NEW £80k VW ID Buzz EV Camper Van Overnight REVIEW

[@WillsWhereabouts]

If you want to see a VW ID Buzz challenge video where I drive this as far as the battery will take me, GIVE THIS COMMENT A LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

& Maximum range driving at normal speeds fully loaded is? I'll guess 95-115 miles...

[@joanne26]

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[@eightatheart_music]

That‘ll be a very short video then

[@MarkGaudie]

If you stick to 60mph and keep the AC off you’ll get over 230 miles no problem.

[@MarkGaudie]

Some of the design of the interior I would change on this camper. Make the bed powered and buy the fridge under the counter so you get a larger sink and a twin burner induction Hob.

[@fpoiana]

Came for the hunk, stayed for the production value! Well done Will!! the videos are coming together beutifly!!! and you... well... you are a piece of art!!! Keep up the good work! Cheers.

[@youtubewts]

Wow! Fan girl / guy much?! 😂

[@terrybernadino3385]

@@youtubewts I mean, you can't deny that Will hit the genetic lottery. 🙂

[@stfu3428]

As a past ower of a 1974 T2 and a 1980 T25, this looks like a great piece of kit. TS have done a sterling job. The long wheel-base coming soon may allow Will to put his strides on without his viewers suffering! Great Vid mate.

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Cheers matey

[@youtubewts]

Imagine it must look like just as great a piece of kit as a past owner or whatever or not?!

[@AegonIV]

Really needs the front seat row to be integrated into the living space.

[@marcoadamberger4456]

For 80K you can get a custom sprinter van 4×4 camper with offroad equipt and and a way more luxourious and comfy spec.

[@mhellerart]

this is kind of what i was thinking, but is there all electric options for sprinters?

[@marcoadamberger4456]

@@mhellerart Yes the ESpinter but the V6 Diesel is the best powertrain for it.

[@casinodelonge]

for 80k, you could buy a helicopter and fly to a hotel!

[@Paul-mw8kg]

All these vehicles your testing are not a patch on yours will I would pick your van over all of them that's a compliment to how well you have built your van 👍

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Cheers Paul, they're all certainly a lot different to Mary

[@cthibault8225]

The problem with all these evs is the price.

[@daviebevan]

Very well presented, with no bs. Keep these coming. You are as entertaining as anyone off the TV. Well done 👍

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Much appreciated

[@toothlessseer3153]

The biggest problems would be... 1 - How can you stay off the grid for more than one day (I don't think the battery would last very long)? 2 - How would you recharge the battery off the grid? Carry a generator? 3 - How would you travel any distance off the grid? _Assuming a range of 215 miles, you'd be able to travel maybe 50 miles, camp for one overnight (use up about 100 miles of battery) and travel back 50 miles_

[@RoxStar_eth]

It’s clearly on grid, for some people that’s alright 👍

[@teajay6636]

Use 100 miles of battery overnight? You know how much that is? About 40kWh! There is no way draining the battery that much over 8 hours. You could run the AC for at least 20 hours i it is really hot.

[@MrSteviethegreat]

There’s a solar panel as well

[@Investor-365]

Been watching your vids for a few days now, really engaging content. Saw your vid about feeling lost about 3 years ago and to see how you’ve grown is inspiring 🙏🏼

[@Devonellah]

THIS is what EVERYONE has wanted - not another MiniVan!!!! When it comes to kitchens in Vans I would pass on that and just make more space for a Bed and cook outside - all the grease is going to build up inside the van LOL :)

[@hamsternibbler5582]

Time to pack all of this away as he pulls his trousers up. 😂😂😂

[@orbearis]

Makes you want to see MORE trousers up.

[@kateturnbull9085]

Very cramped for 80k! We had a 2004 T5 , loads more room and storage. The kitchen in my Fiat Doblo is bigger than that! I could travel a long long way on the difference in price too!!

