The caravan

Manufacturer Gypsey Model Regal Year model 2003 GVM 1 300 kg Loaded weight on the axle during test 1 120 kg go! Drive & Camp borrowed the caravan from Tygerberg Caravans. Call Wesley Dempster on

021 982 4670 if you want to take a closer look at the Xplorer.

tygerbergcaravans.co.za

Model.................................................................................... 55 TFSI quattro Tiptronic Engine..................................................................................................................... 2 967 cc Power........................................................................................................................ 250 kw Torque..................................................................................................................... 500 Nm Transmission......................................................................... Eight-speed automatic Drive train....................................................................... Permanent all-wheel drive Tank........................................................................................................................... ...... 85 ℓ Fuel consumption with caravan............................. 17,9 ℓ/100 km (5,6 km/ℓ) Range with caravan.......................................................................................... 476 km Tare weight.......................................................................................................... 2 090 kg Weight during test (nose weight of caravan included)............... 2 480 kg GVM......................................................................................................................... 2 815 kg GCM......................................................................................................................... 6 315 kg Towing capacity................................................................................................ 3 500 kg Combination weight during test............................................................. 3 600 kg Towbar’s maximum pulling weight D-value.................. 16,6 kn (1 693 kg) Towbar’s maximum vertical weight........................................................... 140 kg Is the towbar removable?....................................................................................... No Does a drop plate fit?................................................................................................ No

PRICE............................................................................................ (standard) R1 388 000 PRICE................... (as tested, including the towbar at R16 260) R1 613 227

There’s an unwritten rule – and a tacit understanding – among campers that when you’re young, you don’t mind what you’re sleeping in and therefore a small two-man tent is sufficient, whereas when you’ve climbed the ladder of succes, and have done the hard yards towing and camping with road caravans and off-road trailers, you can now look at a motorhome. Not that everyone can afford a motorhome, despite their different variations and spec levels, which is why you can rent one from the likes of Bobo Campers, who stocks Motorhome-world vehicles.

Their popular Discoverer 4 model was updated this year and is now in its fourth version – having first been introduced to the world all the way back in 2001.