Considering selling and moving to something bigger

[Boomer]

I just can't find a Burstner panel van B66 anywhere on the web as described here, with a round sit and a poptop. On buerstner.com only a B66 600 with the horrible 'dinette'. I can find a B66 big motorhome, but not a 6m panel van, nowhere... I'm curious! Anyone has a link somewhere? Is it a UK thing, perhaps?

It's the one posted above by PJM. It's a Burstner Lyseo Gallery motorhome rather than as panel van. They've just stopped production of them though so some good deals on the ones left.

 

[pjm-84]

We sat in one at the weekend and really liked it - felt really open with the rear lounge. The pop top felt quite substantial as well. What was it like to drive? And that's a great deal considering the original price.

Oddly its easy to drive and I'm really impressed with the Fiat 2.2 (smooth) and the ZF 9speed (very smooth). Seem very well matched. A few ratttles from the back, but the front dash / Fiat element is rattle / creak free (VW take note!), and I'm still finding storage pockets. Tech is impressive and even outshines our 2022 BMW X545E. Although the screen sensors do not like heavy rain

Its only 140hp and you do drop a few gears on some of the steeper climbs. I find it easier to set the cruise on the motorways as its certainly more responsive then my foot. You sit high in the cab and the seats are very comfortable. Windows are slightly odd due to the integral blinds. Normal on the outside, small on the inside. Visibility is really good noting the small windows and the blinds in the A pillar

The only really unusal thing is the brake pedal when you first drive it. Its small and close to the accelerator. Took me a few miles to get comfortable, particulalry in my size 14 hiking boots.

Heading up to Bowness on Windermere tomorrow for a long weekend. Loaded up and towing my rally bike..... so I'm hoping for a tail wind.

 

[sticky1]

We certainly did the same move from a smaller van to a motorhome as the kids started to grow, admittedly I did have four in tow. Now back down to the smallest van since the T2. I think it’s a common route.
You’ll be back!

 

[Boomer]

Oddly its easy to drive and I'm really impressed with the Fiat 2.2 (smooth) and the ZF 9speed (very smooth). Seem very well matched. A few ratttles from the back, but the front dash / Fiat element is rattle / creak free (VW take note!), and I'm still finding storage pockets. Tech is impressive and even outshines our 2022 BMW X545E. Although the screen sensors do not like heavy rain

Its only 140hp and you do drop a few gears on some of the steeper climbs. I find it easier to set the cruise on the motorways as its certainly more responsive then my foot. You sit high in the cab and the seats are very comfortable. Windows are slightly odd due to the integral blinds. Normal on the outside, small on the inside. Visibility is really good noting the small windows and the blinds in the A pillar

The only really unusal thing is the brake pedal when you first drive it. Its small and close to the accelerator. Took me a few miles to get comfortable, particulalry in my size 14 hiking boots.

Heading up to Bowness on Windermere tomorrow for a long weekend. Loaded up and towing my rally bike..... so I'm hoping for a tail wind.

Thanks for that. Good to hear. Our current van is based on the fiat 9 speed and all ok so far. Would be good to hear how driving through some of the narrower Lakes roads goes. The Gallery we saw was at a dealership in the northwest and we're very very tempted!

 

[bvddobb]

I just can't find a Burstner panel van B66 anywhere on the web as described here, with a round sit and a poptop. On buerstner.com only a B66 600 with the horrible 'dinette'. I can find a B66 big motorhome, but not a 6m panel van, nowhere... I'm curious! Anyone has a link somewhere? Is it a UK thing, perhaps?

OK, found it eventually! Buerstner call it the Eliseo C, here on the continent. But the configurator is ‘no longer available for this model’, only ‘immediately available models’ … So, end of life? Hence the offers, here and there? And still no poptop.

 

[ThomasHJ]

Check the Adria Twin posts. I have one on order!

Would love to know more about which one you went for and why. We have been looking at several Adria Twins in the last few weeks and they seem nice. We are 2 adults and 2 kids and they have good double bunk bed layouts.

 

[LRGS253]

Would love to know more about which one you went for and why. We have been looking at several Adria Twins in the last few weeks and they seem nice. We are 2 adults and 2 kids and they have good double bunk bed layouts.

We have a Adria Twin 600 SPB Sports on order. We didn't want to go larger than 6m as I need to use it for my commute, but I have parking at work! I like the openness of the pop top as I like sleeping under canvass. Toilet/shower swing wall is innovative and no curtain. We have had our Cali for 5 great years, but the Wife likes to sleep downstairs in the dark and I had nowhere to go when I got up in the morning, so wanted something with a dinette area. We looked at lots of vans at the October Motorhome Show, but the build quality of the Adria surpassed all. Not all of the 6m vans have a window above the windscreen that makes them quite dark - the Adria has an opening window and the light is great. The Knaus Boxlife was a close 2nd, but no pop top available at the time, but one was due. We purchased the Adria show van and got £11K off list. Looking forward to it.