Hymer 4×4 motorhome for sale – now sold

Our Hymer 4×4 motorhome is for sale…

Hymer MLT5804x4 winterised

After many adventures and amazing times, so much so that I haven’t had time to write here, it is time to move on and therefore the ‘Nomad Explorer’, Hymer 4×4 motorhome is for sale.

Precisely it is a Mercedes Hymer MLT580 4×4.

It is a rare 4×4 Mercedes Sprinter based motor home with full winter spec.

As readers of my blog will have seen we bought it new Jan 2018 and immediately vinyl wrapped in satin black by S6 Wraps in UK, wrap can be removed and van restored to pristine white body, original graphics and grey cab.

Hymer motorhome for sale wrapped grey

The Hymer 4×4 motorhome is UK registered but left hand drive for European touring. Having spent much of our time, as many do in Europe, this has made it much more practical and comfortable for our driving adventures.

The Mercedes 3.0 V6 engine and automatic/triptronic gearbox has been invaluable. No worries or slow downs up hill and you can have such fun watching people’s faces as the ‘slow motorhome’ some speeding past them in the fast lane!

The raised suspension, 4×4 and Hymer’s full winter package have worked perfectly for our winters in the alps.4x4 Hymer motorhome Winter in the mountains

The Hymer motorhome winterised pack includes Alde underfloor heating plus 2 additional Webasto diesel heaters (one cab & one for engine). We’ve spent two full winters in the Hymer in the French Alps and we can confirm it is super cosy and perfect for winter conditions…

Winter view from Hymer motorhome

Key highlights include:
Rear wheel drive Mercedes drive train with switchable and very capable 4×4, essential for mud, ice, snow and sand.

Truma Duo Control CS gas system (the system switches automatically to the full bottle when one runs out so no need to go out in the cold to manually switch over).

3 leisure batteries; 1800W 240V inverter perfect for charging all phones, laptops and even TV and coffee machine.

Reversing camera – critical for driving and parking in towns and villages.

Huge heated garage – perfect for storing summer and winter kit. Works really well for drying and keeping kit warm in winter too.

Hymer motorhome heated Garage

Large (2.1×1.95m) and comfortable longitudinal bed so no climbing over each other to get in and out of bed. The bed is the full width of the van so very luxurious and cosy.

Hymer motorhome Luxurious double bed with ladder

It can be set up as two single beds too. You can see how the mattresses split in this photo…

Hymer motorhome for sale longitudinal double or single beds

We could not have lived the winter in our Hymer motorhome without the generous bathroom with shower. Lots os storage space in there and the water heats up in a few minutes for a lovely hot shower.

Hymer motorhome spacious bathroom lots of storage

Of course we also cooked, a lot, during our winters and summer. The tall fridge freezer, three burner hob and lots of cupboard space in the kitchen work really well.

Hymer motorhome for sale practical kitchen

 

Hymer fitted blinds and fly screens on all windows;
3  large roof windows;
External gas appliance attachment;
Scorpion tracker;
Preparation for tow bar;
Back mounted spare wheel, air compressor, hydraulic jack;
Rear air suspension.

We have also fitted and include in the sale:
2 Thule canopies (one on each side);
Thule drop down awning; 150W
solar panel and controller;
Sony tv;
Apple play Sony audio system (used for navigation);
External windscreen cover, great for keeping the warmth in and snow off the windscreen in winter.

If you know motorhomes and you know Hymer you know that this 4×4 Hymer motorhome was not cheap when we bought it two years ago.

We have had some great adventures, travelled many miles (38,600 miles, 61,800km) and it was worth every penny.

We think you will find yourselves doing the same!

Our Hymer 4×4 motorhome is for sale for £69,900 , 78,000€.

Private message via Facebook (link above) if you are interested to buy.

 

Hymer Motorhome Customisation

Our Hymer Motorhome customisation started even before we’d placed our order for our Hymer motorhome.  After many great times and summer adventures in our VW Transporter self-converted custom-camper we wanted to extend our camper adventures to winter.   Buying a ‘winterised’ Motorhome was a reasonably straight forward decision and a custom specification of the Hymer MLT 4×4 ticked most of our boxes.

However, no offence Hymer, Hymer owners and all caravan and motorhome owners, the various ‘beige’ interiors within the white boxes really do not excite us.

We needed to find a way to customise the motorhome, to reduce the white box exterior and beige interior without impacting the resale value, so ideally the customisation would be reversible.

We had heard about vinyl wrapping and, after several fascinating visits to vehicle customisation companies, we finally found S6 Wraps. When we explained the motorhome customisation project we had for them, were as excited as we were to get started on the inside and out.

On a beautiful, chilly morning in January we waited with anticipation to collect our Hymer motorhome…

Finally our Hymer motorhome (a monster 4×4 truck) emerged, exactly what we expected but not exactly what we wanted…yet.

The team showing us, enthusiastically, around our new motorhome seemed surprised when we explained how much we planned to customise the motorhome appearance, inside and out.  We were so pleased to finally be in our motorhome but very eager to get away and somehow reduce the beige feel of the interior.

The privilege of the first drive of our Hymer MLT 4×4…one very happy Hymer owner

Straight to S6wraps in our wonderful but white Hymer motorhome…

who got to work on turning our matt grey designs for the exterior graphics into reality.

We had the steel wheels removed and sprayed black to complete the customisation..

Once S6wraps had finished their work, with attention to detail to every line on the cab and the motorhome body, we made changes to the inside to cover some of the beige with warm grey and more colourful and softer fabrics.

Hymer motorhome customisation complete we set off to the French Alps to spend the winter and truly test our Hymer 4×4 motorhome…

We’ve been amazingly cosy all winter thanks to the winterised options like the extra diesel heater, under-floor heating and a heated garage (essential to dry out kit each evening).

 

Wherever we have stopped the amazing mountain views have drawn our attention

and we’ve been amazed how we draw the attention of passers by in turn.

We’ve made new friends of strangers everywhere we have stopped, aspiring motorhome owners and travellers alike wondering where they can purchase the ‘Nomad Explorer’ model of the Hymer motorhome.

and now as the snow melts and spring flowers start to emerge everywhere, we prepare for our summer adventures in our customised Hymer motorhome.

Who knows where it will take us, what experiences we will have and people we will meet…

 

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