Recent content by RogerP

many thanks for the speedy replies we'll definately be looking at vans with shocks now. Hopefully it will be new but if pre-loved it will only be 1 or 2 years old at most anyway , really depends what we take a shine too when the arduos trek around local dealers begins in the next few weeks...

Hi All I'm returning to caravanning after a couple of 'gap' years out due to illness and I was looking for some advice on what are the latest technologies to aid caravan stability. When I had my last van it was just on the fringes when shock absorbers and ATC where starting to come to the...

dont know if this is to be taken as a bit of fun for the officers who , for all we know may have had been under immense pressure over the period due to the weather and a few minutes to ease the tension may just be a help to them to 'carry-on' serving the public. Bit stupid though to get caught...

Interesting commnets about the terracan and it probably is a very underated vehicle. However its on road performance may not be what you think. During 'harhest winter' we've had for years my company needed to run a fleet of 4x4s for various reasons. We hired several Merc MLs , Audi Q5s and...

have a look at the Elddis Avante 505 (we've got a 2008 Avante Club 505)

totally agree Not sure if I've understood this right but can the NHS charge your insurer if you are in an accident and at fault. I remember getting something when I was knocked of my motorbike 15 years ago and I had to give the accident details and insurance details so they could submit costs.

hi Annette thats quite a wide area you're looking at. However , in that last couple of years 2 of my cars were fitted with tow bars at Towcraft in Rowley Regis. Both cars we're sent there by main dealers (Mercedes and BMW) as preferred supplier. I personally didn't go there but their work is...

check out your Audio settings , sounds like either they are not correct or as said your sound card is faulty. you may also need to check out the Browser settings as these may need changing espiecially for Skype When you say a notebook , is it one of these mini notebooks about the size of an A5...

Parksy , you beat me to regailing Freds account. There was quite a turn out when he passed away about 2 years ago and alot had been written about him. Seem to remember he was either a refugee or prisoner in WWII. Dont know how he ended up in Wolvo as few people could get close to him. Its...

I actually thought that when I got the one or two fingered wave I was being asked how many weeks am I away for , 1 or 2?. Good job I only ever go away for 1 or 2 weeks so I can respond in the same way!!! My wife thinks I've got a teleportation device fitted to my car. Why... no soon as we've...

one of my uncles was head of parks department for the local council in the 60s and 70s and was responsible for the gritting operations. Never got caught out he and his team always had the roads in our town open ready for the milk man to deliver your pinta. Didn't have all the modern...

brings back memories of the mid 70s when I was a lad. We used to own a sledge , its was my grandfathers before my moms then mine - it got well used every winter not just once but week after week after week. There was definately a 'schedule' trudge home from school - nan had the hot tea and...

I have to say that the area I live in (wolverhampton) has been fairly good in keeping roads clear - at least major roads , bus routes , and near some some schools. But where I work , walsall , yet agian seem very poor at keeping even the major road near the hospital clear and this has been for...

I've never written out a cheque in my whole 43 years of being on this planet. I've some how mangaged very well with out them.

the weather in the last 2 weeks has been the worst impacting to my business in the last 10-15 years and certainly up there in the 21+ years I've worked there. We're due for a nother cold spell and heavy snow in the next couple of days and , the biggy - just before the mass migration back to...