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Owning a motorhome, and the size of that motorhome is a lifestyle choice, just the same as a person might choose a Ferrari.
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1 hour ago, crocs said:
What model car was this?
As Brian didn't like the lane assist I'd guess a MG4.
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2 hours ago, david lloyd said:
There are several ‘safety’ systems on our one year old MG4 that I would rather be without. The first is the collision avoidance Brian describes. Although it has not, as yet, activated without sufficient reason it does activate in what I consider unnecessary circumstances. Often this is way too soon as I am following (moving) traffic and it is quite possible that a following driver reading the road ahead would certainly not expect me to be braking to a standstill.
Next is the lane control feature which pulls the steering rather fiercely back to the centre line and can easily catch the unwary off guard perhaps over correcting as a result.
A smaller but nevertheless annoying feature is the speed limit indicator which can often be displaying an incorrect speed limit. I have come to ignore this completely as I doubt it would a sufficiently robust defence if I were penalised for inadvertently speeding.
As for the development of driverless vehicles, well………
David
On Suzuki's the speed limit display is taken from a camera of speed limit sign, if it misses that an incorrect speed will be displayed.
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For base vehicle problems you would normally expect a commercial vehicle garage to have a better understanding of any problems. That said I've had atrocious service from three Fiat Professional garages, two of these are no longer Fiat, and lately used a Northern Commercial run Fiat Professional garage and they were very helpful.
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I brought 1l of oil to carry in van for any top ups between oil changes, that was 12 years ago and it remains untouched.
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Let's see if I've got the hang of this new phone.
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Yes that is the connection for roof bars/rack, am I suprised dealer doesn't know, not really.
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17 minutes ago, laimeduck said:
The universal tool .... hammer...always works!
Jeremy
Well if it doesn't work, you just use a bigger hammer.
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Must be time of year, we have stayed at the adjacent C&CC site with no problems.
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Over the years one of the big problems with these vans has been the engine earth strap, whilst it might look OK they often cause problems. I'm not sure how it would cause the problem you have, but as a matter of cause best to replace it with a quality item.
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Also the Critair is supposed to be acceptable in Spain as well.
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I would note that microwaves have space requirements beyond their size to allow for ventilation, the instruction manual should give minimum gaps to be allowed.
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To not get a fine you would need to declare it SORNed, quite how this affects insurance I don't know.
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Story in Cornwall news last week, Australian visiting just spent time in hospital due to snake bite.
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We have had this several times in the 12 years of having present van, not once have we had to replace the thermocouple. I wiggle the connections at both ends and this fixes it for a year or so.
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10 minutes ago, Keithl said:
The radio can be wired directly to the leisure battery thereby negating the need to have the habitation electrics turned on while driving. In fact this is how AutoTrail has done it for many years, my 2004 is most certainly wired this way from the factory.
Yes thinking about it, that is how ours is wired as the hab electrics don't need to be on for the radio to work. Whatever, for the past 15 years there have been regular posts from people with flat vehicle batteries, so I certainly don't think increasing draw on vehicle battery is a good idea.
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On wildcamping.co.uk there are several members who have replaced lead acid with lithium, in past drop in replacements haven't been 100% successful, not sure if this is still the case.
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My thoughts are that any load put on the vehicle battery whilst the engine is off is a big mistake, even a low volt cutoff will just lead to more flat batteries.
A much better idea would be for Swift to dump the caravan councils outdated recommendations and allow the leisure battery to be on whilst driving so the radio can be powered by that. If German vans such as mine can do this without problems so can they.
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As per Derek's post, these lights are standard Fiat fitment, if the garage doesn't know this you need to use a different garage.
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It's my guess that you will have passport stamped (let us know), the reason being you only get over 90days when with your wife, if you aren't accompanied by her you are limited.
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I'm not sure what inflator or van you have, but I attach the leads of our Ring900 to the jump start points on our XLWB Ducato, easy to connect and reaches all round no problem, the only irritating thing is the gauge is at wheel end and on/off is at other end.
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1 hour ago, hja said:
I understand the layout Colin talks about - we saw it when looking for our current van. Decided it wouldnt do for us because it didnt allow easy access to bed area and kitchen whilst one person was in the shower, but horses for courses.
I understand it's not for everyone, but I believe in a small van it's one of the best available, it's true that for the time someone is in shower the fridge and one end of van is not available for the other person, but how long does anyone spend in the shower. The big upsides are that the washroom is fairly large for a 'small' van, and when using the washroom you can have the entire rear (or front) of van, and when not in use it takes up a fairly small space.
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Having your feet in the shower tray whilst using the toilet is common in many motorhomes, it's nothing to be worried about. Saying that our van doesn't have this arrangement, it has another which many just can't understand if they haven't used it, the shower tray is in the 'corridor' from sleeping area to living area and covered by a panel.
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If it does as Onecal has posted and fines are issued then several manufacturers will be overwhelmed by legal cases.
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Firstly, owning a motorhome is a lifestyle choice, and that includes those who choose to live in one (I know several people very well who choose this lifestyle).
Secondly the size and type of motorhome is another lifestyle choice, from a small VW Caddy size, right up to a 'millionaire', behemoth.