Hi

Very interesting facts but just a slice of the picture as you say.

Oh no you are not thinking of selling your to a foreigner are you?????

There are a huge amount of motorhomes around the country that to be honest lie idle I know I pass at least five on regular journeys that have not been moved in over a year! Cause I check every time I pass. I have often thought of popping in and asking why they are just there not used.
Pity as there are some lovely old ones that have been lovingly looked after!

There are some idle van alright. But many that look idle are actually active i.e. have valid road tax. Many owners do not use their van in winter and some use their vans as little as 2/3 weeks a year. In any event, what we are talking about here are active vans and 1446 vans that were taxed in 2011 were not re-taxed in 2012. What we did see in 2012 was a massive increase in inactive vans. Were they exported, scrapped, or just parked up at the back of the house and put up on donedeal. But I would suspect that a good number were beyond economic repair.

The 2013 figures will be interesting because they will give an indication as what happened these 1446 vans or more specifically their owners. A significant increase would suggest that either a) many of those owners repaired their van passed the CRW and put it back on the road OR b) that they or new motorhome owners bought new (as in new to them) vans.

Remember those 1446 owners were active. Now no doubt some of them will have decided that it. But the interesting question is how many will get back in?

They all probably ended up in a Salvage Yard somewhere.

And if your best friend was Blag

Don't forget a number of them could have come north which will show in the figures as missing