Hi Tom, was going to comment on your first video, but got distracted, sorry! Anyway, just wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed your first couple of videos. The quality of footage and your presentation is excellent for such a young channel….and that’s coming from an avid watcher of TH-cam content. We are a slightly different profile from you guys, being in our late 50’s where our girls are all grown up with families of their own, so it’s just the 2 of us and our 2 cocker spaniels, but looking to start our campervan journey, and currently having a nightmare deciding what we want. As this will definitely be my daily driver to replace my Range Rover, the VW Cali Ocean is still top of list…but sooo expensive in comparison to some of the other options. Looking forward to following your channel and hoping you will appreciate some positive feedback and that this will encourage you to keep your excellent content coming! 😊
Thanks Simon! It's one of our goals is to make our videos look and feel crafted; so i'm glad that's come through! Still experimenting and learning (first time we've done anything like this, so it's a real learning curve!) Certainly get where you're coming from on cost comparisons and other marques. The benefit of a campervan is that it can be justified as the daily driver in addition to camping - so when looking at that cost delta of the Range Rover versus 'something else' - you're then left with your real cost (+ strong residuals). The Marco Polo is another consideration or the Ford Nugget - we've always loved the look of the Cali and the Marco Polo is far too posh looking for the mess that we bring :D
Hey Tom. Thanks for this new channel - just the ticket now that Cali Chris is looking at other new VWs and the lovely California Time folks are getting a Sven. We have a Cali Ocean 6.1 and so we are dead pleased to have found you. Good luck on this new venture - a great start to be sure. Take care of yourselves, your kids, your pooch, and, oh, that van!! All the best, Gina
Thanks Gina! Much appreciated. Envious of the 6.1; the 'lay back' bench, the non-sliding doors, etc. Did you go for a digital dash???? (Technology mad, i'm afraid...)
Have had the 6.1 Ocean for two years and loving it. Sometimes I just sit in it on the drive! I have an electric sliding door and electric pop-top - as yet I haven't had the problems others seem to have had (fingers crossed). And yes, I have to digital dash which is super cool. Having said that, I hate the sat nav so stick with my Gavi or phone! But overall it's a great camper and I've no regrets even at the price!! So looking forward to watching what you do next re the videos.@@camperfam
Hi Tom, was going to comment on your first video, but got distracted, sorry! Anyway, just wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed your first couple of videos. The quality of footage and your presentation is excellent for such a young channel….and that’s coming from an avid watcher of TH-cam content. We are a slightly different profile from you guys, being in our late 50’s where our girls are all grown up with families of their own, so it’s just the 2 of us and our 2 cocker spaniels, but looking to start our campervan journey, and currently having a nightmare deciding what we want. As this will definitely be my daily driver to replace my Range Rover, the VW Cali Ocean is still top of list…but sooo expensive in comparison to some of the other options. Looking forward to following your channel and hoping you will appreciate some positive feedback and that this will encourage you to keep your excellent content coming! 😊
Thanks Simon! It's one of our goals is to make our videos look and feel crafted; so i'm glad that's come through! Still experimenting and learning (first time we've done anything like this, so it's a real learning curve!)
Certainly get where you're coming from on cost comparisons and other marques. The benefit of a campervan is that it can be justified as the daily driver in addition to camping - so when looking at that cost delta of the Range Rover versus 'something else' - you're then left with your real cost (+ strong residuals).
The Marco Polo is another consideration or the Ford Nugget - we've always loved the look of the Cali and the Marco Polo is far too posh looking for the mess that we bring :D
Hey Tom. Thanks for this new channel - just the ticket now that Cali Chris is looking at other new VWs and the lovely California Time folks are getting a Sven. We have a Cali Ocean 6.1 and so we are dead pleased to have found you. Good luck on this new venture - a great start to be sure. Take care of yourselves, your kids, your pooch, and, oh, that van!! All the best, Gina
Thanks Gina! Much appreciated. Envious of the 6.1; the 'lay back' bench, the non-sliding doors, etc. Did you go for a digital dash???? (Technology mad, i'm afraid...)
Have had the 6.1 Ocean for two years and loving it. Sometimes I just sit in it on the drive! I have an electric sliding door and electric pop-top - as yet I haven't had the problems others seem to have had (fingers crossed). And yes, I have to digital dash which is super cool. Having said that, I hate the sat nav so stick with my Gavi or phone! But overall it's a great camper and I've no regrets even at the price!!
So looking forward to watching what you do next re the videos.@@camperfam
Great video Tom. Looking forward to more of the same.
Thanks Paul! What worked for you with the videos? Was there anything that didn't? (We'll fix the frustrating background music for next time!)