Changed to the dark side

Just spent a week at Chatsworth and was thinking of renaming the club the Motorhome and 2nd car club.  Far more MHs than caravans and over 50% with a car on the pitch as well. Hardly environmentally friendly. 

 ..... Hardly environmentally friendly. 

neither is dragging a big white box on the back of a large gas guzzler 

Just spent a week at Chatsworth and was thinking of renaming the club the Motorhome and 2nd car club.  Far more MHs than caravans and over 50% with a car on the pitch as well. Hardly environmentally friendly. 

Write your comments here... I dont think towing a caravan is exactly environmentally friendly either, but that is our pastime, and its less damaging than flying anywhere. They wouldnt have driven both the car AND the motorhome at the same time , so no worse than a car and a caravan.Towing a  small car behind a motorhome is being driven by local councils putting up height barriers on car parks...and even some Park & Rides ! What are motorhomers expected to do ? Cadge lifts from their caravanning neighbors !!!  No thanks.    

Just over a week ago we were at the Club's Hillhead site. We had access to buses going to Brixham, Kingswear/Dartmouth, Paignton from right outside the site entrance. 

That bus journey from the site to Brixham . I have never been on anything like it - it was tight even on the wide bits! When we got off asked the bus driver if he enjoyed doing that route - he replied  "nah, I hate it  - I dread this one" haha...

 

ok then...

 

Those that take a car everywhere miss out on all this excitment I don't think I have been on a bus before where the driver has had to get off to organise the traffic so he can get through!!!

David

 ..... They wouldnt have driven both the car AND the motorhome at the same time ,. ....    

But plenty do 

the 'de rigeur' Sevel (Fiat/peugeot/Citroen) cabs can be a bit draughty....

a couple of tips...

..turn the heater control to 'recycle' rather than 'fresh air' which will close the vent to the outside...

..the cab doors close onto some open grill vents....these can be covered with Gaffer Tape which seals another cold draught.

we dont have any Fiat doors now so dont get this issue any more

Write your comments here...for those who get cold cabs on their Fiat/ Peugeot cabbed motorhomes X250 s anyway, the metal seat boxes have large exterior rubber flapper vents directly under the van, look underneath the van directly in line with the rear door pillar. You can Duct tape them over,or Fiat sell a rubber blanking cap that replaces them.Only on cabbed coachbuilts, not PVCs not sure about chassis cabs BB, you would have to look.

  They are fitted originally to provide through ventilation in a small cab area, but in a coachbuilt there are many other sources of ventilation.  So are not needed and are a source of draughts.  

 ..... They wouldnt have driven both the car AND the motorhome at the same time ,. ....    

But plenty do 

Write your comments here...sounds like a great trick..... I would pay money to see that   LOL  !

Ian, never say never, we once said that we would not want a M/H , but circumstances change and now we have one 

As far as the "packing up" to go out ,it only takes us a couple of  minutes,it all depends on how tidy you are , we wash up as soon as we have used it and every thing has its place

if ever we meet on site you would be welcomed to have a look inside .........and a cup of tea

 I definitely feel colder in the MH - thank you to those who repied re silver Screens - one is now ordered!

As well as silver screens have you tried a small oil filled radiator up at the cab end, our lounge is lovely and warm but the cab end of the van can get quite chilly when its freezing outside. We had a small radiator which we used in the caravan, what a differance it makes.

We've had our M/H for 4 years now and love it, getting frustrated just now as we want to go away but can't due to other commitments  hopefully soon. 

Write your comments here...our van has 2 hot air ducts coming g out the seats I to the cab area, so far it seems to keep it warm but it's not been that cold yet so will see.

The biggest difference I noticed with my M/H was the "set up" time , there is none ! ,just drive /reverse on to the pitch ignition off and handbrake on and that's it 

cant say I miss all that unhitching and leg winding ,so last year..

Write your comments here...I agree HD but at some point you have to dump the grey and refill so although quicker it does somewhat even out as other takes longer (on our van) to empty 100l of waste and refill the same. Biggest bonus is stopping for tea break or lunch. We have also managed to stop at many more NT or EH sites en route that we could never have done with the caravan.