[@kateturnbull9085]

But I enjoyed the video 15:47 as ever.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

New vw t plug hybrdd 30 plus mioes evhybdrre modrr

[@danielsweeney6742]

It is pretty good that the engineers thought of the head rest that go together. Someone was thinking.

[@catherineferguson7388]

Hi Will, how’s you, good to see you again, I would rather have a vintage VW camper, the price of one of those is crazy, I can’t even afford an electric car, how many power points are going to be in the countryside, it’s a nice van, but there’s no exciting colours , it’s pretty boring inside, looks like every other new camper van inside, expect the ones that people have designed themselves. Once the bed has been set up, there’s no room for anything. It’s not for me, thank you Will for showing us around this VDub.. all the best. Xxx

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Hi Catherine, totally agree with all your comments. I think that's a big thing with commercially built vehicles that they really lack character

[@j.w.l.2766]

An excellent video. Describes all of the important things so well. A lower score than I would have expected for this VWEV, but I can see why. (I converted a Honda Odessey mini-van for my daughter and boyfriend to drive across America and back-they had an absolute blast) Thanks for this, keep it up! JWL - New York

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

A shorter person who could sleep in the upper bunk, could get down to change (or use a folding commode). Also, delay setting up the table until done cooking, so you can stand in front of the stove. If you wanted to shower, hanging a "solar shower" bag of pre heated water + standing in a folding or inflatable dog bath + shower curtain (variety of ways to suspend) would offer that too. If you were camping for more than 1 night, sleeping in the upper birth is much handier!

[@Gordon_S]

I'm a driving instructor and if you're always 'on the brake and accelerator' you need some awareness training!

[@markclayton626]

Nice vid, you’ve come a long way since the early days of stealth camping, as a follower since those early days I am very pleased for your success. 👍

[@matth8205]

80k 😮🤣🤣🤣 fair play! The depreciation on that will be staggering for VW

[@BobbyH-ts3je]

Ironic that the name and Brand meant "Car of the People"...Amend that to "Car of the Rich People"

[@tsopuaifa]

€90k? Quite an expensive tent. 🤔

[@roball1980]

Old videos when you were camping in car parks were more fun

[@-ManLikeWills]

For Real ‼️ … but it is what it is 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Life has moved on since then, camping in car parks every week didn't really do it for me anymore

[@evesreed]

These new videos are way better and you seem so much happier which is the main thing! Keep going Will 😊

[@DavidChurcheese]

@@WillsWhereabouts shame

[@Coyote.five.0]

you dont like ev content?

[@H.Ali_08]

Appreciate you don't enjoy them as much anymore but I loved it when you were at your stealth camping best in the Ford Galaxy - there was something simple and special about those videos - what got me into your channel. Hopefully we can get some stealth camping videos in the coming colder days in Mary! Just know you may think the stealth camping videos are maxed out but we simply can't get enough!!! Keep up the good work mate.

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Appreciate the comment but the stealth camping videos I had been doing for years and they became so boring and tedious and I'm so much happier creating these types of videos, and if you think about it. They're still stealth camping videos just without the title

[@GreenlifeFin]

You must have muscles to use this vecihle haha. Crazy much manual pushing and pulling, lifting.

[@tkmangt5826]

this man is living my dream, I'm still 13 but I have a dream of living like this. You just earned yourself another subscriber!

[@necholazganz7432]

A hybrid camper van that can lengthen and shorten or enlarge itself will be futuristic. In driving mode it is small and agile, in camping mode it will deploy itself and become a mobile home.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Ys

[@UKGBManny]

Looks great however for 80k I think your mostly paying for the Battery and electric motors because the inside looks very cheapo. Imagine the Diesel Van you could build for 80k!

[@MrKlawUK]

its a £45k cargo van so £35k for the conversion. Don’t know how that compares with other custom conversion costs?

[@UKGBManny]

Yeah that seems a lot still I have seen Sprinter vans converted to a very high standard for £15k you can do it on a budget for about 3 to 6k I believe. @@MrKlawUK

[@bugsygoo]

For £35k I'd want a much better thought out, higher quality fit out. This looks awful.

