Recent content by klaus_von

We've had a few Superbs and a couple of 2.0 diesel estates. Now towing a 1700kg caravan with a 2.0 Bi-Turbo Ranger and never looked back, the interior feels like a nice car with lots of space for passengers, and no worries about space in the back (we've got a canopy). Also never worried about...

I believe this is the case there. £100 if found to be parked in a coach space. Maybe there's a gap in the market for a 'Good Services Guide', like the GPG but less beer and more overpriced soggy sandwiches...

I'm sure this has been chatted about before, but a word of warning, don't follow the caravan parking sign at Baldock Services. Very nearly ended in a motor mover situation over the weekend! The first sign you see is directing 'cars and caravans' but you end up in the normal car park, in a...

This happened to me a few weeks ago. I was pressured to send a report from a site called Fender Check, looked semi legit on first glance, and even the live chat worked (in hindsight it was the same person I was chatting to about the van). Once I noticed the £40 charge for a report, and no...

It does seem to be built like a tank!

Thanks for the replies, I think the moral here is read the Ts&Cs (however vague they may be) and don't expect anything back! As I said in my original post, I'm sure a few years ago it was fairly routine to get a bit back after a cancellation. It feels like today's climate is more 'take what you...

As expected, all very vague. The intermediary terms of business allude to a refund, but advise reading the insurers policy wording. The insurer policy wording does the same, referring to the intermediary cancellation fee, which I know is £50. I'm in the process of lodging a complaint...

I have to admit that I generally read the policy information document, but not the terms of business. I suppose if someone came to your front door asking for a couple of hundred quid, you'd read every bit of small print you could find. I'll look through the terms today and see if I can...

We've just become the new owners of a Sudwind 580, just wondered how many other Knaus owners are lurking. We're loving it so far 👍

Background - when we changed our van our insurer couldn't insure our new van (no idea why) so we cancelled, and immediately started a new insurance policy with a different company. Now I get it, companies need to make money, and we were outside our 14 day cancellation on the old van. The...

Well I'm jealous, no need to keep takeaway Sunday lunches to covid times, it sounds like a great plan for any arrival evening. Yes, we try to get to Norfolk at least once a year but usually the coast (we were married in Cley and the other half has more digits than normal) so thought we'd give...

Another CAMC moan... I should leave really. We've just booked in to a commercial site with a CL tagged on to the side, in Norfolk. You name it, they've got it, fully serviced private pitches with underfloor heating in the loos... can't wait. 6 nights, 150 quid. I go to book a CAMC site with...

Well, we haven't solved that problem, as we now have another van with the door on the 'wrong' side! I feel like sites are becoming a bit less prescriptive with pitching, or maybe we've just been lucky so far...

Dynamic pricing certainly is still a thing. We tried to book a CAMC site last week to try the new van, phoned on the day to check for cancellations and was offered a road side pitch, which was fine. What was not fine was the £48 fee plus £1.25 per child. I offered £30 which was politely...

Hi all, Ex Eriba owners, now pulling a Knaus Südwind 580QS with a Ranger. So much space for activities! Looking forward to the challenges of a continental van in the UK... K