Hi friends,
First post so please be gentle! We are looking at purchasing a camper van to make days away and holidays with the kids easier. Like I'm sure many people before us we're considering the VW California Ocean and now the MB Marco Polo.
While I know things are optimal if you're a family of four, we're a family of five (kids are currently 8, 6, and 1), therefore in the Ocean and the MP we'd need the additional extra seat.
Trouble is I can't find any pictures of the extra seat fitted to a MP, and the spec sheet for a new MP doesn't even seem to show one as an option. http://tools.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cu...17FE52A6475D0A490D4C%40AdobeOrg|TS=1595193051
Does anyone know if...
1. You can actually have a fifth seat in a Marco Polo?
2. Any feedback on how well this works from those in the know?
3. Any pictures of such a thing installed and used?
I fully appreciate it would need to be removed before the van could be used for sleeping, but this will also be the case for the kids' booster and car seats, so I expect we'd use a small tent to function as a storage area for stuff when we go camping.
I really hope the answers are encouraging as I must admit I'm more drawn to the yacht-like elegance of the MP and am less keen on the middle-class Hippy vibe of the California, but both cars are I'm sure lovely.
Thanks in advance for any help and assistance.
First post so please be gentle! We are looking at purchasing a camper van to make days away and holidays with the kids easier. Like I'm sure many people before us we're considering the VW California Ocean and now the MB Marco Polo.
While I know things are optimal if you're a family of four, we're a family of five (kids are currently 8, 6, and 1), therefore in the Ocean and the MP we'd need the additional extra seat.
Trouble is I can't find any pictures of the extra seat fitted to a MP, and the spec sheet for a new MP doesn't even seem to show one as an option. http://tools.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cu...17FE52A6475D0A490D4C%40AdobeOrg|TS=1595193051
Does anyone know if...
1. You can actually have a fifth seat in a Marco Polo?
2. Any feedback on how well this works from those in the know?
3. Any pictures of such a thing installed and used?
I fully appreciate it would need to be removed before the van could be used for sleeping, but this will also be the case for the kids' booster and car seats, so I expect we'd use a small tent to function as a storage area for stuff when we go camping.
I really hope the answers are encouraging as I must admit I'm more drawn to the yacht-like elegance of the MP and am less keen on the middle-class Hippy vibe of the California, but both cars are I'm sure lovely.
Thanks in advance for any help and assistance.