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Some past Neismann+Bischoff models with massive windscreens were prone to detach themselves under sudden heavy breaking, sometimes with them ending up some distance down the road! Often north of £3000 for A Class screens, assuming availability. And can be a very long wait for sufficient order numbers to mount up to make it worthwhIle for the manufacturer to produce a batch, so I've heard. Some more serious/paranoid? Morocco bound owners protect the 'screen from stone damage and the like with a mesh grille, mounted on standoffs.

Just checking to see if anyone was awake😁 Now edited. I should have added 'even more preferable would be RWD and twin/dual rear wheel axle'.

Plenty of Sprinter based commercial vehicles in Morocco, old and not so old. Being RWD they are usually the preferred option epecially when travelling the rougher pistes. Best avoided is FWD tandem or tag axle, uphill starts on loose gravel can be problematical. As for parts availability all I can say is most larger towns have dealer representation for Sevel based and Merc. commercial vehicles. Morocco has a large used vehicle parts/salvage 'network' and most garages will carry out get-you-home repairs. Conversion parts are likely to be a problem, the home market for motorhoming is in its infancy in Maroc. Probably 99% of motorhomes in Maroc are foreign tourists, ie Europeans, mainly thousands of old codgers spending 3 winter months in the sun. Don't forget over 3.5t requires C1 Licence. And the older your diesel engine so it will increasingly restrict your transit and access through French urban areas (Crit' Air).

A few things you could try. Toilet plunger to see if below sink panels are clip fixed and can be vacuumed off, as it were. Have you checked for any access via a removeable panel behind the sink unit supporting wall. Some sink/vanity units have face fixings well disguised with push-in plugs, takes a beady eye to spot them. Posting a pic or 2 may help. I do know that some of those blown acrylic units were fixed to the wall with screws usually at corners on a deep set perimeter flange. Not that easy to find. These mouldings are paper thin and flimsy very easy to break.

Quick google search shows 5-7 strokes of the gun until a little resistance felt, then stop as damage may occur to seals. Plenty of advice on the Al Ko tag grease up.

Can't help on your particular van, but generally on joints such as prop shafts UJs kingpins etc grease is pumped until clean new grease is forced out of the joint. Whereas in an open application such as lubing the torque springs in your axle its a given number of strokes of the grease gun, usually 6 or so in my experience, fairly imprecise really, grease guns tend to deliver varying amounts of grease per squeeze as it were. If no manual figure is available (or someone actually knows) around 6 plus strokes of the gun would be a reasonable guess, and at least be preferable to nothing at all, anymore possibly just a waste of grease.

I reckon you've still got moisture somewhere, doesn't take much to trip the RCD or Circuit Breakers. Maybe leaving doors open as much as possible will dry things off, especially in this weather assuming you're in the equatorial like UK/EU at the moment and not in Antarctica !

If you're talking 240v ie mains electricity, and are not competent in electrical understanding or rectification of problems, then the best thing would be to disconnect from the supply and get someone who is competent to look things over. 2nd best is to disconnect mains supply, then obviously dry as much as possible, water may well have got behind a panel or electrical component and if just left will take some time to dry out before not causing a short, then try a very cautious reconnection. Other posters may have more to advise.

Perhaps the chip in it sees the EPG and thinks, 'oh no, not endless repeats of bleeding Midsomer Murders' 🤔 Sounds like some of the gears need a bit of lubrication, silicone grease perhaps.

Not just pushing premiums up, but commensurately reducing cover, such as cutting out 3rd Party Cover for Driving Other Vehicles. Adrian Flux may prove to be expensive, but they appear to be one of very few brokers finding insurers willing to provide insurance for clients in non standard (as it were) situations. Downunder Insurance may be able to help or offer advice, they specialise in Oz and Kiwi requirements. I used them many years ago when travelling on a NZ passport.....not cheap though.

