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Ooops! Sorry, that should be .... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freedomchat 602

Hi, I have just started a Yahoou group for FREEDOM caravans. I'm still in Technowimp mode, and find it is not working quite the way I expected. According to the Yahoo letter .... Group name = freedom chat Group home page = http://groups.yahoo/freedomchat Group email =...

Hi, If you have a pre-VIN caravan, try logging onto www.preloved.co.uk, and navigate to the FORUMS - CARAVANS. One of the discussions is about the age of caravans, with an expert telling you the year of manufacture from the chassis number. The same website is better know for its free...

Hi, As I understand it, photocard licences are free over age 70. But what can you do if your photocard expires three weeks before your 70th birthday? Can you apply early and get a freeby? Lets face it, they demand that you renew the paper counterpart on your 70th birthday, and recommend...

Hi, I have watched the council spray the hedges alongside the road ... I don't know what with .... and later saw children picking blackberries. But that was years ago. I now understand that the council don't spray, which for some reason, has caused an increase in "road-kill". 602

Hi, There was an article in the Saturday Telegraph about new EU rules on driving licences for diabetics .... like a lot of diabetic drivers will be banned.. According to the article, DVLA are enforcing the new regulations more enthusiastically than other EU states, even though they have not...

Hi, Understand that Motobility own the biggest fleet of vehicles in the UK. I knew a young girl, Phalidimide victim, no arms, but fingers on her shoilders. She could drive a car towing a horse box trailer, even put a bridle on her horse using her toes. Worked full time, too. I don't begrudge...

An old donkey fell into a deep hole. The kindly farmer realised it would be impossible to rescue it, so felt it best to put it out of its misery .... but all he had was a spade. Undaunted he decide to bury it, thinking that death by suffocation was better than starving to death. Discuss! But...

Hi, A litle OT, but never mind..... Years ago, heading East out of Wales, traffic in outer lane, nose to tail, all doing 80mph We passed a broken-down camper van (old Commer with narrow front track) PARKED ON THE CENTRE RESERVATION. We pulled into the next service station, and luckily found a...

Hi, First On Topic ..... I understand that there are some Land Rover LWB Estates that have a MGW in excess of 3500kg. So my B+E (over 70) licence prevents me from driving them, period. Then Off Topic ..... a Land Rover Discovery has an ULW of about 2000kg, so MGW must be pretty high too...

Hi, You will need to change your licence to show your new name and address ..... which means lashing out on a photo-card. But you are still LICENCED to drive. If you have passed driving tests for other groups (bike?) in Oz, you should be able to add them to your UK licence. Only you can decide...

Hi, I have reduced a Trophy Olympic Silver 435 to a rolling chassis. (Can anybody advise what year it was made?) Chassis is still bright galvanised 3" x 1.5" x 1/8" thick RHS (oblong tube, to the uninitiated). The axle unit is a tube with rubber block suspension at each end, very substantial...

The spring clip type might fail before the handbrake is applied. Is there any evidence that this is the case? Hi, Over the years, I have met several clips that were capable of falling off. My brain still hurts when thinking about this. Surely a two wheeled trailer needs a secondary coupling...

You are clearly a "glass is half full" person Hi, Glass is half full = optomist. Glass is half empty = pessimist Class is to big = realist 602

I asume if VW print that the towing capacity is 2500 kg then it is legal to tow to this weight ? Hi Petera, Yes......... but not if you only have a Group B driving licence. The VW can tow that weight, but you can't. Er ....... A VW Transporter that weighs over two tons (2100kgs) unladen...