Your first van, the Bongo, first got me interested in Bongos. Spent all this time pondering 🤔 18 months ago I was on the pillion of my brothers motorcycle, only done it maybe half a dozen times, visiting our mother in hospital and bang. A car hit us and we nearly died of head injuries. So now I’m up and running again, metaphorically speaking, me and my partner have just ordered a fresh import 2.5 diesel 4x4 Bongo 👍 Good luck with your new machine, amazing! All the best to you both.

Very informative…. Thankyou!

Great vid, straight to the point, very informative, keeping it real no bs. Best wishes guys !

Love Betsy excellent choice, i,m sure you will have many a great adventure in your new home , glad to see you both looking well and best wishes on you travels .

Tim & Mandy, it sounds like there is a brilliant adventure ahead 😊A fantastic looking camper and I loved the 'peace' sign on the front 😊 Love your attitude that this is worth doing no matter the outcome and I am sure it will be an amazing learning experience.

Great video. Great camper. Great opportunity, good luck both of you 👍 👏

Good Evening Tim and Mandy , Thank you for the video and all the best with your new adventure !! Take Care and Stay safe. :)

Life is too short Tim! I hope you and Mandy have a great time on your new adventures in your lovely Hymer! all the best to you two x

Good on you, go for it and you two have a good journey together in life. All the best.

Gorra luv a Stokie accent in a motrome.

Fantastic . Hey Tim and Mandy good for you I really admire your focus on life and it’s true we are only here once so make the most of it . What a cracking van we all need a dream And I’m sure you will reach yours . Take care both Kenny 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

The Hymer looks great! Look forward to following your adventures in it! Stay safe. ATB Anthony 👍👍👍

Quality vehicle's... I have an S555 1989 and it is slow but for me, perfect.. enjoy

Love it! We’ve always said your Hymer is what we would buy if we ever sold the vw. Enjoy your new life on the road 😊

Congratulations on your new home/van. Enjoy the freedom...

Good luck. Have a wonderful time.

Life is but a vapour indeed thanks for sharing..

Well so jealous keep on rolling mate I was so sick at the beginning of the year as well with cancer life is different all good 👍

You can’t go wrong with Hymer they are so well made and ahead of there time, everything you mentioned would be what you would expect of electric and Gas appliances of that age but glad to see you upgraded them. We pretty much had the same experiences with our 1982 Eriba caravan that was made by Hymer, in fact we kept it for about 10 years and sold it for more than we paid for it. You have a great plan for the future, and certainly admire you for having the bottle actually go for it. Looks like your going to have some great adventures. All the best.

Hi Tim and Mandy - lovely to see your new home. Interestingly, you are now the 3rd KZfaq vanlifers I follow that have gone from Van to Motorhome recently. All the very best.

Exciting times. Good luck guys ✌

Good luck guys! Great van 👍😁👍

Great choice of van . Beautifully designed and built and within reason any money you put into it upgrading house systems will be paid back when you sell it as these vans are appreciating assets now . One tip . Try to keep it as original as possible ( not painting the cupboards etc ) to keep it value !!

You've done the research Tim & Mandy & lovely RV. An amazing & exciting new lifestyle, quite inspirational. Praying our Lord bless & keep you & family on your adventures. Hope to meet up on some campsite or forestry stop over. Enjoy.

Good luck guys, love watching your videos, doesn't seem that long ago you were in your Mazda bongo getting it sorted, looking forward to your new adventure and sharing your videos.

Old or not. That looks very comfortable to live in Tim. You all will definitely get some great memories out of her. Thanks for showing us your new home

What a beautiful Hymer Tim and Mandy, my dream camper, That is so brave of you to move into it at this time of year although i'm sure it will be a great adventure! well done to you both and i wish you the very best, but i would head off to Europe if i were you 😄 Peace and Love 🙏

congratulations on your new purchase Tim/Mandy, I will look forward to seeing some prawns in that sink Mandy ;o) hope to see you on your travels sometime, stay safe both and God Bless.. Kaz

Fantastic Tim & Mandy, nice van, ive been toying with the idea of living in my motorhome, ill wate till after Christmas & see, yes definitely life is to short, I will follow your adventures, I might get a van camp next year lol

Best of luck on this latest step in your journey.

