Recent content by Guzzilazz

We did a Blenheim tour in November last year and felt as if the house (privately owned) had picked us up by the ankles and shaken us to get as much money out as possible. The House tour was pathetic; you see about 11 rooms, and if you take your time it takes a whole 20 minutes. The Churchill...

Let's put that into perspective, there are ventilation holes in the bottoms of the under seat lockers in every van I've looked at. In tropical rain you can get a little bit of water splashing up when towing. I'm now on my second Bailey (swapped to a 2024 Cabrera from a 2019 Cabrera). Both...

Just update your phone sim to unlimited data, and use the hotspot on the phone. This is EXACTLY (Firestick model) what I do on the van. It's worth putting your phone on charge when you are using the hotspot as the extra functionality as a wifi router pulls the battery down pretty quickly. PS...

I do. Great tug. Mine's a 23 GTLS 2WD full hybrid (don't touch the mild hybrid) which tows our 1600kg Cabrera brilliantly. The car limit is 1650kg. Beware with the Sportage though because the towing limit is now down (as I recall) to 1300kg, so we wouldn't be able to have a new one. The...

Different experience from me. About 3 years ago I queried with my optician whether there were lenses that could help with night driving. He suggested that there was a coating that could be applied to lenses made by Zeiss. I bought a pair of glasses with the coating, and they are...

As mentioned earlier I ran a diesel cooker on my boat. Red diesel from marinas hasn't been duty free for years. In fact the lower quality fuel that red diesel is, is more expensive now than road diesel - can be as much as £2.00 a litre... even if you claim a 60-40 split! The split is a...

It depends... sometimes they are required when you whack up the temperature... some not

Beware with off grid diesel, the glow plugs draw significant current from the battery. I had a diesel cooker using the same tech on a boat, and maintaining a short cabling run to the was VITAL! My boat had 3x120 AH domestic batteries, and I had to rewire it with hefty cable direct to the...

But what's right about using a rigid gas pipe?????

I had early issues last year with the Thetford N series in our Bailey Cabrera where the fridge panel and internal lights would start flashing. Long story short, the 12v -ve connection from the fridge was via the fixed gas pipe! All the issues were resolved by the dealer installing a proper -ve...

Unfortunately, "smart alternators" are programmed to work to a specific AH battery, and won't utilise the benefits of a higher capacity battery...

Beware of using Sikaflex... I would advise putting washers behind the base, that would enable you to get a cheese wire behind to cut it off. An anecdote... A boatbuilder mate was asked to remove sheet winches from the side of a sailing yacht. The through deck bolts were removed but the winch...

I don't have experience of caravan installations, but do in the marine environment having installed and upgraded on my past boat. The main issue is that you can only have what ever sized battery in a van compared with a boat. Additionally, absorption fridges are dreadfully inefficient compared...

I had a mild hybrid (mHEV) Volvo XC40, and now have a Hybrid (non plug-in) Sportage. The mHEV is a real load of marketing rubbish. About all the Volvo did was enhanced start/stop, and only delivered about 36 mpg. The Sportage is a revelation. The "EV" element is very good in town and slow...

If your car has airbags, and they go off in a knock, they are about £6-8k to replace... So long as you can pass the MOT then keep it going, in the knowledge that any claim or failure is probably the car's' death knell