HOW MUCH DID MY CAMPERVAN COST ? T5 VW vanlife |

[@rude2870]

Awesome the van looks great. I have a big admiration for people that foster kids, that’s pretty awesome too 👍🏽

[@Solo50plus]

Your story telling and video creation is really engaging. I was captivated the way told us about your journey :)

[@vanlifegoodies]

Thank you so much!

[@kylew9908]

I've just upgraded from a caddy SWB to a 53 plate T5, fully converted pop top with everything fitted. Bought it with no MOT as the bloke thought the engine was done for. I had a water pump fitted and MOT (failed on a drop link!!!!) And it runs like a dream, body work is decent too..........and here's the best bit........ only paid 4k for it

[@vanlifegoodies]

bargain !

[@hulmedav]

I love every inch of my T5, we don’t go far but have some great adventures and always meet great new friends.

[@janmarie6434]

Love your channel. Your videos are giving me the confidence to take my own t5 out, I lost a lot of confidence last year a few months after buying it the clutch went quite spectacularly across a busy junction and my youngest child was completely traumatised and refused to ever get back in the van again. So I stopped driving it for months. I'm a widow too so it's just been a nightmare. Anyway this afternoon, my eldest daughter and I plucked up courage and drove to a local beauty spot in it and had lunch in it. So thank you so much.

[@vanlifegoodies]

Janmarie , you have made my day - I am so very blessed by your comment . May your adventures continue x

[@chrisking6732]

I sincerely hope you get that trip to Europe. It’s great to see you have never given up on your dream ❤

[@russellnewton6660]

Just bought my T5 (mad prices) and I’ve not stopped doing mods and buying stuff lol. I need to stop. Your van looks lovely by the way, and yeah feeling attachment to an inanimate object is a bit worrying, I might pay the Dr a visit.

[@RetroRewind77]

Lovely story behind the van

[@johnturner5252]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Good luck with everything you do. I've got a Ford transit custom pop top campervan. Grandchildren love going out in it and I love taking them out as my granddaughter says we are making memories grandad.

[@tandsky]

Respect your journey . Am sure you appreciate what you have more than it being handed on a plate. We have a t4 and love her. Wouldn't update and anyway we couldn't warrant the expense. Enjoy your next adventures.

[@vanlifegoodies]

Indeed - we feel very very grateful

[@karensmith4759]

I would just like to say that is the best you tube vidio i have ever watched , i have watched loads , all on van life , and the best part about it was how you explained , it all . plus the bonus side is you are British , i will enjoy the rest , i don't have a van as yet

[@dolceitalia5846]

Amazing buy! You won’t lose anything on that when/if you come to sell it :)

[@jartotable]

I'm a lone parent now with a vaxhaul zaphira, so it's so reassuring to know its not more expensive fuel wise.

[@andyroyphotography800]

Loved this video and well done with ur purchase they are awesome vans.. I love mine 👍

[@jasonminton9681]

All the best with everything, you seem like you really deserve some proper adventures. Great video btw.

[@vanlifegoodies]

Thanks for the encouragement 👍

[@richardsracingmad]

Good luck with the new venture!

[@lindarich3317]

I know that feeling, happy adventures

[@vanlifegoodies]

Thankyou 👍

[@Jose-we9oo]

Your story resonates, with ours, well done. Am sure the euro trip will come.

[@karenwilkinson5622]

Aaaaaaw how lovely .. X

[@russfoggan4092]

Great vid guys!

[@kessimmond6564]

with the dream to go to Europe ..... we went to Cornwall ...... classic lol

[@jasonmiller2642]

Fantastic story, Fantastic content on all your videos 😁😁

[@vanlifegoodies]

Thanks for the support ❤️

[@jasonmiller2642]

@@vanlifegoodies you ever travel Northumberland give is a shout 👍👍

[@groundhog1143]

Just started watching your video I've just bought my first campervan it's a Mazda bongo 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMartymcfly1985]

Great video, please excuse my silly question but is this van a SWB? Thank you

[@vanlifegoodies]

Hi not a silly question at all . Yes it is SWB - hope that helps

[@TheMartymcfly1985]

@@vanlifegoodies Thank you, yes it does , I'm 6ft 3 and was fretting that it wouldn't be long enough for a bed to fit but as I've seen it's plenty long enough. I don't like LWB I find them too awkward.

[@wildhogget69]

I am so looking into buying a T5, but some of them have done so many kilometers that it concerns me, interiors are great bodywork great but 250km 😮

[@vanlifegoodies]

Yes , mine will be virtually a new van soon as everything’s been replaced !!

[@stuarthall2523]

VW engines, as long as they have had regular oil changes will last a long time.

[@JoolsUK]

Could it be worth more now. VW prices are all high now.

[@vanlifegoodies]

Yes most likely - but I won’t be selling 👍

[@sjwillis1137]

😉👍👍.

[@DriveWithAndy]

ooo you from Stockport? spotted the A6. were currently starting our Campervan Conversion adventures

[@vanlifegoodies]

Yay 🙌 Stockport’s yes 👍

[@allanb52]

I like the start, but who are these people who say an older T4 is better than a Vivaro? I would pick the Vivaro every time and have, along with most in UK where it is number 1 and Renault Trafic number 1 for Europe. The Vivaro, is better, cheaper to buy, cheaper to fix, more reliable, better engines, better gearboxes, better bodywork. So you were misinformed, which is born out in you comments about all the repairs. Our 08 Vivaro (timing chain engine) cost £3,200 in 2016 and spent £3,000 converting it and annual repairs are pretty low. I like your style, but you chose the wrong van...but keep up these vids. "Hatchback and 2 man tent", we did the same....not much money either...and that's good. Don't dream, just go!! We are in central Portugal...and the great weather is on it's way.

[@vanlifegoodies]

Hi , thanks for your comment , it was 4 mechanics whole told me a t4 - I wonder if there just easier to work on for them , or make them more money ?! Either way I love my little van and it gives us so many memories . A vivaro would have given us a wider bed , which would have been nice . 👍

[@allanb52]

@@vanlifegoodies Your emotional attachment is a different matter and as an engineer I try to avoid such things when it comes to machines. I have owned 2 T4s which were very expensive to repair/parts. My first Vdub was a T3 water cooled and that was fun and reliable, requiring a cheap exhaust in all 5 years of ownership. VW have lost their reliability over the years since then and the Vivaro is popular now for a very good reason, it's the best, the Trafic likewise in Europe. V-dub is the definitive camper, people think of it that way, but the stats don't support that, just the image. Like I said I like your style and history, very similar to me, though I am much older. Enjoy your van, which I am sure you will and that tdi engine is the best of the bunch, I had a 2.5 5 cylinder and that was a pig. We are off to Greece next month, crossing from southern Italy, I am told it is good. But at that time of year. Bonne chance and bonne voyage..

[@JosipM333]

Volkswagen is the BEST💪