Nice one Tim and Mandy looks good mate 👍⛺️

Good luck to you both in your new adventure, and if I see you at Mam Tor, I will say hello. Good on you both for living your dream. Best wishes

I used to own an S555 which Imported from Germany I bought it because of the million mile engine, but I was unlucky with mine and had to rebuild it twice, due to it burning oil like Billy, mine was super low milage too still miss mine, but don't miss it being dog slow and it breaking down in the south of France. The replacement van I bought is the same size, goes up hills with speed, has a huge separate shower, and is better in many ways but I still miss the old Hymer for its character and it's super comfy bed.

What a fabulous old truck. I have followed you from your Bongo days. Best of luck to you both. Great photography as usual. Regards AJ

Fantastic live the dream 🙌

Great camper, I've just bought one a little bit larger and it came with alot of the faults you mentioned. They are worth spending the money on to get them right. Its a testament to the build quality of these old busses that they still look and go well decades after they were built. Look forward to seeing more vids of here.

Well now that's a bold choice to make Tim to be honest if i could i would love to do the same. I can only hope all goes well for you both and it ends up one of life's highlights :) Fingers crossed T&M and wee Jess, peter :)

Beautiful Hymer Mate!:)

Looking great 👍.. was lovely to speak to you both yesterday! Wendy and Wayne 😁

I now have the chance to buy a hymer s555. The condition is very good and it costs 20.000.- it is in switzerland. The year is 1994. I don't know but I would like to buy it.

Bit of a beast Tim! Looked a bit quieter when you were up on the broken road than when we were there the other week when it was a bit mad. I briefly had a LHD VW Caravelle which I soon got used to. I also drove a mate's huge Winnebago which was LHD. That was 'interesting' to drive! Not sure where I'm at with my camper as we're being locked up again in Wales. Really thinking of SORN-ing it now as things are not looking great on the vanlife front. Anyway...Good luck in your new home.

Hi folks, glad to see you're doing well and health to enjoy your new home :-) That engine is what Mercedes built their reputation on, the Sprinter is merely enjoying reflected glory, not that there's much wrong with the modern Mercedes engine per se but they have the same problems as every other brand, too many electronic components/sensors mostly associated with the turbo and with emission control. Just a thought on fridges, Sterling Power have a video about whether it's more efficient to run a (cheap) domestic fridge from the 12v leisure batteries via your invertor or run a dedicated leisure fridge whether it's a 12v only compressor fridge or 3 way fridge. There's a massive difference in cost when it comes to buying the actual fridge between a domestic fridge and a leisure fridge. Like I say, just something that may be worth considering in future.

Hi Guys three years ago we bought a Mercedes Hymer 1993 S560 slightly different layout to your one. At first we loved it.The Left Hand drive has its advantages and disadvantages in the UK.We didnt live in it full time only used for holidays and weekends away.Eventually the sluggishness of the engine (dont believe the million mile hype either but thats another story) and having to change down to 1st gear to get up many hills and then having a1989 Talbot overcab Motorhome pass me up a slight but very long incline in Yorkshire Dales and leave me for dust made us part exchange it loosing £4500 after only one year.We now still have a Mercedes but a 2004 version which based on the Sprinter which will Fly anywhere up hills and down dales and its only a 2.2 compared to the Hymer 2.9 cc I wish you both all the best as your one looks very nice. Did you buy it from the Hymer Motorhome Rental place in Cambridge? atb Mike

It’s a beaut

Been a while since I have popped along Tim. Hope you are keeping well at the moment. Atb

I've a Autostratus none turbo 2.5 - you soon get use to the mellow 86 pony power

Coil shock on that five looks a bit full on👍

Always prefer classic/vintage vehicles over new, newer Mercedes cars are not as well built or as reliable as the Om606 diesel engine. Looks a nice looking motorhome for your guys with more character, slow and dependable.

Miss your videos guys

That’s what hoping to do when I get motor home retire in 10 years time and travel

Great video. Who's playing in the background? The bagpipe....

Great mate. How many of yous will be living in it. Its huge

Great new camper I know alot with them awesome German built. was you at blue john caven this weekend? Think I saw you. ? I was in the gray overlander

Hi Tim and Mandy hope you are well , I am in the process of selling my house and looking to buy a Hymer like yours, what can you say about it now it's been a couple of years later? peace and Love 🙏

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