Evoh & Vic's First Expanda

[EVOH]

Just a quick pic of our 16.49 after a day of washing & polishing. This is our fist Expanda &

a massive upgrade from our 1980 Viscount royal!! Looking forward to Queens birthday weekend to give it a run.

 

[Janbo]

Looks great..... Good luck!!

 

[CrazyMOBB]

Enjoy. Looks fantastic.

 

[BigSkiddy]

Welcome to the forum. Looks good. How does the Vito go towing it?

 

[EVOH]

Thanks for the welcome & the likes. Yeah the Vito tows it no probs . We haven't taken it on a trip yet, but it feels heaps better to tow than the old Viscount royal. I could comfortably sit on 95/100kph with it although its lighter than the Expanda . The Expand should provide less wind drag !! It will all show up on the fuel gauge I guess:minion_happy:

 

[17triton]

Welcome @EVOH to the forum and the expanda family!

 

[davemc]

Congrats.. lots of fun times and mods coming

 

[Ren77]

Welcome @EVOH ! Great looking van there! Don't forget to post a trip report after your weekend away

 

[relgate]

Congrats and welcome!

 

[Flossymk1]

Looks very swish! Cant wait to read how the trip goes

 

[dagree]

Great looking van @EVOH We had a 16.49.3 before upgrading. It was a great van and only sold it to upgrade to a hard lid model.
They are definitely easy to tow..... Sometimes I even forgot it was behind us until I looked in the mirror

 

[EVOH]

Here we are early on a brisk Bendigo morning!! First trip in the Expanda went well , apart from the awning arm falling apart!! Can you buy replacement arms for carfree awnings? The arm with the black locking knob to be precise. Vito towed it no dramas as DAGREE said, a couple of times I forgot it was even there. 14ltrs per 100/ks pretty happy with that.

 

[mbr37746]

G'day EVOH,
That bike rack looks good. Does it cuse any problems with your turning circle/reversing? Where is it from? I'm looking to find a solution for our set up.
Cheers.

 

[EVOH]

Hi Matt. Yeah the rack is good. No problems at all really other than if you need to carry more than 2 bikes. I still have the spare & gas bottle in its original spot . I got it of Ebay a company in Melbourne has them, its designed to mount in you tow hitch & when you not using it you can fold it all up.

Cheers

 

[EVOH]

Had some spare time today, so fitted new awning arms . Amazing what a difference that made , didn't realise how knackered the old ones where until i replaced them.