I would have thought that they would have to produce documentary I.D proof, showing they were a special group ie ships crew, maybe even stating being DFDS or BF etc. employees, I'm only guessing of course.

Yes I knew that you were referring to private yachties. I was citing another example of border hoppers.

Can't imagine the ferry crews needing to get their passport stamped every time they go ashore for a bit of r & r. At least I've never yet sighted a 5000 page passport ! 🚢 I imagine a some kind of international seamans pass suffices.

As soon as he turns up at a Spanish entry point they will know he wasn't in the Schengen area, if the flight originates in the UK (presumably) he will still be within the 90 days. He will just be short of the exit stamp. I can't understand how a (retrospective?) newspaper date proof can help TBH. He will have to be careful with the number of days remaining taking into account he has already had 9 days, and whether they will count the period between leaving the Schengen area and his reentry date, they shouldn't of course, that is if they accept ferry ticket/receipts as sufficient proof of exit. But a perverse official may include these days as a kind of reminder/penalty to ensure obtaining of a stamp in future. As clampit says just hope the official has had a decent coffee that morning, or had his evil way the night before😀

Was that just for a passport exit stamp as per the clampits example, merely a non stamping oversight or including an overstay? Ultimately the solution would be to report ones passport as lost or nicked and obtain a fresh passport, obviously that will be unstamped. Perhaps not a practical proposition, and couldn't be considered when the ETIAS electronic in-out measures are enacted.

"4 years later now 5 years later" !! My Li-ion Polymer Jumpstarter Pack instruction booklet states; 'Do not use to charge batteries, or use as a vehicle battery'. I'm not aware if this applies to all such devices.

I haven't had this expeience, however you do possess an entry stamp for when you entered the Schengen area. When you go to Spain you will still be within the same 90 day time frame? That being the case then you are not in breach of an overstay and therefore cannot see why you'd even need receipts etc. perhaps they'll give you an exit stamp and an entry stamp when you arrive in Spain next month. Perhaps even request it so you don't have to explain in the future. Personally I wouldn't worry about it at all. But then I'm not you. I definitely will have to keep receipts, ferry tickets etc. later in the year when travelling with a 2nd passport from a country that has a Bi Lateral Visa Agreement with many Schengen nations, essentially permitting stays of 6 months (possibly even longer) but acceptance being heavily reliant on the personal interpretation of border officials and the retention of receipts bank statements......wish me luck!

Things were much riskier in the good old days. 'tis said horse riding is 20 times more dangerous than motorcycling. Not to mention camel riding, the Arabs are still having it tough. Although it must be slightly less risky on a bactrian between the humps, than perched on a dromedary 😁

The Theory Test Hazard Perception is the same for car or m/bike but the Multiple Choice 50 Questions part consists of 2 versions, 1 specifically for cars and one for m/bikes. Albeit they only differ in, I think 5 or 6 questions. Its 43 out of 50 for a pass. Quite honestly if you're reasonably clued up for one category you should pass without swatting for the other. Obviously it's preferable to learn the specific test to make a pass more of a certainty and of course for the safety aspects. The convoluted test regime for potential M/bikers probably puts a lot of bods off biking. CBT around £150 the tests themselves are around £34 Theory, then £15 Mod 1 + £90 Mod 2. However I reckon the almost compulsory necessity of having to learn under professional tuition is the real killer, training that can easily cost over £1000 assuming a first time pass. I say almost compulsory to take pro training because if you have access to a private decent acreage or a private racetrack it is possible to DIY learn. Then take the requisite conforming m/bike to the test centre on a trailer (or an apprpiately licenced rider), with minimum 3rd party insurance, the tester does check on occasion! For the young getting biking could involve an A1 test, then an A2 then the full A, unsurprisingly named stage progression. And everyone has to start with the CBT. I feel a headache coming on!

