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Currently, there are 5 main dealers who are authorised to sell American motorhomes with full warranties, with many more selling the European versions..
This term was originally used by the car industry and refers to a vehicle not imported by a main agent and is usually imported by a private individual from a dealer abroad. These imports often do not have the correct conversions and will have no factory warranty.
The major factor is the conversion work, as these vehicles are destined for the US market and require a fair amount of work to convert them to UK standards.
This is the warranty, as a grey import will not have one.
Finally, protection of your investment. Authorised dealers sell vehicles with full conversions and warranties, and, these retain their resell value.
Dealers work to a code of practice and staff are all fully trained. All conversion work conforms to British Standards and consumers are fully protected by UK consumer law.
They require an annual service.
Travelworld have world class facilities which include 10 bays, 10,000 square foot servicing facility, a 40 ton ramp and staff who are fully factory trained.
This type of toilet has a fixed holding tank on board the RV.
What are the benefits of this?
The physical size of the tank is 35 gallons as opposed to a 5 gallon cassette used by European motorhomes, makes them more convenient to use, basically you can go for much longer without needing to look for some emptying point.
Tank sizes are bigger on American RVs for water, fuel and waste disposal. Pusher tank sizes are approximately double that of a puller.
There is a fixed tank on board for the LPG, which is used for heating, cooking and running the fridge freezer.
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