GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #29 | Page 53

RV FEATURE TOP MONEY WASTERS! There appears to be an attitude that the more you spend on your setup, the less likely it is that you’ll encounter problems. With an AusRV Byfield XT (offroad) family bunk van that cost us upwards of $100K, we have faced some disbelief and negative comments when things within the van have broken. To us, that kind of thinking is the same as purchasing a million-dollar house with the expectation that because you’d spent that money, nothing was ever going to break or go wrong. The reality is that wear and tear will occur in anything that is being used regularly, particularly something that is being put through its paces on varying terrains and used daily exploring this big, beautiful country of ours. So, what’s it been like for us following eight months of full-time life inside our caravan? Given we have crossed some of the most notoriously corrugated roads in the Australian outback, our caravan sure has had its suspension worked and its insides rattled. / 53