Why didn't we find Bongo's sooner?
So, after years of trying other motorhomes we discovered the Mazda Bongo.
What did we like:
- Automatic gearbox (major benefit as my other half can only drive automatics)
- Can be used as a day van as well as for camping
- Easy to drive (even down those stupid roads the sat nav insists on taking us down)
- Freedom to drive off campsites easily
- As they are Japanese the drivers seat is really suited to me (I'm under 5ft)
- They look like the VW campervans but have a much smaller price tag
The Bongo seemed like the perfect option for us so we spent the next few weeks searching for our perfect specimen.
In late August 2016 we spotted Betty on ebay; she was a beautiful 2 tone silver colour with an Imperial Moonfleet conversion. We met with the seller and checked her over. The MOT had only 1 advisory for misty headlights and importantly she only had a couple of small spots of rust on her rear wheel arches. It was love at first sight.
We had to wait for nearly a week for the auction to end and in the last hour we must have pressed the refresh button every second whilst keeping fingers and toes crossed. It was a huge relief at the end to have won her....
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| Betty Bongo on her first outing to the New Forest |
We picked Betty up on the 1st September and have never looked back. She is the smallest motorhome / campervan we have ever owned but by far the most fun. If we had discovered her first we could have saved ourselves a lot of wasted time and money.
We are now Bongo converts.
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