oldlowie Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I was slightly miffed by Rachel Stothert's assertion in her RV piece that I need to 'take an extra test to drive anything over 3.5 tonnes GVW'. I was driving 7.5 tonners when she was still a twinkle in Andy's eye. I have always thought I was at the 'whipper-snapper' end of the Motorhome demographic, so does anyone else take exception to 'the arrogance of youth'? Or is it just me with my grumpy head on today? >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I am more miffed by Rachel's failure to make any mention of 'juddergate' in the Caravan Clubs euphemistically called Design and Drive feature. Long live grumpiness! Any observations Mr Moderator please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I'm the same with scooters, trailers and caravans too! grump, grump, grump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Should we start a new Political party - The Un-naturally Grumpy Old Codgers Party. A party where integrity, honesty, openness, fairness, transparency, justice, common sense and all those other attributes that have been the victim of 'modernity'. Nah - it'd never work! Grumpiness Rules - OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 STOP ARGUEING! Kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Clive - 2009-06-23 4:47 PM STOP ARGUEING! Kids! [/QUOTe] Who's arguing? Don't pontificate Clive - come and join us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Tracker - 2009-06-23 1:11 PM Should we start a new Political party - The Un-naturally Grumpy Old Codgers Party. A party where integrity, honesty, openness, fairness, transparency, justice, common sense and all those other attributes that have been the victim of 'modernity'. Nah - it'd never work! Grumpiness Rules - OK. I would be willing to be your leader! If elected can I claim for a second motorhome with a moat and duck island??!! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docted Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 No but you can claim for a fire bucket outside your second motorhome so long as it is not your main residence. docted PS the fees office will redact details of registration number and site you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 It's likely that most UK motorcaravanners will have acquired a Category C1 (up to 7.5 tonnes) driving licence entitlement as a side-benefit of passing their basic (up to 3.5 tonne) car test before 1.1.97. It's also likely that only a relatively few UK motorcaravanners will have exploited their 'freebie' C1 entitlement to drive motorhomes significantly larger/heavier than those with a 3.5 tonne maximum authorised mass. As most UK motorcaravanners won't have had hands-on experience driving the size/weight of vehicle that the Category C entitlement is aimed at, it would be intriguing to see how they managed when faced with handling a really large, heavy vehicle under driving-test conditions. And, given that most UK motorcaravanners won't be Spring Chickens (and bearing in mind the standard of the textual content of on-line motorhome forums!), I'm sure it would be educational to discover how they would handle the theoretical, non-driving elements of the Category C test. Bravo to Rachel Stothert for taking and passing the C test. It would be helpful if she recounted her experiences in a future MMM article so that anyone contemplating taking the test would know what was involved. (Incidentally, though I knew about the driving-licence significance of the 1.1.97 date Rachel mentions in her article, I wasn't aware of the Category C test 10.5-tonnes GVW limitation she refers to.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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