Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?

[pmfl@masto.pt]

@Gina hum... 🤔

[lalalasombra@chaos.social]

@Gina Those look very posh but also high mileage. Looks good, but dunno about the maintenance and reliability.

[milgrim@mas.to]

@Gina for me number 1 has a fantastic layout, but is the longest by a half meter. I'm currently converting a LWB van and parking locations in towns can be tricky to find. On a campsite the space is great. Something to think about maybe?

[ogjester@stranger.social]

@Gina I’m just curious; have you thought about looking at the Caribbean? It’s a very different lifestyle, but if you’re looking for nature, warm weather, and sun, I can’t think of a better place.

I meet many European expats when I go there.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@OGjester I've been to the 'Dutch' Carribbean islands, Curacao. Didn't like it.

Edit: half of the islands felt like a vacation park for trashy Dutchies, the other half poor and miserable. The beaches were so so.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@lalalasombra Yeah the 145.000 km one might be too much. 100k I can live with.

[accordingtowouter@mastodon.world]

@Gina they all look good :)

[anton@social.dollmaier.name]

@Gina are you alone with your cats? Those three are huge.
A fellow camper recommended staying under 6m total length. If your camper is longer, you have bigger parking and transit costs.
Nevertheless: nice choices. I'd take one as well for myself.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@anton true, but the small ones look so cramped 🥲

[eigenwijs@social.lol]

@Gina The Spanish television (RTVE) is always showing very nice small towns with very small populations that look indeed very good.

No idea about the coffee or the internet connectivity but the rest looks good to me.

[fedops@fosstodon.org]

@Gina at some point you will have to make up your mind whether you want to burn money on campers or on trips, or buy a house somewhere. Probably attempting all isn't really going to work.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@fedops Jup, that's the dilemma.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Gina I assume you have the right driving license for these things.

Those are essentially converted delivery vans. Generally very reliable, but everything hinges on the engine. Look them up, get one that runs half a million km, not all do. The rest is just a box that should not leak and have the conveniences you desire (bed, galley, toilet, the showers suck anyways). It will break and you will fix it or pay twice for having it fixed.

You got the rest right, part fun adventure and part ghetto and a bonus part of "you can't stay here we're calling the cops".

And getting very excited about finding a manhole you can pry open with a hook so you can dump your toilet tank into the hole without having to carry your collected excreations around in a sloshy tank.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Gina @lalalasombra 145k is nothing for a delivery van. Basically new. But it might not be the real mileage, turning back the mileage is extremely common. Most don't overdo it, maybe 50k or so. Look at the rest of the thing. Does that driver seat look like 145k or like 250k? Is the suspension knackered? The DPF clogged? Exhaust rusting away?

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@yngmar Oh man this has me really excited about leaving my fancy apartment with heated floors, robot vacuum and massive bathroom. 😂