Fantastic what mods were done to the suspension at CRS?For me, it's practicality - it's the ultimate do-it-all vehicle.
I have a 68-plate Caravelle that gets used as a daily driver, a shopping car and family bus, an impromptu camper, and a work van. I had the suspension breathed on by CRS Performance so it drives beautifully and handles a million times better than the Discovery 4 it replaced. It's the 7-seater, so plenty of room for sons plus girlfriends plus dog plus assorted gubbins for days out, etc.
For the work van side, the Caravelle offers plenty of room to store and manage my kit - I run two companies; one providing aerial survey and inspection services, the second providing thermographic inspections for heat loss surveys. Both of these involve lots of travel and often lots of waiting around in the middle of nowhere.
A heat loss survey, for example, needs to be undertaken at least 2 hours after sunset to ensure any solar gain has dissipated, however, I need to provide standard reference imagery which needs to be taken in daylight. Prior to buying the T6, it was a case of finding a pub to sit in and pass the time - I've sat in some truly awful pubs over the years ). With the 'Velle I can capture the reference imagery and then find somewhere quiet to park and fire up the coffee machine and have a cup of coffee/bite to eat and while away the time in relative comfort.
With the aerial work, my main surveying platform uses 4 batteries an hour and I'm often on site for 8-10 hours, so I need somewhere warm and dry to deal with the paperwork and to manage batteries and charging, as well as downloading and reviewing imagery between each flight. I'll often arrive at the site the night before, sleep over in the van, and be ready to go first thing in the morning (after firing up the coffee machine of course).
I genuinely can't think of another vehicle that I would replace it with - apart from a 4Motion version of the same thing
For me, it's practicality - it's the ultimate do-it-all vehicle.
I have a 68-plate Caravelle that gets used as a daily driver, a shopping car and family bus, an impromptu camper, and a work van. I had the suspension breathed on by CRS Performance so it drives beautifully and handles a million times better than the Discovery 4 it replaced. It's the 7-seater, so plenty of room for sons plus girlfriends plus dog plus assorted gubbins for days out, etc.
For the work van side, the Caravelle offers plenty of room to store and manage my kit - I run two companies; one providing aerial survey and inspection services, the second providing thermographic inspections for heat loss surveys. Both of these involve lots of travel and often lots of waiting around in the middle of nowhere.
A heat loss survey, for example, needs to be undertaken at least 2 hours after sunset to ensure any solar gain has dissipated, however, I need to provide standard reference imagery which needs to be taken in daylight. Prior to buying the T6, it was a case of finding a pub to sit in and pass the time - I've sat in some truly awful pubs over the years ). With the 'Velle I can capture the reference imagery and then find somewhere quiet to park and fire up the coffee machine and have a cup of coffee/bite to eat and while away the time in relative comfort.
With the aerial work, my main surveying platform uses 4 batteries an hour and I'm often on site for 8-10 hours, so I need somewhere warm and dry to deal with the paperwork and to manage batteries and charging, as well as downloading and reviewing imagery between each flight. I'll often arrive at the site the night before, sleep over in the van, and be ready to go first thing in the morning (after firing up the coffee machine of course).
I genuinely can't think of another vehicle that I would replace it with - apart from a 4Motion version of the same thing
These are reasons why the other half is very excited on pick up only the van this week!It’s the perfect all rounder and becomes part of the family.
I have a Kombi and it is my daily driver, plus it is used for picnics, to make a cup of tea or hot chocolate after a brisk seafront walk or bike ride, to take the bikes out with us and keep them inside without bike rack worries, somewhere to get changed, to get diy materials for the house or garden and as a base for day trips out. If I have to go into the office I also like to chill out in it before work as I normally (purposely) arrive 30 mins early and also at lunchtime.
It would also be used for tip runs if the local tip allowed commercial vehicles in
Wow - really niche use case but sounds perfect.
Absolutely agree! Wish I had bought one when first born arrived! Happily carts family and dogs about whilst having oodles of fun! Youngest (8) had a friend for a stay over - put them up in the pop-top for the night and they think it is the coolest “car” ever!!!So many things, arm chairs in a car, with armrests! Then just space for everyone and everything (caravelle), even the stereo sounds better and I don’t dread long car journeys anymore and the kids love it. This is the vehicle they will look back on with so many happy memories carting them and their friends round to do stuff, go to the beach and have fun. My golf out performs it in so many ways except relaxation and happiness