Hedgehurst replied on 30/05/2023 21:03
Posted on 30/05/2023 21:03
Last Wednesday afternoon we were driving from St Quentin to Dieppe on the Autoroute, when a grey UK campervan pulled past us, hooted frantically, and the driver gesticulated about something upwards on our 'van. Luckily we were close to an emergency layby, so I pulled in.
Puzzling - it's a pop-top with no roof vents so couldn't be one of those flapping, all windows and hatches were closed, lights were fine ... then at my wife's suggestion I checked the pop-top itself. Of course, with everything stationary it appeared fine, but indeed it wasn't clicked down at the front, so must have been rising in the wind. It's something I always but always check, but wasn't feeling too well that day with a stomach thing, so evidently had failed to click it in place when setting off.
So if it was you, and you passed an 04 reg black Volvo towing a tiny Rapido pop-top with a loose roof, thank you enormously! You probably saved us a very stressed roof assembly, if it had gone on much longer.
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