Motorhome / Overland-vehicle for sale

[Maartensworld]

After thoroughly enjoying it in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and even driving it from Thailand to the EU, we have decided to sell our motorhome and focus on other things.

 

It is build on a Isuzu NPR71 truck and because it is officially licenced as a motorhome, you can drive it with a regular B driving-license. (Even though it has 6 wheels and weighs almost 5 tons)

The Thai issued international driving-license also lets you drive this in the rest of the world (except for Vietnam and Costa Rica when righthand-drive vehicles are not alowed)

It is in perfect technical condition. Everything (literally everything) works. 

All papers 100% correct and legal. Includes international plates.

 

Engine:  
4.5 liter turbo-diesel, 130 HP, manual gearbox with "low gear", double diesel-tank (200 ltr, range 1.400 km)

 

Cab:
3 seats, 10" sat-nav with worldwide (very) detailed maps, AC, rearview camera with nightvision, cruise-control, radio/cd/usb/bluetooth-player, several LED lightbars (2 front, 2 side, 3 rear), air-horn, tire-pressure-monitor, etc.

 

Living-area:
Seating/dining for 4 adults. 
Fully equipped Kitchen with 2 hob gas-stove, vapor-extractor, microwave oven (profi type, no turntable), sink with hot/cold and drinking-water taps, 40 ltr Engel fridge/freezer, several drawers and cabinets with all equipement in rattle-free foam.
Bathroom with cassette-toilet (Thatford C2), sink with hot/cold water and shower.
Bedroom with (fixed, but electric moveable) queen-size bed, large wardrobe and extensive storage. (The dining-area can also convert in a queen-size bed)

There is a roof-AC/heater which runs on a (on board) silent generator or external power (220 and 110), 2 roof-fans (one with thermostad and rain-sensor which closes when it rains) and a 5 Kw diesel powered heater.
The floor and roof are thermo-insulated.

Water is stored in several tanks: 150 ltr clean-water, 20 ltr drinking-water, 20 ltr toilet-flush-water, 40 ltr hot water (boiler works on engine-heat, generator or external power) and there is a 80 ltr waste-water tank. (The toilet has a seperate 20 ltr waste-cassete which is easy to empty).

Electrical:
A 2.5 Kw/h Lithium battery is charged by the engine, by 350 watts solar-panels, generator and external power. (2.5 Kw/h is enough to feed "normal use" for 5 days without any input. With normal sunlight it remains between 90 to 100% full indefinitely)
All lights, inside and outside, are LED.
With the 1.500 watt inverter you can power 220 volt appliances from the Lithium battery. (Including the microwave oven)
There are USB-charging ports throughout the vehicle.
On-board silent Honda eu-2.0 generator.

External power can be 220 volt or 110 volt. (On 110 volt it is limited to 4 Kw due to the transformers.)

 

All windows can be opened and have blinds and mosquito-mesh, including 3 roof-windows

 

Other equipment:
Included are 2 comfortable, foldable outside chairs, 2 outside tables, outside shower (only cold water), a large awning, bicycle-carrier, air-compressor (profi, not chinese), wheelnut-tourqe-amplifier, jack, gass-bottle, the obligated emergency-gear, etc.

The vehicle has a build-in, real-time satelite-tracker which updates its location every 5 minutes (via sat-phone, so no phone, sim or other connection required).

 

This is the ultimate travel-vehicle and it is ready to go, fully outfitted. 

We have driven it extensively around south-east Asia and from Thailand to Europe (videos available) without any serious problems.
Since it is based on a truck-chassis, it has a life-expectancy of well over 500.000 km,s. It has done a bit over 100.000 now.

 

Last but not least, the price.

It's not cheap as it only has EU-sold components.

We are asking 3 million baht. But remember, all you need to bring is your cloths and toothbrush. The rest is there.

[canthai55]

Good luck with the sale ...

3 MIL THB works out to 3,000 nights in 1,000 THB hotel rooms - 8.2 years

Not including operating expenses, depreciation, maintenance.

There is a reason why they have never caught on in LOS

[Maartensworld]

On 4/14/2021 at 2:47 PM, canthai55 said:

Good luck with the sale ...

3 MIL THB works out to 3,000 nights in 1,000 THB hotel rooms - 8.2 years

Not including operating expenses, depreciation, maintenance.

There is a reason why they have never caught on in LOS

I don't think the price of hotels has anything to do with "not catching on in LOS".

After all, in the US you can get a 30 USD motel-room and still thousands of people drive motorhomes starting at 100.000 USD.

You don't buy a motorhome to save money.

 

I also don't think it has to do with the temperature here in Thailand. I was once in Death Valley and the place was literally packed with motorhomes.

 

It probably has more to do with the Thai government and it's rules and regulations concerning motorhomes.

For example: Foreign motorhomes (from tourists) are officially not allowed to enter Thailand, unless accompanied by a government approved guide. (This apparently has something to do with the previous influx of Chinese tourists in motorhomes creating dozens of traffic-accidents.)

 

It is also not possible to convert an existing car/van/bus into a motorhome. DLT refuses to adjust the registration. 

 

So, only new motorhomes are available at elevated tax-rates, making a Mercedes Sprinter Camper cost 6.5 million baht. A ridiculous price for a panelvan based motorhome.

 

When we decided to get/buy a motorhome, we wanted to build/convert our own. But the car we wanted, a Mercedes Sprinter 4x4 would cost 105.000 USD and would take 8 month to a year to receive.  That is when we decided to buy an existing one.

 

Not that this was easy. Buying was, but changing the registered name was a nightmare as the registration was incorrect. It was registered as a "public transport".

It took almost a year and many trips to BKK DLT HQ and a lot of luck (turned out the toilet in the motorhome had been out of production for more than 7 years, hence proof that it was a motorhome before the laws were changed) to get the registration correct and legal.

 

Anyway, I think this is why you do not see much of them, which is fine by me as I would hate to see those "Death Valley motorhome traffic jams" here in Thailand.