Change or keep

After spending quite a few quid on the MH this year I was wondering if it is better to change the van every few years or keep for a long time. Over our 40 years of Motorhoming we have had 7 vans. Our first 4 were campers and no 5 was a brand new A Class This brought us up to about year 9. We kept this a couple of years and because of the family growing changed to an overcab that was fully loaded. Kept this until 2003 when we bought the present one new (now 20 years old)
The good points for sticking with this one;
We know the van, thinks have gone wrong but have been fixed. It hasn't cost us a lot in maintenance, just consumables like tyres etc.
We have added the things that we wanted to make it more comfortable, efficient etc.
We havnt lost out in trade in values. Not paying high loan rates I approached a dealer who said he could sell it for 45% of what I paid for it.
Not so good points:
It's getting old. damage to panels etc harder to find/repair.
Things, are going to wear out.
May now start to cost more to keep it on the road.

These are only a few things to think about but it is a no brainier for us. Keep it until it gives up the ghost or we do.

Only you have the answer to all them deep inside ye Tommy,I’m out in Portrush tonight heading to a dealer in the morning, what will come of it I don’t know, but wat i do know is, I’ve been hooked badly on travelling the roads and camping in this wee conversion of ours, but think it’s time to move on ,now that I know this is what I want in years to come I’m going to view Motorhomes tomorrow, I have looked till I’m blue in the face at mh’s, I’ve rightly or wrongly always thought our van was always going to be only good enough for a first van , people have told me to keep it but I’m thinking I’ll not have nothing worthy if that’s the right word until I have a mh , but it’s a mine field

@relay racer , there's a few Vans in the for sale section here might suit

My van I bought new 18 years ago (19 the day after tomorrow)
It has served us well and ticks all the important boxes. It is fully loaded with all the toys I need. Yes, there have been a few issues over the years but it is generally bombproof.
Without winning the lotto, would I change it, definitely no. In 10 years, what environmental issues will impact the value and usability of a 2024 mh?
My choice at this time is to spend what is necessary to keep my current mh on the road and not go into a hole for 50 or 60 grand for something that may turn out to be a bit of a disappointment and not as robust as the old yoke I currently have.
My 2005 2.8JTD is not afflicted by dodgy airbag modules and other modern electronics just waiting to go pop

Our mh is just 6.7m but it has a decent cross bed over a decent garage. Unlike others I've seen the width of the climbing in space is quite generous, the bed level is relatively low making for relatively easy climbing in and providing good headroom.
While it's relatively short at 6.7m we've lived in it for up to six months while visiting the sunshine in the winter.
Heading off on Tuesday fortnight again and not planning to be back until summer arrives here, assuming it does

Why would you want to holiday in a museum?

I thought it was one of these you were talking about.
https://www.museumofflight.org/

Little and Large

What a great question @TommyS , We were in the same position a few years ago our 10 year old van was just starting to show its age it seemed to need some fettling of some type on every trip nothing major but just enough to be an irritation but we loved the layout so were unsure of what to do . In the end we did change luckily were able to come up the years for a relatively small amount but if I had spent the same amount on the old van I could have sorted all the wee niggles and had change.
We love our present van and now have a layout that will suit us going froward for a long time but in retrospect should we have kept our old one and our wedge ? Im still not sure but one thing is for sure we now have our forever van as I won't be in a position to change again unless the lotto comes calling !

Hopefully you'll be out and about soon again R