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Nice! The Samurai is a very capable vehicle with the short wheelbase.

Yes, I sleep inside the vehicle, as I travel solo this is quite doable. With the passenger seat and the 2nd row seats removed there is enough space. I built a sleeping platform with storage space underneath. The tubes are 125 mm in diameter, inside are 110 mm tubes which slide backward just...

My mobile holiday home ;-)

4 years ago I bought this Suzuki, with 176.000 kilometers on it. Since then I have done roughly 40.000 holiday travel kilometers. Great vehicle, really enjoying it. It’s just big enough to sleep in, and quite comfortable to drive. Would be interested to see if anyone else uses a XL7 for...

Bedankt voor je reactie Yjan, enjoy your travels.

Hi Yjan, Thanks for tuning in. I’d be very interested to hear about your findings on driving on unpaved tracks in Slovenia. Are there many possibilities to legally do so? Is it legal (or tolerated) to camp in the wild?

Thanks Bjoern! I do have questions about Slovenia, but with the current floods this is probably not the right time to go there. Hope to read about your experiences in Wales on your website. I’d like to go to the UK myself, but judging by what I’ve seen on Youtube, greenlaning in the UK often...

Hello all, My name is Frans, and I live in The Netherlands. 4 years ago I bought a 2002 Suzuki Grand Vitara XL-7, since then I generally spend my holidays on bumpy tracks, camping in remote areas as much as I can. My next trip will be to either Slovenia or Sweden - can't seem to make up my...

I enjoyed reading your story, and great pictures!

Spain is my favorite country, although not MidEurope, I guess. Hills, mountains, plains, coasts, forests, lakes, and even desert-like areas. Interesting architecture, some of which is unique for Spain. The north of the country is sparsely populated, and there are thousands of abandoned...

Hi all, Since I started making holidays "in the wild" in 2019, I mainly travelled in the northern parts of Spain, and to a lesser extent in the Italian Alps. I hope to take 2 weeks off in September or October, and somehow, in making preparations for a trip I always end up going to Spain. I...

It’s a clamshell model which hinges at the front. I have been bothering the seller with quite a few questions already :-) You’re right about the peak demand some vendors currently experience; I found an interesting alternative from a US based manufacturer, they are quoting lead times of around...

The tents I am looking at require cross bars as well.

Thanks for the hint, that is an interesting option. The link refers to the successor to my model Grand Vitara, but I will ask Rocky Road if they have similar rails for the older model I own.

Hi all, I am thinking of buying a hard shell rooftop tent for my Suzuki GV XL-7. The thing is, the standard roof rails have plastic feet which are probably not strong enough to carry the weight of a tent plus inhabitant(s). For that reason I am considering to remove the standard roof rails, and...

Vielen Dank Björn, Ich freue mich darauf, das Forum und deren Teilnehmer kennenzulernen ! Mit freundlichem Gruss, Frans

Thank you Rich :grinning:

Hello Kent, Thank you for the warm welcome and the hints!

Bedankt Robert voor de verwelkoming, I certainly will be going through the Europe section in detail, looking forward to learning from others and sharing experiences. Kind regards, Frans

Your XL-7 looks great with those chunky tires! Are you still around on this forum? I own a similar vehicle, and I'd like to ask you a couple of questions :-)