Hello from the grey and rainy south of Ireland..
First, I must say that it feels a little strange to be here posting a message in English on a German speaking forum. I apologise if this is inappropriate, but I speak German not at all.
Of course I can manage to follow a good enough amount of the content of the forum with the help of Google-translate, but of course there is the constant possibility of idiocies and misunderstandings of context on the part of mr google, and myself.
Second I must also say that I am not yet the owner of a liner!
I have put Concorde Charisma in my description as this is the one that I would like to have, but also possibly a Liner, and also it could be
a Morelo. The point is that I am searching for a used vehicle, so I spend a lot of time looking on mobile.de and hopefully I will find a vehicle that suits my idea of what will suit me best.
I have not owned a camping car previously. So it is all new.
In this case also I regret that I will not have any technical knowledge to offer. But I will be happy to offer local knowledge about Ireland if someone has a question about travelling here .
for those who have already been to Ireland, you will not have seen many large local motorhomes, if any at all. There are many reasons: roads and facilities are limited in many places for
large vehicles; local taxes for importing of vehicles is 13% on top of the full value, and finally, it is extremely difficult to find an insurance product for a leisure vehicle in excess of 3.5 tons
Or a value more than €130k. This being the case, I have been a long time trying to find a solution to this apparent impasse. Because of this challenge, and the delays caused by Covid
I am 3 years older than I had hoped to be when I finally arrive at getting "on the road".!!
(My current solution envisages using a french company structure to own the car,!! complicated
for sure! )
Some personal info:
I am a retired Business owner and Academic.
I live in Southern Ireland.
I am interested in visiting particular, great gardens whether public or private. Cathedrals or great churches, also monasteries, are places that I organise my travels around, as I enjoy the architecture, history and ambience of such places. I read a lot and enjoy visiting places associated with writers. I prefer to remain in Europe for my travels at this point though I have traveled in Asia/India when younger.
I particularly like the French Pyrenees and have also done some trekking there over the years.
For the most part I travel solo, though sometimes share a trip with my 'travel buddy'.
Thank you for this forum!