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I'm sure you will receive plenty of advice. That is what our community is all about. Help and advice, and opinion ! Can you elaborate on the type of touring you expect to do. That should help us all provide sensible advice

I believe Clearcut Campervan Design in Barnstaple do flat pack units.

Hello Chris, Welcome to the Forum. So very sorry to hear about your late wife. Acquiring an Alphie is a good choice. May you enjoy many a mile in her and reminiscing about your 15 years of caravanning.

Any MOT station should be able to test your vehicle. Taking corrective action, should any be needed, is a different matter. Many official Toyota dealers will not work on imported vehicles. However some will, so it's worth checking your local dealer. There are less expensive approaches though Any garage that is competent, and experienced, working on Toyota vehicles would, ihmo, be a far better choice than Halfords (or Kwik Fit).

Hi Alasdair, From the plan above, your bed looks very narrow. Great for one, rather tight for two ! Is that a kitchen sink / hob behind the passenger seat ? I ask as they are normally fitted behind the driver's seat. That way, ingress and egress is to the safer nearside !

Yes, good point Steve. As they are a broker, they should be open to a little haggling; as in your case

As Alasdair says. The messages should be there waiting for you.

Hello Pauline, Welcome to the Forum. You have correctly put this in the Buy and Sell area. Thank you. However, please read the information you are required to provide to sell through this medium. You should also include a reasonable number of photos, to enhance your chances of interest. Please add the required information, and, hopefully, you will get some enquiries.

Hello Declan, Welcome to the Forum. The JPNZ Owners Manual is excellent, but, as you have discovered, it is pretty grim regarding 'in car entertainment'. If you still have the OEM HDD system, try eightseater.blog.com, as he covers it in English very well.

Wow. That is a good price. Their quotes seem to vary wildly. Just be a ware that Adrian Flux is a broker; you should enquire who the actual underwriter is and check them out.

Hi Ian, Have you tried your local official Toyota dealer, or Toyota Direct ?

Hi Gill, Did you receive my personal messages ?

I have sent you a PM.

Thanks for the reminder. As a BT customer we have access to the BT WiFi Hotspots, although, actually, have never used any of them. Something else for me to work on. Should be easy . I bought a second PC just for the van. I use the older Dell XPS, very robust. I have been thinking of a small sound bar, but storage on the move is a real issue as my dog takes up so much room.

Hello Gilly, Welcome to the Forum. I can recommend a rear conversion specialist who does exemplary work, at reasonable cost. BUT They are near Exeter ! If you need a 'must have' reason to use him I could send you (privately) a photo of my fully veneered Maple rear kitchen. And, btw, some members believe you cannot cook 'indoors' with a rear kitchen. You can (but not a fried breakfast). All you need is a EHU and a induction hob.

Hi Nigel, We use a 17" PC with DVD, and an attached HDD. The PC uses a cigarette power adapter running from our leisure battery. I did look at Cello, but went with the HD PC that I already had. Plus, where do you store a delicate TV when travelling? I was going to fit a TV gizmo to the PC, but, so far, haven't needed to. My wife watches films mainly. News and directions we get from our phone. The PC sits nicely on our rear kitchen and our rear facing Captains seats provide armchair luxury. Sound is by Bose noise cancelling wireless headphones (benefit is I can read !). As the van is, effectively, a Faraday cage, you will need a very good aerial. Ideal for us. No installation hassle, easy portable storage with folding laptop. HD films, DVDs, etc'; and no aerial issues. Food for thought, maybe.

Karen if you still need this service, the guy I can recommend will come to your house and program the keys and demo them.

You will have a separate fob for it. Just three buttons. Lock, unlock and tailgate. The reason I ask is it can, when programmed through the head unit, perform all kinds of tricks with the locking system. I was just wondering whether it has some bug or other malfunction; perhaps needing a new fob battery. Doors can be programmed to lock after you drive off, etc. Is your rear hatch electrically assisted? On another line of thinking, I believe the rear hatch has obstruction detectors. perhaps there is a malfunction there. I am just guessing, as no-one else (in my recollection) has reported such a situation !

You don't need to change the head unit, if that's what you're considering, to use a Sat Nav. There are phone apps or discrete Sat Nav units

Hello Nigel, According to the JPNZ Owners Manual (highly recommended, available on ebay). 8.6 litres, Toyota Auto Fluid type T-IV

Hello Jarek, Welcome to the Forum.

Hello Dan, Do you have the Smart Lock System ?

Darth Vader's transport !

I was under the impression the 4D67 chip was introduced on the Gen 1 facelift, as was not 'fitted' to the early Gen 1 machines. I expect Chris.ac can confirm, or refute, this.

I visit mine personally. Drink their excellent Hot Chocolate, and normally get excellent service. The only downside is that, as an official Toyota dealer, they are not cheap ! I will continue to recommend Snows, but not the Honiton branch (although, I suppose, your form may not have 'gone' to Honiton).