Caravanning and Motorhome news from Touring and Tenting http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:10:22 +0000 60 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39501-dog-less-sites/
Going away in next couple of weeks. Can anyone recommend any Dog less sites.

Up to two hundred miles radius of Essex.

Last site California Cross, CCC site the wardens dogs made more noise than anyones.

Not dog hater just want peaceful holiday

Happy Caravaning

Monty]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:10:22 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39501-dog-less-sites/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39500-really-chuffed/ The result is I bought it and after a week away at Stoneleigh Park for the LAnd Rover Max! show, I'm fully in love with this caravan. End washroom and side dinette is a fantastic set up for the two of us and the illusion of space works well for me.
Just wanted to share that, is all.]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39500-really-chuffed/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39499-replacing-drawer-slides/ Any one replaced drawer slides on front chest of drawers on a Luner 525? Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:27:13 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39499-replacing-drawer-slides/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39497-automatic-vehicle/ how does it perform on hill starts.. etc.

i have a manual gear tdi 2.0 estate . i am finding that as i pull of when towing even more so if there is a slight incline, the car stalls this is very annoying. especially when on a roundabout or a road junction. im having to stay on the clutch longer or move off very slow. it seems the caravan feels the wieght then cuts out. due to this having happened a few times i am extra cautious and try to correct it . i dont like reving too much.
we havent had the car very long so i am hoping that it is me. this is only when towing.

my son drives an automatic and it performs very well i wondered if this would be better for towing. he says it is impossible to stall an automatic.]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:14:01 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39497-automatic-vehicle/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39496-i-like-this/
Here

Not sure if it's safe though, I mean looks like it's fastened on like a roof rack.


Mick]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:56:44 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39496-i-like-this/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39495-if-you-have-bunks-do-you-travel-with-them-up/
Looking at some new to me vans at the weekend, and considering a double dinette version of a 6 berth van, with the pop up bunks at the rear. I'd like a view on if anyone regularly travels with these bunks made up??? Any pitfalls with doing so??

Thanks folks

Oz]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:22:34 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39495-if-you-have-bunks-do-you-travel-with-them-up/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39493-big-black-cat/ It was in the field just before the arch that i spotted this large black cat(i was only going slow at the time because i like old biulding and countryside) it had its head pointing forward, shoulders haunched and its long tail right out behind it.I stopped the car and said to my wife i had just seen a big black cat to which she replied "SO WHAT" thinking i was talking about a big house cat.
I looked again and it was nowhere to be seen.Ihave heard stories about sightings elsewhere in the country and wondered if anybody else has seen any .]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:59:05 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39493-big-black-cat/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39492-mercedes-c220-estate-towing-experience/
So, with a mere 350 miles on the clock (and MBZ reassurance that it didn't need running in before towing) we set off on an approximate 250 mile trip to Tintagel, Cornwall (Trewethett Farm CC site). The journey down was in wet, windy weather, along the M42 then M5. The first thing I noticed was that the rear suspension is definitely softer than my previous car (2006 Passat). With the VW it was rock solid when being passed by HGV's, coaches etc. With the Merc, there WAS a gentle rock, only slight but the softer suspension was noticed. However, I have to say that it towed like a dream. We towed into a head wind for most of the journey & returned an eye-watering 24mpg. , although I did have three bikes on the roof! The foot operated parking brake IS a right P.I.T.A but the hill-start assist holds the car for a couple of seconds after you release the footbrake which helps.

After Tintagel we moved onto Broad Park CC site near Modbury, Devon and the car had to tow the caravan off a very water logged uphill pitch at Tintagel. Fearing wheel spin from the RWD I took it gently and was pleasantly surprised, it coped fine.

Reversing onto the flat pitch at Broad Park produced the worst clutch smell I've ever come across. Clutch slip to get ont the pitch was minimal as it was flat, I'll put it down to it being new..... The return journey from Broad Park was in much calmer conditions, very little wind and warm sunny weather. The 210 mile journey home returned a brilliant MPG of 32.5mpg!

Altogether, a very nice car. I've never had the same make of car twice, but when the lease runs out in three years & I have to chose another, I could well be picking another very similar (but an auto this time to make hill starts easier!).]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:20:35 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39492-mercedes-c220-estate-towing-experience/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39491-landrover-freelander-2-spare-wheels/
1 x SE 17" alloy with Michellin Latitude tyre 3mm tread, £30 ono

1x 17" standard steel spare with unused Goodyear Wrangler 235/65 R17, £65 ono.

Estimate courier to be +/- £12, or could be collected from Daventry, Northants

Please drop me a PM if interested]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:27:01 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39491-landrover-freelander-2-spare-wheels/ http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39489-holburne-cotswold/

Really enjoyed it - we cancelled a stay at the CC Moreton in Marsh site to go here and that was definately the right move. Loads for the kids to do with the indoor pool, a small bowling alley, indoor play area and large out door one.

Personally I can do without the bar and "entertainment" - shite acts and bingo bingo bingo but the touring fields stacked up on their own without this - decent shop on site and big pitches - we had hedges on both sides and enough room to set up a badminton net on our own pitch next to the awning.

No noise @ night, lots of kids but no problems at all - could it be that because there was stuff for them todo they didn't get bored? - and NO DOGS - so other than the stage act's no sh*t either.

Overall definately a site we'll be going back to.]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.touringandtenting.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39489-holburne-cotswold/