We've loved camping in our Bongo - travelling all over the UK. We forgave it when it broke down twice on our honeymoon in Scotland.... luckily the forum and Ian Taylor came to the rescue.
Thanks for all the help and advice over the years, and to Ian at the Bongo shop for making DIY servicing much easier. This forum (and the factsheets) have been incredibly useful, allowing me to attempt things like cambelt changes and valve clearances checks, oh and of course regular drop link and oil changes ! I've learned loads.
I'll miss our Bongo's. The diesel was our camper for 10 years, and I still remember it's distinctive smell when strong winds blew through the vents, the comfy but rather snug R&R bed. The way you couldn't open the fridge door with the bed down, and banging my head on the ceiling. But it is such a well designed vehicle. Even down to the window wind deflectors which allow you to have the windows open for ventilation when it's raining and the way the seats fold in various ways depending on your mood. Fitting a LSD made it brilliant in the snow, and it was a capable trailer tower and all round utility vehicle for shifting furniture and people. The V6 remained an 8 seater and it was a great long distance people carrier. So comfy and smooth. I'm going to miss it.
It's such a shame that they don't still make the Bongo, and the choice of other similar vans is fairly limited, and of course none come with a factory fitted AFT. I suspect we'll never find such a versatile vehicle............... unless we buy another Bongo. (Don't tell the Mrs).
Stay safe and keep well in these challenging times. At least the weather has improved !
