Elddis Accordo 120
I've recently joined the club and I'm a complete beginner
I've recently purchased a new Elddis Accordo 120 motorhome and when I picked it up I asked the dealer to fit 2 x 6 kg gas bottles as per the handbook, unfortunately the compartment would only accommodate 1 bottle. After contacting Elddis, their response was to ask the dealer to raise the problem as a warranty issue. After a further delay, the response from Elddis was that the correct size of bottle for the Accordo 120 was 2 x 3.9kg bottles. I spoke to Elddis myself and they confirmed that 2 x 3.9 kg bottles would fit and that the 'handbook was subject to change' I am waiting to go to the dealer next week for him to try 2 x 3.9kg bottles, I remain unconvinced
Have any other Elddis Accordo 120 owners had problems with gas bottles ?
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Clearly not joined up thinking through design, practicability & usability by Elddis - am I surprised?
Hardly makes the van suitable for all year use
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I've got a Majestic 125 which is based on the Accordo. My locker, rear offside corner, will take two 6Kgs. although I have one 10Kg Safefill in it. Although I could just about get two Safefill's in there, the door is so small, the only way to get the bottle in is to turn it on its side to insert it, thus precluding a second bottle. If the door was installed vertically, it would at least be possible to put two in there albeit, sequentially.
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Thanks for that BoleroBoy. Yes I am aware of the weight issue. In fact the Merc with autobox (essential) means that the GVW goes to 3500 kg. There are not many vans built on Mercs and we would not consider any other vehicle for reasons too numerous to mention. The main difficulty is the lack of a decent auto transmission on other vehicles. We wouldn't choose a Peugeot car nor a Fiat so a motorhome built on either has no appeal for us. Plenty of other people are happy with these manufacturers so I suppose we are fussy.
We have not been able to order yet as I have recently had three blue light journeys to hospital and - eventually - a pacemaker; there are medication challenges as well. Now it is a question of wait and see how the recovery goes and hoping that I will be fit enough to resume touring in due course.
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Well Bolero Boy you are a mine of information indeed! Perhaps you have an honorary post as ambassador to the motorhome industry!
I have not come across a Fiat with the parallel lounge layout which we want but perhaps that is a paucity of research on my part. As my school reports said almost 70 years ago, "Could do better.".
We did have an astonishingly good VW back in 2000 for a couple of years. A 6 speed manual TDI. The acceleration was mind blowing and it returned 50+ mpg all the time. We loved it. The only VW motorhome offerings I have come across are PVCs rather than coach builds and we don't think we can live with either the lack of width or loss of overhead locker space.
I am not sure but almost certain that neither Knaus nor Westfalia offer a parallel lounge. Most if not all the continental vans seem to be built with what my wife calls - rather rudely - pub type seating behind the cab seats. That it is an option which is definitely not for us.
Thanks so much for your help in this. It does not surprise me as I think you mentioned that you live in Somerset. I know that God's own country is Yorkshire and we did live there for several years but retirement means that I hope we never have to leave home base again as sunny Somerset is best.
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I had never heard of IH motorhomes and have just looked at their offerings. The 600 RL/RD looks as if it is good quality with plenty of storage. We would have to accept loss of width - convenient on narrow roads I know - and I am not mad keen on the sliding door configuration. Another minor niggle is a shower curtain but, when in France in the warm, we mostly use the sanitaires for showers.
They are going to be on show at Broadlands next w/e so we might have a look.
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Lunar are, as far as I know, the only manufacturers to use the Sprinter for a rear lounge PVC and only in the 7m length. I searched and searched and would even have paid the silly La Strada price had the layout been right.
Others, like Murvi, will convert a Sprinter but not to a RL layout. We investigated purchasing a new Sprinter and having it converted but it wasn't to be. Our local Marquis branch have even approached AS to make Sprinter PVCs but AS wont play ball.
The problem might be that the Sprinter seems to be longer in the cab and, thus, shorter in the rear body. Obviously, this makes fitting out the hab area more restricted and, together with possible wheel arch placement issues and the associated gubbins that goes with RWD, it means a RL layout in less than 7m is unlikely.
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Bolero Boy has been most helpful in alerting me to other models. Hillside Leisure do a nice PVC on the new VW Crafter. It is called the Hopton. Worth considering but there is the downside of a narrow body, inevitable with a PVC.
I also like the look of one or two of the Swifts and Auto-Trails but would have to accept the move away form a Mercedes or VW.
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We have the 6m AS Warwick Duo PVC based on the manual Peugeot Boxer 2L 160bhp, Q. We swapped our beloved coachbuilt AS Suffolk on the auto Sprinter for it because we wanted to downsize - particularly on width. The hab unit will do us just fine. No way does the base vehicle match the Sprinter, though. Performance is similar but build quality, ride comfort and manoeuvrability of the Peugeot lag way behind the Sprinter.
The Warwick is also available on the auto Fiat but it is an automated manual and we decided to swerve it.
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PS. I see the new 2017 Crafter is being built by VW in Poland and is no longer related to the Merc Sprinter. Previous Crafters come out of the same factories as Sprinters.
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Hi we had the same problem when we went to collect our motorhome from the dealer. We had taken the two gas bottles out of the caravan that we had traded in at the same time, only one gas bottle fitted. We had the usual waffle from the service manager but refused to accept that it only held one bottle. After they rang eldiss who confirmed that it should hold two the engineer slightly adjusted the brackets and hey bingo two bottles slipped easily in place. Should be sorted out before leaving the factory
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