Travel Light

There was a time in both the air and water-cooled VW scenes when everything was lowered, following the general rule that everything looks better lowered.

It’s true, of course, but anyone who has ever owned anything slammed will have a tough time arguing that they’re not a pain to live with at times, and never more so than when talking about a lowered Camper.

Unless you never go camping in it, at some time or other you’ll likely want to take some back roads, or park up somewhere off the beaten track. Even just traversing a seemingly flat field can be fraught with trauma for the low.

But these days there is an alternative, and it’s gaining popularity all the time. The advent of #vanlife and pics all over social media of high-riding Campers and the like has poured fuel on the fire and more and more people are now