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Looks identical, but no - ours lived in Scotland its whole life. It also has new movers 😎

Seems it's remarkably easy to do, and doesn't involve any sort of engineer's inspection: https://www.primaleisure.com/inspiration/be-inspired/caravan-weight-plate-upgrades/ Don't know what the previous owner did - maybe took it to a Swift dealer, as Swift purchased Cotswold? All a bit academic...

1990 Cotswold Windrush 132 - bit of a retro find.

The spare rating is 96, the fitted tyres are 88 - or 560kg. The van was originally plated for 1000kg, then uprated to 1200kg by the last owner. It has a MiRO of 820kg - it's had movers added (+32kg) so still has 268kg to match the tyre maximum. I think that's plenty for a 2-berth :cool:

Hi all We've purchased a new to us van with 175/70 R14's on it - but the spare is a 195/70/R14. I don't want to needlessly buy a new spare wheel - so what would be the impact of this spare on the handling / safety / braking etc? Obviously ideally it would be the same size spare - but are we...