Goldstream- older vs new

Hi
I have looked at a few goldstream campers and the late 90s models do look very good as well. Well made quality. Another one to look for is a 'golf slipstream'.
I have one and love it. It is a 1996 off road and is similar to the goldstream. Lovely fitout and independant suspension, alluminuin frame and so on, also very good quality and strong chasis for off road. The golf slipstreams are no longer made ( stopped around 2000). There are not alot around. The older golfs ( 80s models) I dont like, however the 96 on ones are worth a good look if you find one. Good luck with the goldstream as they appear to be a good unit as well.
Lenni

Thanks for your reply,
A Golf Slipstream??? Is that made by Goldstream or is that a different brand of campervan.
Cheers
Kris :)

Golf are a brand on their own. They still make golf caravans, however stopped making campertrailers in about 2000. The 96 on ones are very high quality and very well made for off road use. Because they were very expensive when new and the company is not as big as the others there are not so many around , but you still see them come up on ebay and trading post accasionally. They seem to keep their price as well, similar to goldstream good quality. I like the jayco camper, but they are not the qaulity or the build of the goldstream offroad or later model golfs.
Reards lenni

Hi Krissy,

We looked at a couple of the older models, and to me they looked the same and had the same build quality. They guy showed us the different ones and then took us to the new ones.

The difference in price was about $7000 dollars between the second hand and new. We decided on the new one as we are planning a family in the next year or so, so we want to be prepared and not give up a wonderful van to have to get a bigger one so soon.

The independant suspension is an additional cost. The only down fall to the goldstream we found was that everything was extra including the off road pack which did not include the independant suspension which was about $1000 on top of the $2500 off road.

Also the protective flooring was extra and a few other things which you think are included are not. So be careful there and make sure you work to a budget. We got the basics first that needed to be done to the van during construction and then have opted to get the extras later when we feel we either need them or want them.

All in all ours cost approx $32,000 so we will be using it heaps. Our first trip is to Albany in the south west and then to Esperance and next year we are heading to Monkey Mia, Coral Bay and Kalbarri for a couple of weeks. In a couple of years we are hoping to take 6 months off and do a bigger trip half way round the country (well as far as we can go and get back in 6 months)

Were is your first destination?

Nicole

Sounds like you have a winner on your hands :)

We will be going to the Gawler Rangers, River Murray mouth perhaps. Our 4WD club has a lot of trips, mainly weekends, but we want to take a few weeks off later in the year and just travel somewhere!
We have been busy renovating our bathroom (because of a leak), so my partner has taken off holidays to do that. So one we both have some decient time to take, we will be off.
I bet you cant wait to get your van. When are you expecting it?

It will be nice to leave some things in there without packing everything up.
I just cant wait to cook in one, and sit at the table to eat. Although saying that, when we go away with the club, most of us sit around the fire and eat. There are a few that go to their campers/caravans and eat, so I think we will have to be one of those, especially for the first few times :)

Hope all goes well when you get it :)
Cheers
Kris & Shaun

Thank you.
We want to do the same and use the van as a base camp and maybe even take the dreaded tent if we decide to stay long in the rugged stuff.
I know the Goldstream costs more, but it does look worth it.

We may look into a new one. We have 3 kids, but 2 are older and work on weekend or when we go away, so it just leaves the younger 10 year old to travel with us, so we just want a medium size. I looked on the website and yours looks great! Did it take long to get?
Someone said they have independant suspension, compared to other models having leaf springs.....thats a good thing :)

I hope I am as happy as you soon when we finally make our purchase
Thanks
Kris :)