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If intending to travel into European Alps in the winter months, you will still have to have tyres with the "Three Peak Mountain Snow Flake" logo on, not all M&S tyres have this. I always ran on BF Goodridge A/T K1s never been stuck, the latest K2s do conform for winter travel.

Thankyou for your comments I must admit Iam in the camp of thinking it could be just a way of getting you to part with your money, as said as above I have also towed for a long time, over fifty years, at one stage averaging 25k a year never had stone chip only had one blowout, so perhaps I,am...

Having just been back to the UK , +2000Mls round trip, have noticed a lot (about 30% ) of vans with these front covers, I assume they are to keep the front end clean, they seem to move about a lot when underway, wont this be rubbing on the gelcoat?, or is there another reason for them?

Vegetarianism is a native American word meaning "Bad Hunter"

You can if you wish get to the top of the Bank and just before you start to go down there is a left hand turning, basically the last one before the decent, I think its signposted Golf club/ Flying club, its narrow but have gone down it many times without any problems, but its a few years ago and...

If Iam not mistaken, if your vehicle is plated to tow over 3.5 tonne, and you wish to do so then your trailer and your tow car has to be fitted with "Close Coupled Brakes" these are similar to artic braking system, not sure if they are air or hydraulic. but basically all your brakes are linked...

As said information could be out of date, it appears that Austria, and Luxembourg does allow them now, but with the same restrictions as some other countries.

Austria, Luxemburg, Slovakia and Portugal, restrictions in other counties to usage of recordings, ie only to be made available to the police etc Sorry don't know how to put a link in Just type "which countries don't allow a dashcam" it could be out of date and things could have changed.

Dont forget some European countries don't allow dash cams, and others have restrictions on use.

With some Toyota key fobs you can turn off the key, so no RDF signal is transmitted, you just have to remember to turn your key back on when approaching your vehicle, other makes of car may have the same facility, I got this info from the UK based Hilux forum, while my present one still is a key...

Would they charge for a wind out awning? not so sure.

If you want to book hotels/Inns etc and don't want to pay a deposit then book through one of the many websites, we have used "Booking.com" you do pay a little extra but you only pay when at the destination, you can also cancel at any time free of charge, up to 24hrs before arrival, so your...

You can have up to 3.1 Kwt 10,500Btu of cooling, I have had A/C in my caravans for nearly 30yrs the best one was a "Telair" quieter than the others never had any problem with them , all dealers push Dometic as most of your domestic equipment will be that make which if Iam not mistaken is...

Sorry I stand corrected, BMW engines are used.

I was told the caravan tyres need to replaced when the tyre is five years old, this is mainly due to the amount of inactivity that most of these tyre subject to. I would and do always buy the recommended size of tyre, and the best I can afford, which is usually a named brand, why skimp on a...