Six metre campervan sleeping four. Dreamer D51. 2023 version.

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The Dreamer D51 is a six metre campervan sleeping four. The Dreamer 51 campervan comes with a 140 litre fridge, combi diesel heating and 100 litre fresh water tank.
Campervan features :
+170 hp automatic gearbox as standard
+190 x 140 cm full-width rear bed with dual-direction adjustable slatted base
+Isofix attachment system
+3 berths
+140-litre compressor refrigerator
+Single interior layout NATURAL/ARIZONA
+Moondust silver bodywork as standard
Overall length 5,98 m
Overall width 2,06 m
Overall height 2,84 m
Wheelbase 3,75 m
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@neildean7515 Жыл бұрын

Sleeps 4, were do the other two sleep? Should have explained this or demo’d it. I Like the ford high top and i think a bed over the cab or pop top would be ideal for small family. Thanks for the video 💪👍🏻👏👏👏

@williamhurley8407 Жыл бұрын

It carries 4 but only sleeps 3

@garybird8646 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to see a wider variety of base vehicles being used but suspect the supply issues are being resolved quickly, I saw a decent spec new Ducato van on offer at £21995 plus vat here in the UK the other day.

@andrewstevenson6540 Жыл бұрын

The kids can sleep outside in a tent. In the early 80s 7 of us used to go away in a Leyland Sherpa. That was 4 berth pop top of my Dad's own creation.

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Best place for them - outside in a tent!

@garyrauter8240 Жыл бұрын

Mo Hawk makes a very good point about the electric door, however the same can be said about the vehicle mechanics in general. We know that cars these days are over-engineered to the point that computers and sensors control everything and are prone to failure. The same now applies to vans. Twenty years ago (and more) engineering was much simpler and maintenance of a vehicle much more straightforward. I suspect that, as a used buy after 5 or 10 years, a lot of these vans' dashboards will light up like a Christmas tree and render the used market a riskier and potentially expensive option. Perhaps I'm just an analogue dinosaur. Great review, by the way 👍

@stevezodiac491 Жыл бұрын

I looked at buying a dreamer from Oakwell motorhomes Ltd. They were not interested in my part exchange whatsoever, during the high / easy sales pandemic period. Lets see how choosy they are during the forthcoming recession.

@Rafael-ri2ft Жыл бұрын

Demo for second bed would have been good!

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Sorry Rafael but in the conditions at a trade fair, it is just not possible. I do that sort of thing when conditions permit.

@remconet 2 ай бұрын

2:06 What do you mean 'completely wated'?! There's litterally storage all around where there's none in a lot of vans. Weird thing to say.

@TimmysFavs Жыл бұрын

The white interior including the white upholstery is totally impractical, the interior design layout is good. However I'm not keen on the exterior look of the Ford chassis cab.

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Always nice to have a contrary opinion Tim and of course you are absolutely correct. The dog would sort that furniture out in no time.

@ivanbonzi8174 Жыл бұрын

Alan you missed a detail: the seats in the back are slided

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ivan!

@emx7151 Жыл бұрын

A non campervan question Alan, I'm presuming you're a UK citizen living in Europe permanently and wondered what you do for healthcare?

@jakemaas2068 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the Ford Transit is a good van to camperize. The round corner shelves are not the best. No on the white interior. Do the prices you quote include the VAT?

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Jake, in everything I do which is B2C, I always quote VAT at local rates (except in the US), if it is B2B (for which I don't do videos) then VAT has to be added.

@truthseeker9454 Жыл бұрын

I second your no on white upholstery. Do builders have some kind of deal with upholstery cleaners or something?

@mohork Жыл бұрын

Anyone smart enough give understand this of what I'm saying, give it 12-15yrs and power doors, will get much harder to fix. Because by that time, very rarely anybody would know how that technology works and requires study and money to fix it. But at that time, these cars become rare or in the scrap yard while it happens, and if indeed you should need a part to fix your door, the less electronics in your doors and windows, the easier you can apply analouge fixtures to your vehicle and repair the vehicle at a low cost. If these types of vehicles was mass produced all over the world, then the market for repairs will be hefty in price or someone starts a workshop specializing the repair works of these vehicles. But the fewer in the world that knows how to fix them ends up costing the consumers more in fixing them.

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that some people may not have the strength to close the door but surely this should be an option and not stick the things in a vehicle like this. I can see the doors getting damaged by people trying to close them. Like you, I think it is over engineered.

@mohork Жыл бұрын

@@VanlifewithAlan Alan, the reason why I said that, because Toyota leads in many retrospect the pioneer in automatic responsiveness either, man made or Artificial Intelligence. In my case in my Toyota Estima 1996 model, when you manually close it, it has an automatic lock on it to confirm it is closed. However after many years, it's design has an electronic malfunction that when it stops, it's closing mechanisms, all you can do is say, well i hope it rectifies itself, and hopefully it will eventually close itself, however in the end if it locks when you are driving many hours later, you better hop you can sell it before others detects its misfortunes.

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

@@mohork The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it seems. Anything electronic is going to break sooner or later and I think whereas if an electric window does not go up it is not the end of the world but if a door opens whilst one is on the motorway, then that is something else...

@mohork Жыл бұрын

@@VanlifewithAlan in my case it locked 1hr on the freeway. Sometimes I have to go in the middle of my drivers door to the sliding door to unlock it. Just to let the viewers know, I pulled on the side of the road to unlock it from the inside when my electronic key ignition can not unlock the slide door.

@rubankhyvel6774 Жыл бұрын

Interesting van, what about the fridge? A military secret, or !?

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

More than that, it is ultra secret, could not reveal it for reasons of planetary security.

@truthseeker9454 Жыл бұрын

Alan only eats canned food, so he never remembers the refrigerator. 😄

@rubankhyvel6774 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alan, good to know you put universal safety as top priority 😂… Love your videos.

@FernandoAlves-yp4ii Жыл бұрын

sleeping four....where?

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Two more at the semi dinette which converts into a bed Fernando. I forgot to say although I moved the thing to make the bed with!

@thesecretlifeofhuman Жыл бұрын

How does it sleep 4?

@VanlifewithAlan Жыл бұрын

Sorry Gillian, I did not say but I often forget things. On the back of the bed there was a unit which can be used to convert the semi dinette into an extra bed.

@zerocta1 Жыл бұрын

@@VanlifewithAlan but that's usually for one person.