supreme getaway caravans

A good friend had a Getaway offroad model for several years, & although they liked the
van, it leaked badly & defied all efforts to fix it. It was a poptop model. He traded it on
a bigger twin axle Territory,full van, & guess what ? Yep, it leaked too, & despite trips
to the dealer & his own efforts, he has given up & has traded it on a different brand.
So, I would examine a used one very carefully for evidence of water ingress. No other
problems were encountered as far as I know. cheers....oldbaz.

Hi Ross & Chris,

While ours isn't a Getaway, we have had a Supreme Outback 17'6" pop-top for the last 3 years. As far as I can tell, we are the 3rd owners and it's a 2000/2001 model with 2 single beds and a small ensuite. I'd classify it as 'semi-off-road' in that it's not in the Bushtracker/Kedron league, but then the price wasn't either! While we don't really take it into extreme locations, we certainly get off the bitumen.

We purchased it to see if we liked caravanning, but now see no reason to upgrade or change as it does everything we want and goes everywhere we want with no problems. Ours seems to be built well and has no issues with leaking. I'm beginning to think that quality has taken a downturn over the last few years given the number of problems with new vans that we have come across recently.

If you'd like to see where we've been and what we've done to the van, have a look at: RossRambles


Cheers,
Chris

Hi Ross & Chris,
We have been told and have seen for Ourselves upon inspection of both old & new Supreme Getaway caravans.
We found anything below 1998 to be the Good old Sturdy ones.
They're quite heavy though, but very well made.
Take care, safe Travels Ma

I have a single axle 17'9" Royal Flair Discovery, done the hard yards including GRR, Cape Leveque etc and never had a problem. It's a pop-top and the only water ingress has been thru the top screens and that was wind driven in a howling gale before we pulled the top down. Heavy ? Yes but that's the penalty you pay for a full 6" chassis.

Rob.

The getaway you are refering to is one built on a "Tub" chassis. Not all Supremes are built this way and not all Getaways are either. The larer and later ones are built on a standard chassis. A tub chassis is something like the tub of a ute. They were made of steel and sort of fully enclosed on the bottom. They looked a bit like it was built into a large checkerplate box trailer.

thanks for your thoughts thus far....we e originally wanted an old small supreme getaway that sat in the tub because thats what friends in the club back then ...but after our trip last year over to WA at the windiest time of the year...and with very varing weather ...and the fact that we will be living in the van we want to buy... is we need something bigger.... as we need storage space and the smaller getaways which are getting scarce now dont cut it.... so thus the later getaways with side opening door...also we thought the newer the van the less trouble we might have with it along the way.......and better resale. we would love to know if the hilux would tow the van ok too .... we love the goldstream, roma,royal flair and even seen a a genisis and windsor excape...and t he other day we did see a 1998 supreme 16ft which looked good on the outside with very little off road use ...just dirt roads...but the inside wasnt great an bit daggy which we could rectify a bit. the van was very standard with no fancy stuff add to it. ..but he wanted $26500 for it and we thought that was a bit to much...considering we had seen a lot newer ones that gave you better value and a lot nicer inside...mind you when a van looks great inside like a new car you get reluctant to take it out in the dirt etc for a while...lol...many thanks ross and chris