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From: Ret. on 29 May 2010 03:55 Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Ret. pretended : >> When I had my caravan tow bar fitted, the idiot didn't include an >> over-ride on the parking sensor - so whenever I am reversing my >> caravan I have the sensor sounding continuously - which is a bit >> annoying! I got a quote for having this fixed but then decided I'd >> rather just put up with the noise for the short time I'm reversing >> the 'van. > > It sounds as if he installed a basic 'fit all' relay system - You need > the full car specific CAN-bus unit to sort that out, plus the fog > lights and make the lamp failure thingummy detect failures on the > caravan etc.. I ordered the last one that Towsure had in stock for > collection this morning - �119.95. Yes. I wont bother now because my wife and I, after 12 years of caravanning, are very close to making the decision to pack it in. Our last several trips away have been a wash out, and now the novelty has worn off, it's all beginning to seem like hard work. We keep wavering - but I think it's going to go! -- Kev
From: bod on 29 May 2010 04:05 Ret. wrote: > Harry Bloomfield wrote: >> Ret. pretended : >>> When I had my caravan tow bar fitted, the idiot didn't include an >>> over-ride on the parking sensor - so whenever I am reversing my >>> caravan I have the sensor sounding continuously - which is a bit >>> annoying! I got a quote for having this fixed but then decided I'd >>> rather just put up with the noise for the short time I'm reversing >>> the 'van. >> >> It sounds as if he installed a basic 'fit all' relay system - You need >> the full car specific CAN-bus unit to sort that out, plus the fog >> lights and make the lamp failure thingummy detect failures on the >> caravan etc.. I ordered the last one that Towsure had in stock for >> collection this morning - �119.95. > > Yes. I wont bother now because my wife and I, after 12 years of > caravanning, are very close to making the decision to pack it in. > Our last several trips away have been a wash out, and now the novelty > has worn off, it's all beginning to seem like hard work. We keep > wavering - but I think it's going to go! > > What about buying a caravan on a permanent site on the coast? Our next door neighbour's have one in Peacehaven and they just upsticks and pop down there for the odd week now and again when the weathers nice. Nowhere near as much hassle. It even has c/heating Bod
From: Ret. on 29 May 2010 04:29 bod wrote: > Ret. wrote: >> Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>> Ret. pretended : >>>> When I had my caravan tow bar fitted, the idiot didn't include an >>>> over-ride on the parking sensor - so whenever I am reversing my >>>> caravan I have the sensor sounding continuously - which is a bit >>>> annoying! I got a quote for having this fixed but then decided I'd >>>> rather just put up with the noise for the short time I'm reversing >>>> the 'van. >>> >>> It sounds as if he installed a basic 'fit all' relay system - You >>> need the full car specific CAN-bus unit to sort that out, plus the >>> fog lights and make the lamp failure thingummy detect failures on >>> the caravan etc.. I ordered the last one that Towsure had in stock >>> for collection this morning - �119.95. >> >> Yes. I wont bother now because my wife and I, after 12 years of >> caravanning, are very close to making the decision to pack it in. >> Our last several trips away have been a wash out, and now the novelty >> has worn off, it's all beginning to seem like hard work. We keep >> wavering - but I think it's going to go! >> >> > > > What about buying a caravan on a permanent site on the coast? > > Our next door neighbour's have one in Peacehaven and they just > upsticks and pop down there for the odd week now and again when the > weathers nice. Nowhere near as much hassle. It even has c/heating Yes - we did consider such a move - until we saw what it would cost (for a property that would only be used for a few weeks each year!). No, if we do get rid of the 'van, we'll return to short hotel breaks. The caravan breaks were always more of a holiday for me than they were for my wife who still had the meals to prepare (although we did eat out on some days!). -- Kev
From: bod on 29 May 2010 04:34 Ret. wrote: > bod wrote: >> Ret. wrote: >>> Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>>> Ret. pretended : >>>>> When I had my caravan tow bar fitted, the idiot didn't include an >>>>> over-ride on the parking sensor - so whenever I am reversing my >>>>> caravan I have the sensor sounding continuously - which is a bit >>>>> annoying! I got a quote for having this fixed but then decided I'd >>>>> rather just put up with the noise for the short time I'm reversing >>>>> the 'van. >>>> >>>> It sounds as if he installed a basic 'fit all' relay system - You >>>> need the full car specific CAN-bus unit to sort that out, plus the >>>> fog lights and make the lamp failure thingummy detect failures on >>>> the caravan etc.. I ordered the last one that Towsure had in stock >>>> for collection this morning - �119.95. >>> >>> Yes. I wont bother now because my wife and I, after 12 years of >>> caravanning, are very close to making the decision to pack it in. >>> Our last several trips away have been a wash out, and now the novelty >>> has worn off, it's all beginning to seem like hard work. We keep >>> wavering - but I think it's going to go! >>> >>> >> >> >> What about buying a caravan on a permanent site on the coast? >> >> Our next door neighbour's have one in Peacehaven and they just >> upsticks and pop down there for the odd week now and again when the >> weathers nice. Nowhere near as much hassle. It even has c/heating > > Yes - we did consider such a move - until we saw what it would cost (for > a property that would only be used for a few weeks each year!). > > No, if we do get rid of the 'van, we'll return to short hotel breaks. > The caravan breaks were always more of a holiday for me than they were > for my wife who still had the meals to prepare (although we did eat out > on some days!). > > Yes, besides the initial cost of buying the van, they told us that it costs about 2K per year to run. Bod
From: Ed Chilada on 29 May 2010 05:50
On Fri, 28 May 2010 21:28:45 +0100, Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >It is also fitted with the Traffic Master system - So how does this >work then? I know it does work, because it correctly announced a hold >up ahead, but is it an annual subscription thingummy? I find TMC to be useless. The information just isn't accurate or up-to-date enough. You know how often the gantry signs warn you of something up ahead and when you get there, the next signs just say "End" and there's nothing there, 70mph all the way? That seems to be the same quality of info you get from TMC, and just imagine if you'd decided to pull off the motorway based on that kind of info. Waste of time and I soon learned to ignore it. |