Green Taxation and Caravan ownership.
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:25:40 +0000
Green Taxation and Caravan ownership.
There are two things in life I have understood you can not avoid,
Death and Taxation. So there is very little doubt that whoever gets in
next call will bring in a raft of green taxes that will affect our use
of caravans on many levels.
First may I put my credentials on ...
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Charge Rate VW Type 2
Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:49:52 +0000
I have fitted a leisure battery into my VW Type 2 Campervan. There is a relay
to direct the charge to the leisure battery when the main battery is fully
charged but I only getting a 1.5A charge even when the battery is fully
discharged. I am aware that it is possible to fit a different alternator to
give an e ...
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Should be fun ...
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:52:01 -0000
Item in the latest CC magazine: the French Govt are passing the
responsibility for road numbering etc to local authorities, and it is
expected that most of them will re-classify and renumber most of their local
roads. Even brand new maps may soon be out of date.
Ho hum. I always found the numbering diffic ...
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Win a house in Spain
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:16:44 GMT
180,000 euro house for 50 euros
http://www.spanishmedproperty.com/data/House%20Party.html
Graham Bryce-Jones invites you to his new villa located in the idyllic,
rural village of Hinojares, Jaen. He is holding a house party at 2pm on
3rd February 2007 where everyone will receive a free drink and food wi ...
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County Cork Height Restrictions
26 Oct 2006 10:33:27 -0700
Following a recent visit to Ireland in our VW High Top, we wrote to the
Chief Executive of Cork County Council to complain about the number of
height barriers in West Cork. These prevented us from parking in a
number of areas, including Schull which was particularly frustrating as
although there were three carp ...
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Auto-Trail / Fiat which engine?
26 Oct 2006 05:31:54 -0700
Good afternoon
I just joined this group. We have just ordered a Cheyanne 660 for
delivery in July 07. We need to make a decision soon on the engine.
Do I go with the standard 2.3 (the new version of the 2.8 model) or do
I upgrade it to the 3.0 engine.
The 2.3 engine is apparently more fuel efficient that ...
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Humor - Vehicle Body Damage
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:53:17 GMT
Slight accident damage, minor body restoration required...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uvKzZtN3XM
Regards,
www.Bar.org.uk
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sky light for camper ... not normal size ???
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:54:08 +0100
Hiya Folks
I have a converted camper , I believe it used
to be a ambulance .( Fiat ducato ) Anyways the skylight
has blown off ...... its not a standard caravan size
though which is apprently 45x45cm
This one seems to be 50c,x50cm
Any ideas where i can get a replacemnt skylight ?
local caravan shop s ...
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Mountain descent results in brake failure and a big unwanted adrenalin rush
14 Oct 2006 05:37:15 -0700
Just got back from my first big trip to Spain in a 21 year old, 50000
mile, Mercedes 307D Autotrail.
All very good except . . . . twice I was descending high mountain
passes and lost all power to my brakes. The pedal just floored and
although there was some unpowered braking it was very scary stuff.
I boug ...
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Driving Buses/Conversions
Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:35:16 GMT
Hello,
About 15 years ago, when I was in the PSV industry, it used to be the case
that mechanics could drive large buses (unladen weights of around 10 tonnes)
on their normal car driving licences, so long as there were no fair paying
passengers aboard. I keep reading that users of large motorhomes, sometimes
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