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I just tied a knot in mine to shorten it. Seems to work for me.

My X3 has a factory fit one that came with the factory fit towbar. Sorry, I am unable to tell you if there is any difference with or without. I am aware of plenty of people towing without the factory fit towbar/cooler that do not have issues.

I would be surprised as the price sold to VW is fixed per region (Europe, North America etc). Maybe VW are scalping different countries when reselling. If anyone does purchase, then I would love to see a good photo of what is delivered.

You may be able to sign up/renew online. Would probably be worth investigating considering the advantages, you will probably even find that you can use it to read Practical Caravan for free too.

My suggestions would be an online news aggregator like Google News. That way you get to see news from a variety of sources and can teach the algorithm what it is you actually like to read about. Another option if you are looking at reading the whole paper is to use your library card to login and...

The are not authorised resellers and are selling data that nobody except the dealers/mapping companies are allowed to sell. They may have some pre-owned discs/SD cards, but certainly all their modern maps are pirated. I work for one of the originating map suppliers, the company get these sites...

Just to be aware this will be pirated data. That may or may not bother you.

I have exactly the same camera, purchased for about £70. I also use an old smartphone, but fix it over the rear view mirror itself. For mounting the camera, I thought long and hard about sticking on a metal plate or a proper mount. In the end for my first trip I just magnetically mounted to...

This paper only looked at stationary cars, so I would expect the tyre noise to be imperceptible.

Do people think there is a seasonal bias? My impression is that during winter there the ratio is very much in the motorhome favour, but in summer there are more caravans.

When fitting my 200W panel and MPPT controller I decided on no isolator as per https://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/news/isolators-for-solar-panels.html On the very rare times I need to work on the solar system or remove the battery, I simply disconnect a cable.

I just priced up a trip from Portsmouth - Santander in August for 2 people with car and caravan, basic cabin. Over £1700 That is a hell of a lot of difference compared to Eurotunnel at £450. I guess it is a case of shopping around and one is not always better than the other.

If you are paranoid enough to cancel your bookings, don't rebook for the same period as anyone who does have access to the data won't know that you cancelled. Personally, I will not be cancelling my bookings, the likelihood of the data being sold to a local thief who is interested in burglaries...

I use a mobile AWS guy rather than the dealer. The dealer has too much to lose if they find any warranty issues, so they may be tempted to not find them. The AWS guy is cheaper, comes to me and is approved by the manufacturer - best of all he has no reason to hide issues.