Recent content by poole_5041504

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    tow ball nightmare

    dont understand your post fully and suspect you may be pulling the you know what. however incase you are not here is my experience of the towsure data, with my last car the data was incorrect, the car kerb weight was wrong! so it followed all the calculations were also. ignore it find out your...
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    Reich Motor Movers

    i have one on my bailey senator vermount, 1030/1330kg. it is a fine tool, one which i will never go without again. i compared both types against each other, from a engineering point of view the riech is better made, however it comes with only 2 years warrantry, the touch has 5 but then you my...
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    Closing curtains in winter

    have always drawn the curtains to save sun damage, never have had them rot, also saves the blinds loosing spring tension
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    Showers - Any good?

    we have the bailey with a shower room, i have not used a site shower for ten years, much prefer my own, and prefer cls. the latest 2004 shower are good.
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    What Towcar?

    i am currently selling a excellent tow car a audi a4 quattro 1.8t avant sport, with 180 bhp and 173 pund feet of torque from 2000 rpm to 4500 rpm, it interested give me a ring on 01709 363555
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    car vs 4x4

    chris, i am at present selling my audi quattro avant sport, with 4 wheel drive and 180 bhp, on 32,000 miles it is a fabulous tow car, max tow is 1500kg, i am replacing with a 2.2 deisel xtrail sve on the 1st dec next, i need the xtrails extra weight to tow my new van, and doubt that it will...
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    Rover 75 2.0 CDT Tourer

    john, in my opinion the mazda 6 as a tow car of the year is a joke, the tests were carried out with different van weights, that is 85% of the kerb weight. The rover will tow your van ok, how ever you can have too much power when towing, idearly putting the power down through all four wheels. The...
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    MPG

    audi a4 1.8t quattro avant sport (180bhp, 173 pft). towing 23 to 25 50 to 60 mph solo 31mpg at 80mph plus solo best ever 40.1mpg at 45 to 50mph
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    Caravan Movers

    as darren says, unless you get a run at it the mover may not climb a 25mm step, i found that trying to drive one wheel only onto a flag stone to level the van on the drive resulted in the van slewing to one side, i made a gentle slope to the flag and now it climbs onto the flag no problem, i...
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    Bailey Pageant

    i got my 2004 new bailey senator vermont for
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    New Caravan Quality

    i have two challengers in the past both good vans but suffering from damp, at present i have a 2004 bailey senator which i chose over the swift. i am very happy with its lack of problems compared to the swift, and was prompted to buy one by the caravan club surveys. both swifts had damp after 5...