How do you store your Expanda

[Triton]

I am waiting on a building permit to construct a shed (looooooooooooong story) to house our new Expanda.:frusty:
Just wondering how everyone stores their van.......is it shedded?.......covered with a van cover (and what type)?.....or is it stored out in the open (how long and are there any signs of deterioration).

 

[bigman0510]

Mine is out in the open at the moment..... but I wash it after I get back from camping and its getting a wax this weekend... have to get off my lazy backside and buy a cover.

 

[Matty4]

Mine lives in here...


It fits in the centre door with the roof up and roof mounted aircon too...(just!!!)
Permit took me quite a while to get too...

 

[Are We There Yet?]

Ours is kept on our nature strip uncovered.

 

[Jim and Tab]

ours is washed after a trip at the car wash then parked out the back with a prestige cover
cheers

 

[PMK]

We will be keeping ours under a carport closed in on three sides. unfortunatley it not high enough to pop the roof up but can live with that........... The wife can still stand up inside anyway........
Another thing is we will keep it connected to the power to keep the batteries charges & ready to go.

Cheers,

Paul

 

[crystal674]

We keep ours in the shed (9 car)

It was a bit of a shuffel of the other cars and we had to move the hoist a little the first time but it goes in good.

We put the top up and plug the van into 240 a few days before we head off to make sure the battery is charged and the fridge is cold.

Crystalyn

 

[busybusymum]

I would not think conditions in Moama would be too different to where we live so I would try and get it stored under some sort of cover within 6 months of getting it. We have an outback Hawk which we were 2 years too late in getting a cover on - but once we got a cover for it from BCF and put on it we felt it had alot more protection. However in the period we did not have a cover some of the tail lights, external wind up hatch etc were deteriorating - we have had to go out and buy all new replacement lights and some other external components which we will put on the Hawk just before we sell to make it look new again - but we would have been better off budgeting a cover for the van in the first instance to save us this hassle and extra cost.

 

[Klugerclan]

That's a nice shed Matty 4. If and when we get the van up the hill we will cover in Winter and take it off in summer as will double up as a get away from parents room for the kids, and also man-lounge for dad some evenings !

 

[Bushman]

Matty I want your shed out: Oh first I need somewhere to put it hwell:

As for the Panda in yard which takes a feat of manouvering to get it in, it sits with a ramp under one side to get it leave so can run fridge when needed, for the first 12 months it sat uncovered and yep you can see sun damage to fibreglass mostly the front as it cops the morning sun. It now wears a cover.

 

[cruza driver]

Ours sleeps tucked away in the shed and plugged in.

Edit: although I do find the best way to store it is behind the Cruiser heading up the Highway on another trip :thumb:

 

[satyoga]

Ours sleeps in a carport beside the shed
with a cover on and plugged in

 

[straydingo]

hopefully one day a warehouse adjoining my office (yet to buy/lease). Till then...the local storage yard...open....next to everyone elses...at risk of bumps and scratches from others moving theirs about....

 

[Four of us]

I store mine in a Titan Carport with no cover but pluged in.

 

[Matty4]

Matty I want your shed out: Oh first I need somewhere to put it hwell:

Haha......that's why I moved a couple of years ago, so I could have a shed like this to store all my toys in...
A 2 car carport just didn't cut it anymore.........along withother things, like lack of bedrooms..

 

[jay70]

Kept in storage under cover @ $200 / month