[@GamingProject23]

Just checked, the current Diesel one starts at 82k (in Germany)

[@cneubert28]

Expecting a bit more elegance with how things worked.

[@HyperSarcasticAvocado]

Saw the thubnail and thoght they gave quasimodo a car but this review was way better than that ever would have been, thanks Will!

[@markshillinglaw3003]

Mate your vids are up in the top 3 in my opinion as you dont edit much out and say it how it is

[@ronaroamsdeniseandsonny3545]

The water fill point right next to the electric charging point .... haha c'mon who designed THAT

[@louisburley1597]

Damn I cannot wait for these to hit the US market.

[@bluepawn]

can you imagine living inside it ? what a nightmare... I would go everyday eating outside and let the bed done daily... and for the night curtains... I would change them all for something much more convenient.

[@AdmanMVR]

Looks really nice but wow, it costs so much! I'll stick with my '94 Toyota Hiace Cruising Cabin😃

[@CamperVanya]

Didn’t think i liked this vehicle til i started seeing them on the road and couldn’t take me eyes off them. Cheerful looking things! Love the idea of it as a daily user but prob not as a camper. Thanks for the great tour! 👍🏻

[@Brookskituff8045]

Opening a roof top is much easier with the doors open. Think vacuum

[@flonoychambers4231]

From 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, I give it an 8.

[@MikaelLevoniemi]

Yeaah. Would be fun to see how the heater copes with -25C. The original id buzz had such horrible heater that the car stayed frozen from the inside during an hours test in winter.

[@shanewaller2864]

I have a t6.1 204 dsg highline kombi swamper camper built by Van Haven. It's just the best vehicle I have ever owned

[@efemdesign]

200 miles is not enough range. In los Angeles you could go from LA to big bear with 100 miles and add elevation. You hope you can charge that to 70 percent at least on the return. you can probably recharge quite a bit on the hill down. But man, thats really stretching it and not comfortable if its winter or stuck in those 5 hour crash accidents.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrkng 1980 exodi czcaers way less th e n 200 m I es

[@BenFTI2K]

Speaking of camping, you can camp in a Tesla model 3, they sell a mattress and everything

[@MarkGaudie]

Just to let you know you only need to put your foot on the break pedal to start the vehicle. I’ve owned an ID.3 and now an ID.4. I would like to see one of the passenger versions converted as they are much nicer on the interior over the commercial cargo version. Sadly they are about £10k more to buy though before the conversion.

[@edgarviews]

Damn I wanted to love this. Could not imagine using it.

[@BeyondTheHorizonxx]

What a great video, I've seen a few videos from the owners but they didn't really promote the vehicle just their lifestyle, its great to see the practically of the vehicle, I'm 62 and I'm limited to working part time so my budget is limited, pre covid I could by a Berlingo type vehicle for less than £1000, those cars are fetching double now, my daily driver is now a £1500 fiat panda, after watching this video I intend to turn it into a camper for one

[@nielsvandenassem]

This car is great however its very small for a camper. Volkswagen will announce their long wheel based version within a few years, so we need to wait a bit for a useful ID Buzz camper

[@markhooper5824]

The original VW bus was cheap and so were the conversions. The good old days.😀

[@darrenwilson8042]

Never had a good sleep on a rock n roll bed - never seem to lie flat on them and no way they are 2 berth

[@KADOTHORNE24]

Bring the old vw kombi

[@DiamondSu48]

FYI, any pan that is magnetized on the bottom can be used on an induction hob.

[@shoestringsev4529]

Like most people I wish the VW BUZZ was more like a bigger T2 design or at least the prototype than what we now have. SO many VW fans would have been so much more happy with a much more classic design. Also lakes 800v battery pack and 3+ KWH on board AC (Like the Ford vans have) which would have made it a much better work van.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrong

[@robertducie7242]

Long wheel base comes out next year. Better to convert. So when bed down be some leg room.

