There's loads of reasons i went for a Micra ..good lookin', cheap, nippy, i could go on but i'm not goina preach to the converted here. To be totally honest i really wanted one of those little micro vans like a rascal but they dont come in an automatic (####ed leg in a bike episode, still ride tho')
Reason i wanted a small van was for my business (photography/design/printing) and it had to be real small 'cause the roads here (Torbay) are mostly pokey little country lanes, pretty bad now and gridlock in the summer, it had to have enough room to transport my canvases and prints up to about 1.5m in length (just measured the critter today and with the back seats and passenger down i've got just over 2metres).
I shoot lots of different subjects but lately i've been doing a lot of land/seascapes and i need to spread my wings a bit further..Cornwall, Wales, Scot' Highlands, lake district, wherever!
Finally:laugh: to my query. I'll need somewhere to stay on these trips and i'm not paying £50...£100 for hotels and i hate B&Bs.. so camping it is...plus i love camping (did Spain last year on my bike)
sooo my plan is to turn the Micra into a little single berth camper that can be used as a van when needed.
I've got a few ideas, i'm not decided wether to do an awning type deal hanging off the hatch or maybe a mix of both, the back seats will prob have to go and i'll bed it out with plywood, maybe try to fit a caravan leisure battery in somewhere, could easily put a 240v hook up for caravan sites but i'm hoping to do more wild camping. Lights, fridge/heater, def' power for a laptop, the list could go on.
Anyhoo..thats the plan...any of you guys done anthing along those lines?
First things first tho' i'm gonna sevice it next week and sort out a few snags.
PS
Thanks to all you guys who chipped in with my wheel size question
Reason i wanted a small van was for my business (photography/design/printing) and it had to be real small 'cause the roads here (Torbay) are mostly pokey little country lanes, pretty bad now and gridlock in the summer, it had to have enough room to transport my canvases and prints up to about 1.5m in length (just measured the critter today and with the back seats and passenger down i've got just over 2metres).
I shoot lots of different subjects but lately i've been doing a lot of land/seascapes and i need to spread my wings a bit further..Cornwall, Wales, Scot' Highlands, lake district, wherever!
Finally:laugh: to my query. I'll need somewhere to stay on these trips and i'm not paying £50...£100 for hotels and i hate B&Bs.. so camping it is...plus i love camping (did Spain last year on my bike)
sooo my plan is to turn the Micra into a little single berth camper that can be used as a van when needed.
I've got a few ideas, i'm not decided wether to do an awning type deal hanging off the hatch or maybe a mix of both, the back seats will prob have to go and i'll bed it out with plywood, maybe try to fit a caravan leisure battery in somewhere, could easily put a 240v hook up for caravan sites but i'm hoping to do more wild camping. Lights, fridge/heater, def' power for a laptop, the list could go on.
Anyhoo..thats the plan...any of you guys done anthing along those lines?
First things first tho' i'm gonna sevice it next week and sort out a few snags.
PS
Thanks to all you guys who chipped in with my wheel size question
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