Recent content by grahamr_5041507

I notice that you can now get sat systems for vans for around £80 inc. a 12 v receiver - which is starting to look attractive. I would like to use my sky card from home so i've got all the sports channels on tap, but see that cards have to be paired to 'receivers'. I'm gussing a card cannot...

Thanks for the replies, the nodes point looks good, i like th eidea of being able to drop onto the beach with the dog. As we 'park the van' and leave it, is there a bus route nearby and is it an easy walk to St Helens or Bembridge? Thanks again

Can anyone recommend a site on the isle of wight? We use a motorhome so proximity to pubs and few shops and somewhere nice to walk the dog (preferably a beach) are a priority, as is access to public transport for touring around a but! thanks

Thanks for the replies. The track makes two 90 degree turns (top and bottom) and the height between the floor and ceiling varies - so somethimes the sliding door is half an inch away from even touching the track! Bottom line is its just another example of poor design - a simple door would have...

I've had it with the sliding bathroom door in my 07 Elddis Odysee, it never fitted properly, comes out of the sliders, and sticks. So, I'd like to buy some matching interior wood that i can use to make a solid bathroom door (like in the later models). Does anyone know where i can purchase the...

Lets hope there is a new buyer and everyone keeps their jobs. Also lets hope the buyer is (sorry to say) foreign owned, that way the quality might just be improved and give a shot in the arm to other UK producers who turn out shoddy new vans that aren't fit for purpose. Sad but true....wish...

Hi I've got a 2006 van and this system has never worked from new. Obviously the gap at the bottom is a drain hole, but i found the housing let in air causing annoying tap splattering inside which soaked the van!! Subsequentely theres a hairline crack. Solution - seal the whole unit up with...

Not yet Dave, but mine is year newer so i perhaps have that to look forward to. Come to think of it there is some delamination around the cooker housing. I like the look of my van but the qulaity isn't great - but its probabaly no worse than the rest....

You may not need to be be that technical, i understand there are only a couple of hundred different types of keys for vans. Such is the poor security, many of them fit different vans so a dealer may let you try a few to see what fits? For mine i only got one set from new, ordered another which...

My advice would be don't go caravanning in a rush, make sure you've got the time. Its really not as 'hook up and go' as the mags describe, the preparation beforehand and after the trip is a lot more involved than you would think. Also towing, and finding pitches etc. can soon cause tempers to...

Your right it should go back, but its a 60 mile round trip and at least one half day off work. When i get there they'll say that they will order the parts - and it'll have to go back again to have them fitted. To be honest I cant be bothered so I'll fix it myself, then have them fix the next...

Well another years vanning ahead, and it seems another one of DIY fixes to my nearly new van.!! I've got a 2006 Eldis Odysee 540 with a rediculous 45 degree angle sliding bathroom door. It just about worked before, even though the door does not fit in the runners on the top rail - but now it is...

Interesting thoughts. Noone in our party speaks French so that puts me off (only due to our ignorance). I think for this year we need the hassle free uk option, I find vanning is much better done with plenty of time and no added pressures. The thought of a reluctant teeenager as well as the rest...

I decided against once, mainly because i had nowhere to put the cover on the storage site when i picked the van up. Plus it adds to hitch and put away time. When you think about it, its a bit like a car in a garage, is it better - maybe, does it make any difference to the value if you dont -...

A friend of mine and I were seriously considerng a vanning trip to Britanny next year, but have now decided to stay at home - are we missing something? Firstly there is a lot of additional work to be done for going abroad, permission for the compnay car and insurance, breakdown etc, planning...