[@Nomanspie]

The long wheel base 7 seater is coming out in 2024...and its considerably longer. Be great to see someone convert that when it's available.

[@abulka]

What about running the heater or cooler during the night -like Tesla’s camp mode?

[@staffordgarland9226]

Thanks. How tall are you?

[@peterhealey7964]

These small campers are fine till you hit the age when you need to pee at 4 am and you can’t get to or there isn’t a porta potti.

[@UrbanVanlife]

It’s a stunning looking van like beautiful . But man the price of them things is crazy and I don’t see any thing to warrant the price of them . You can get much bigger and much better for a lot less money . But I’m so glad you FINALY got on one Iv been waiting to see this van . Great vid bro

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Cheers mate, deffo an expensive piece of kit for the space and size of the vehicle

[@sometf2player752]

yeah well the id buzz is more suited as a family mini van (or mini bus if you will)

[@fnordpol]

Technically I have a vehicle! The X-Bus Camper! But I am afraid this might be a video for early 2025! The X-Bus is a modular L7e transporter by electricbrands which has a camper setup right from the factory. I still can't wait to get hold of mine.

[@wahip]

Nicely designed kit and a convenient vehicle overall. Most people will never be able to justify the 80k cost though. Nor should they, with so many other more functional and cheaper alternatives, especially for a couple or small family. Add some hefty initial depreciation and a classic used, (and appreciating) VW camper seems much more attractive. Or a nice caravan that has much more space and amenities to tow behind your existing car note.

[@mariannesyrett7759]

Am I wrong waiting for something to go wrong🤣? A lot of faffing about with muscle power needed - not for me, but great video as always👍👍 Yes would like to see how far you can drive in it, be near a charge point though😃

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Hah your'e not wrong because I was surprised nothing did 😂

[@fleachamberlain1905]

I really like it and I enjoyed your video. Thanks for reviewing this camper. I think you need to try cooking from the outside before you rate the cooking facilities and did you take note of the state of charge as you went along? If so, would you mind writing a rundown of that in the comments? Ta.

[@dannielmajors7440]

packing all of this away... his unit or the van? there's so much left to interpretation. Good on him and the great vw unit.

[@Syrinxification]

And where will you go with 300km range on motorway?

[@bizyinekactik]

We enjoyed watching it very much, thank you.

[@aceventuraaceventura2003]

VeeDub vaporware going 30 year strong!

[@bobcroxton]

We don't get cool stuff like this in the USA.

[@stuartbrown3567]

Will, you are the only KZbinr that I watch from start to finish...

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Thanks so much Stuart

[@KarenHT397]

Great video as always.you’re getting spoilt in an 80 K camper but we still love ya.

[@AJ-qn6gd]

Does it have a diesel night heater 🤔🇬🇧

[@KiwiKoNZ]

I’ll give it a solid 3/5 overall … Having it as a spare room in the garage though would be nice! 😎👍✨

[@WillsWhereabouts]

haha for sure

[@davidharper3720]

Worth the pop top bbmu

[@PhotoJohn80]

What’s your average efficiency with the van packed

[@HEL0-MR-M]

South Wales Reg too

[@C-TOS]

Top Gear, eat your heart out!

[@WillsWhereabouts]

That's the plan!

[@Sanctanoxjas]

Just to clarify, the vehicles batteries are used to power the luxry battery used for fridge hob etc?

[@antdoyle-p3n]

great video and a great looking van but being 6-2 id struggle to fit in I think and the kitchen did look awkward Id say 10 out 10 looks but practicality 5-10

[@Paul-uy1ru]

80k wow. a real car for the people.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Yes itbis averageconsume ultra weslthery

[@raf9974]

As much as it is a cute little thing there's a lot of muscle power involved and it feels like it needs some more engineering done.

[@GreenlifeFin]

Yeah! Not for elderly retired people…

[@ozcinar4280]

what about strage ? surf boards ?

