Motorhome size

That's it and that’s when the pic was taken. It was our first outing with that outfit. Things went downhill from there. 

My car is 5.2 & over hangs parking bays.

Not sure why getting the caravan ready is a “faff”. Our caravan is ready to go all year round. The only items we need to take are clothes and food which is what you would also need in a MH. It’s fully self contained, has its own pots and pans etc. I think a caravan is less of a faff on site.  You already have the car there to use, don’t have to pack everything away when you want to go out for the day and no worries parking. 

I think its a myth that motorhomers need to put everything away before they leave site for the day.

We live fairly tidily in the van and it's only kettle and cups to put away, the fridge door to lock and the EHU cable to pick up.

If, on the other hand, you spread your belongings around and leave the sink full of dishes, then you make life unnecessarily difficult for yourself.

There are bays and bays, Dunelm, and many car parks have a perimeter border which it’s possible to overhang without causing a nuisance.

You are actually slightly misquoting me which is enough to put a different slant on things. I did not say it is easy to overhang a bay by only 0.5m. I said the 6m PVC is much easier (to manoeuvre and park than the wider 6.4m coachbuilt) and overhangs by about 0.5m.

Quote - "We now have a 6m panel van conversion which is much easier. It only needs one bay widthways in a supermarket car park and overhangs by about 0.5m."

Not very different but enough to change the emphasis of my comment.

Note, too, that I was specifically referring to supermarket car parks. Obviously, parking arrangements and spaces vary widely and care has to be taken in choosing wisely.

I stated the current standard for parking spaces in my earlier post. They are 2.4m wide and 4.8m long. The standards may change as it is recognised that an increasing number of cars cannot fit in these spaces.

I agree with Tinwheeler; there are car parks where you can overhang without causing a nuisance. It's common sense to use these where possible. 

And you will not need bicycles to get around on😇Or a bus timetable 👍

But look how healthy we stay.

peedee

Parking a motorhome in a lined off car park needs intelligent decisions. To say that the M/H will "just fit" side to side into lined parking space with an overhang front to back, does not take into account that any vehicle using the adjacent spaces on either side of the van will have difficulty in opening their doors far enough to enter or exit.  This could result in damage to the M/H and / or the adjacent vehicles.  

K 

Tinwheeler

you are obviously offended and upset by my comments and I am sorry about that.

What I could have put in my opening post was "Don't believe that it is possible to park a 6 metres long van in a normal  parking bay and only overhang by about 0.5m".

However I thought that would be too provocative as it would mean that  I was saying you were not telling the truth. That certainly could/would have offended you.

However, a number of  contributors have posted that they have found that  it is not possible to park some shorter  vehicles in  normal sized bays without overhanging. (I believe that it is important that correct information is given when responding to a question rather than something misleading.)

I am sorry if this offends you  - I do not wish to engage in a protracted series of posts so am happy to leave it here. 

Continue to enjoy your motorhoming - we both agree that panel vans suit our needs and we find them to be practical.