Recent content by RogerL

That's why I, and many others, use winter-rated All-Seasons all the time. I tried having two sets of tyres but it was too much faff changing them twice/year.

Fridges aren't powered by the battery, car or caravan - they're powered by the car's alternator. It's not difficult to find sufficient voltage drop from the car alternator voltage by the time it gets to the caravan fridge that the voltage is significantly below 12.0v - usually caused by...

Lots of comment - mostly derogatory - but in most cases from people without the cash to buy one. Personally, I think it looks hideous - but then I think the Bentley EV concept looks hideous too, and I'm a long-time fan of Bentleys...

They're still selling, or trying to sell, cars from stock having ended production last year - they're now rebuilding their factory for EVs and repositioning the brand to compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It's a huge gamble and time will tell whether it's a spectactular success or oblivion -...

Most All-Season tyres are winter-rated with the 3PMSF but not all are - the M+S doesn't count for anything in Europe as it's a marketing thing, not a physical standard.

1902 was when the Kennel Club recognised the English Springer Spaniel as a distinct breed - but in reality they aren't one single breed - a field-bred dog and a show-bred dog appear to be different breeds but are registered together. The gene pools are almost completely segregated and have been...

There's almost always some voltage drop between alternator and caravan fridge, made worse if the wiring is too marginal. Anyway 13.5v sounds too low for an alternator which is charging the car battery - I'd expect 14.4 -14.8v.

The HGV drivers' hours are longer than most contributors on this forum would tow their caravans. I use HGV limits as a basis for my self-imposed limits which are longer than most contributors here.

All the people who think up fancy names for cross-breeds would like mongrels consigned to history - but that's what they are!

Every family's cost comparison is different, with widely differing conclusions - in our case we have no storage costs as we keep at home, depreciation and insurance are low because we keep our caravans for long periods, we'd use a big vehicle even if we weren't towing - and being retired we can...

Seems strange that Hyundai would abandon smart alternators, especially when pressure to improve official figures for consumption and emissions will have only increased since my 2011 Santa Fe was homologated. My Santa Fe was originally fitted with a cheap voltage-sensitive relay which couldn't...

IC cars can't be fixed by the roadside in the event of engine failure - but they can be recovered to a workshop where they can be fixed. Is there any technical reason why the same doesn't apply to EVs - ie recover them to an appropriate workshop?

It seems to be a convention that the mover switch is fitted below the mains socket, specifically to prevent the mover being used while the mains is connected - but my previous caravan had the mover switch in an internal bed box and at home I would regularly reposition the caravan using the mover...

Last time I had a car repaired at the roadside was about 1995 - modern cars are too complex for roadside fixes and need taking to a workshop. IMO I'd expect every breakdown organisation to deal with EV and hybrids, if only to get them to a dealer workshop. EVs need to be designed to cope with...

It must be how Einstein worked out his theory of relatively - as we get older we seem to get slower so time appears to go faster.