I think Groats is trying to avoid supermarkets in Coquelles. Having said that, over many years I've never experienced a 'problem' at the Auchen supermarket. Now Carrefour at Cite Europe is another story. The police no longer permit overnighting in the carpark, at least not for UK reg. vehicles. Not so much of a problem during daylight hours, but if concerning then while shopping probably someone remaining with the 'van might be a reasonable idea.

As said, riding a m/bike and driving a truck require different abilities, I know a number of competent car drivers unable to ride a m/bike, let alone pass the present test. Conversely I can't think of anyone competent in riding a m/bike being unable to pass the driving test and drive a car. The fundamental distinction imo.......being balance, that and the reticence to lean over when changing direction.😀 Of course the possessor of a full car driving licence can ride a moped of max. 50cc, and 28mph as of right and no 'L' plate required. The downside to the CBT is that some <125cc motorcyclists choose to renew the CBT every 2 years thus avoiding taking the m/bike test whether A1, A2, or A, all being the same test just differing in power rating and age constraints. £150 for the unnecessary repetition of the same course every 2 years!

The Motorcycle CBT isn't actually a test. It's a 1 day course of instruction which permits the riding of a machine up to 125cc and max. 14.6 bhp. for up to 2 years with conditions ie 'L' plates and no motorways or pillon passenger. I have taken this course a few years back after losing my full A Licence entitlement due to a DVLA cockup when enacting the digital switchover. This included some seasoned M/bike cops and instructors.

The HoL would seem to be the prime resource to approach in the expectation of a yea or nay definitive decision with respect to this issue. After all some of them were probably on the front benches in 1947 and possibly awake taking notes 🙂 I seem to recall that in the intervening years some Bi-Lat VW Agreements must have been amended or revoked, IIRC eg. Australia's list of Agreement countries for one, appeared to get shorter over the years. As you say these Bi-Lats may be buried, but perhaps that doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't be invoked. Realistically I couldn't see the French acceding to this, and somehow bureaucrats whether French or UK, admitting to an oversight? Think of all the amending of documents, publications and changes to the ETIAS software, they don't enjoy wasting money LoL. As you say, worth a try whatever the outcome, if only of academic interest. Should you get a positive result to your enquiries, I estimate there would be enough gratitude shown by all those UK citizens wishing to benefit from Visa Waiver Agreements, that the Rt. Hon. R. Sunak would feel obligated to nominate your own appointment to The House of Lords. £323+ per diem attendance allowance, and a free motorhome parking place.🙂

Interesting bit of web disinterment there Brian. I wonder if these Agreements betwixt the UK and various European countries and now part of Schengen were revoked at B****t Withdrawal time? The email attachment 'British Multi Residents presentation to the House of Lords' in my earlier post alludes (I think) to this, by stating the situation to be 'A British Problem'. I would have also thought that this BMR group with its obvious self interest, surely must have approached individual Schengen countries and been given negative responses as to whether any of these Agreements were currently in force, and moreover likely to permit them a 180 days stay.

Published 2016. I was unaware of that info. The existence of certain Visa Waiver Agreements between various countries have been quoted here and there on the 'net for years. I've posted once or twice myself. However I've not found reasonably authenticated evidence of anyone exercising these Rights since "B****t Jan 30th 2020, in fact I've not discovered any examples pre B****t either! Hence emailing the French Consuls Office. Without going into boring detail, I can say that the Border Police at Dieppe would not commit themselves to permitting extra days, even at the covid lockdown crisis kick off. Neither would they advise on likely penalties. Initially I made enquiries in southern Spain on obtaining a Force Majeure pass from the Dieppe Maires office and would be depending on that to some extent, which sods law was coivd shut down when I got there ! International Border Rules and Regulation are flexible, and probably only fully understood by specialised lawyers, I think most of us are aware of this? Because I have familial reasons (over and above the more usual tourism reasons) for not getting myself lumbered with a few years banishment from the Schengen Area, hence the importance of mitigating any likelyhood that the Border Cops will apply their own personal interpretation of the Agreement.