[@wesgunton238]

I thought there would have been a few more mishapes that's what makes the videos so funny.

[@WillsWhereabouts]

For once there wasn't hah

[@tomandnatlillington1477]

imagine how good this would be if it was a hybrid!

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Yes

[@mikeklinger1712]

So they put the charge port under the water fill port?! That sounds like a pour design 😂! Being alot of the efforts with this van involve opening that backdoor i see large insect issues! However the nice thing with these vans that have the "rock-'n'-roll bed" is you can still use them to transport friends! But as a 6 footer or 2 meter person this seems a bit cramped

[@ronaroamsdeniseandsonny3545]

Haha I just said the same before reading the comments

[@youtubewts]

I guess based on your experience you could close the pop top at night if it can get a bit noisy right?

[@WillsWhereabouts]

yea 100%

[@LuisMunoz-tn5bt]

Thank you sir. Loved the morning pants ❤

[@Pompeylad1971]

If you actually owned one for a while, maybe more than for a night lol, you would certainly think differently! Hardly any fast chargers about, not sure what tree you are going to plug that into? Can you keep it for at least a month? I think your thoughts would be very different😂

[@christopherhunter2892]

Looks very cool but the new California is a bit more practical.

[@TallGuyTrails]

How much space is in the pop top? Doesn’t seem like much. Interested in how sleeping up there would be.

[@IDBuzzCamperVan]

The upstairs Pop top sleeping space is 6ft 1. Designed as a children sleeping area.

[@TallGuyTrails]

@@IDBuzzCamperVan thanks for the reply. I watched the vids on your page. Pretty cool. Not sure if the camper version is for me, but it looks super fun. Really considering getting a regular Buzz when it comes to the US.

[@charlesmarsh9608]

It's been a long time coming.

[@GreenlifeFin]

Is the popup roof not electric haha, you have to lift it with manual power, really?

[@cscarmy]

Even the VW Vanagon can get fitted with aftermarket hydraulic lift assists designed for them to help raise the top. Conspicuous consumption is what this toy represents .

[@Eminetics]

Would be a good deal if it was half the price but sadly this will have minimal buyers

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

Looks good. Where can I get to test one out. We have a Bongo. Electric pop top. Electric blinds etc. 23years old. You would think vw could have the same. George

[@adrianlane4256]

Mentioned nothing about heating or how well you think the van would cope through the seasons. Seems to me as a fair weather van. Perhaps you should have a score category for that, and another for practicality of being out and about camping re all you need to take. Seems to me this is a summer overnight/weekend festival set up.

[@marcust5164]

looks too small inside, and the price is insane ! I will stick with my t5 thanks

[@sharonbraselton3135]

T5 plug inhybrdde 30 list ones huybrdd rsbge

[@pauljohnson7199]

Yet another brilliant video and a perfect underpants shot. Keep it going.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@10tenman10]

How do you go on camping trips when you only hafe 200 miles of range?

[@tnickknight]

You could afford to stay at a 4 star hotel with just the interest on the additional camper cost.

[@davenemo5494]

I hope they bring this to the states.

[@patriciawhiffen636]

Great looks but that pop top needs to be electric. Sorry but I would never have a camper van without a loo! Looking forward to seeing the longer wheel base .

[@WillsWhereabouts]

I think the longer wheelbase will add that extra bit of legroom that's very much needed

[@Matthias-md3wn]

Nothing beats a long wheelbase vw bus. This thing is just so tiny :(

[@andremcleod2882]

that was too smooth for an Will's Whereabouts video. Still a good one. PLease a long range battery test.

[@WillsWhereabouts]

Tell me about it 😂

[@Morten_M]

Wait to the long version of ID Buzz is coming. more room in the Buzz

[@mick2d2]

At last, a camper van for the people! 😂😂😂

[@noodlesthe1st]

Can you keep the AC on all night for say a particularly cold or hot night?