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Mark is this the lease company specifying the maximum caravan weight in their contract wording?

Caravan and Motorhome insurance assessor once recommended toothe paste.

Hutch, I have a PDF copy of the instructions but cannot upload it onto here. PM me with your email address if you would like a copy.

Having just returned from Austria, the caravan does not require a separate vignette like Switzerland. info is here https://www.austria.info/en/service-and-facts/getting-there-around/by-car/vignette

John, Make sure you apply for your motorway vignettes before you go. Look on-line for the official government web sites. It's better that a 150 Euro fine in Austria if the poice pull you over.

How does the handle attach to the centre threaded rod, is it also held by a roll pin? If so, have they first fitted the pin you cannot get to, assembled the wheel and rod mechanism into the outer tube and then fitted the handle last? Doing it in the reverse order would allow you to get to the...

Jensen, In the first set of photographs there was a switch marked Van/Car and it seemed to be set for the 12 volt feed to be coming from the car and not the van leisure battery. Does it need the switch to be in the other (top) position?

Ahenson1 I had a similar problem with the fan on my Bailey Olympus and it was the 12 volt supply wire into the back of the fan unit which had come adrift. I know you said that you have had the side panel off and it looked as if it is connected but could I suggest that you totally unplug the...

Ade The problem does not lay with your Internet Service Provider unless they have provided your router as part of your package. The issue is the level of security you have set on your router wi-fi. This is a short summary of Wi-Fi security to date. WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy is the...

I have a 21 plate Tiguan Elegance Diesel 150 with a DSG gearbox towing a 1500 kg all up Olympus 2 530-4 without any problems whatsoever. Very stable and well within the maximum capability of the vehicle and a 100kg noseweight limit with the factory fit tow bar. Given the Karoq is the same VAG...

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Border crossings can be a problem if you are moving from a country that does not require a motorway Vignette to one that does. Germany to Austria for example can mean you are on an Austrian motorway without a vignette which may result in a 150 Euro fine if the motorway police are not feeling...

Mel, The basic flogas 6kg propane and the calor and calor lite 6kg use the same pigtail. This is what I use.

Camping Luxoase near Dresden is highly recommended https://www.luxoase.de/en