashionable". I don't get the big fanfare about them 🤷♂️
And p.s, i don't have a problem with anybody making good doe, i make good doe myself, it's the BS that irks .
There was zero BS in that video, in fact the whole point of the video was to be honest to help people understand why VW campers are expensive. If you don't like my explanation, there is nothing I can do about that. But your guesses on costs were way off, just so you know.
That’s the world we live in people want now can’t wait six months to 9 months for a new one also, it’s a fashion thing with people have to have vw I do agree, costs are going up, but there’s some people out there who are taking advantage of this .,most people get finance from vw which is better option you keep it for three years you sell, the vehicle pay the finance and make some money yourself because they hold their money you get to enjoy it three years as well get your next new one
2nd hand Kombi prices going through the roof .
VW loves tech but does not care about functionality/reliability.
That sucks.
I’ve never understood why people will spend that money on a cramped VW van. It’s insane. Either a proper motorhome and e-bikes or a car and a caravan. It’s seems the worst of both worlds. Expensive, no inside space if it’s raining. Still a pain to park in town.
I don’t suppose you need to understand why other people do things differently to you. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.
@@HighlifeCampersUK The video was about why VW campers are so expensive. It’s a fair comment.
Hi Sam, have you found there is much call for DSG gearbox over manual?
Hi Chris. We do get asked for vans with DSG occasionally but we tend to stay away from them as they can go wrong, the T6.1s are probably better.
I’ve done 10k this year in a dsg would never go bk to manual I’m regular on T6 forums you don’t hear anything about dsg probs …. No one also tells you 6.1s have an in built problem of dumping diesel into the gearbox oil do they
@@linoleumbonypart385, totally agree. I was lucky enough to get a DSG with only 276 miles on the clock and I'll never go back to manual. It's a dream to drive and an older VW fan told me that DSG is also better than other automatics such as Ford. (I know that the DSG is not technically an automatic but you know what I mean.)
After you have driven a DSG, you'll never go back to a manual.
Look for a Transit instead!
Like everything else in this day and age the brand name
VW transporters have always been overpriced, particularly when you compare their specification and build quality against other brands, they are lower spec and low build quality than ford yet cost a lot more.
That’s not a fact it’s your opinion. Thanks for the comment though.
Sorry but have to disagree you are a million miles away from comparing a VW to a transit chalk and cheese
Peoples willingness to pay top price to join the VW clan … yes they have always been expensive compared to other van brands 👍 that’s not my opinion it’s an empirical fact I’ve had quite few over the last 40 years and know that through buying them for myself.
@@peterlee44 i own both a 2019 t6 and a 2016 transit and can confirm the transit is better in every way. From fuel economy to reliability. Fit and finish, refinement, the lot. Every time I get in the vw something else breaks. This month its the washer pump. In 25 years driving I’ve never had one fail.
With respect you have not even answered your own question, all you have discussed are variables such as demand, styles, models and options which would similarly effect the price of any other van.
Thanks for your respectful comment. I did answer the question and explained in detail and in a very transparent way, why VW campers in particular are so expensive. The cost of conversion materials are around the same regardless of the make of van, it's the VW base vehicles that increase the cost due to demand and the quality of the product. I'm sorry you didn't catch the overall sentiment of the video.
Vw campervans, are expensive mainly because of people's ego's (look at me I've a vw campervan)
And what is wrong with that if it makes them happy. What business is it of yours what people buy?
@@HighlifeCampersUK exactly as I stated, ego problems,,look in the mirror,,,
Also add if you can't deal with with adverse comments,,.maybe you should take up fishing.
@@jacktherack9551 Thanks for your input and comments, it really helps the YT algorithm find more people we can help, much appreciated
Anyone who spends 50k on one of those needs to be sent to hospital for a head examination....infact I expect they are bought on finance..even more ridiculous
Thanks for your insightful comment, I hope you feel better for getting that off your chest.
@@HighlifeCampersUK I just don't get how they are that much...madness all around
VW's generally are over rated. It's a brand thing.
And a year on there even higher 😂
Totally disagree with point 1, come on man vw transporters have been expensive way before the new van shortage!!! So the real truth is you build vans at that high price because people will pay. Badge buyers!!
Absolutely, I did day VWs have aways been expensive but even more so now. If people want a quality base vehicle and they like the VW brand, power to them, who are we to judge? people can buy what ever makes them happy..
Utter crap. Theyre a rip off. I’ve had one and they’re effectively useless. Buy a MWB Sprinter. Cheaper and better.
Nope too small and way overpriced,
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This is bull****. so the high price isnt a high price he says, its just age and mileage related. As with every car so thats no excuse. And new vws? Blah blah blah no comment!
No I didn't say that, you just made that up. Prices are high, hence the title "Why Are VW Campers So Expensive' I explain why in detail, no fluff just the truth of the matter.
Its called corporate greed,thats why ive never bought one,nice as they are,theres no way they are worth the money,i ended up buying a two person motorhome instead,more facilities and dare i say better quality,for half the price,its just a van thats kitted out ,like a transit or renault trafic,the bottom will fall out of them eventually,ive looked at lots,(when i wanted to buy one) and come to the conclusion that they are not worth the money,add to it that they are the most stolen camper van in the uk,put me right off,shame really
The real reason why so expensive is RIP OFF ENGLAND. For what they charge you can go to a hotel every day for 3 years. Yes, not nessrsarily off the beaten track, but also ............I just can't be bothered to finish this.