The cost of fuel, or rising costs in general, won't directly affect our caravanning but they will affect the legacy our son gets eventually - and we're continuing to support him and has family based on present needs, not future ones.
Agreed,this afternoon I took my granddaughter to Bristol for her driving theory test. Her mum much prefers me to use the Subaru if I’m taking our granddaughter any distance. So I just drove at a steady 60-65 mph and got around 36 mpg which is not bad for my wheels. Coventry next on Monday. No one told me that relatives could be so expensive. 😂
I sat outside and a stream of sad faces came out and got into waiting cars. You get 53 minutes for the 50 theory questions and then time for the 14 hazard perception videos. She was out in 30 minutes and beaming having got 47/50 for the questions and 65/75 on hazard perception. So she’s now looking to book her test. She was 17 last week and bought herself a nice Peugeot 208 before her birthday but of course it couldn’t be driven. Her Dad had given her some lessons though on private ground in his Transit Custom. After her first proper driving lesson the instructor said she was fine to go out in her car on L plates. Unfortunately neither my wife or myself can accompany her as her Learner Policy at £800 has an age limit for accompanying drivers of 72 years.
Sales of new and used caravans continues to run at record levels according to the press. I wonder when the bubble will burst and some terrific used bargains come onto the market at give away prices🤔
It would seem that despite your first paragraph where you imply the cost of fuel won't affect your caravanning, yet in the your second you tell us you are driving more slowly presumably to offset the higher cost of fuel. Assuming you also drop your towing speed for the same reason, then technically the cost of fuel will limit your caravanning.
I hardly think that a slight reduction in towing speed can be considered to “ limit your caravanning “. Dropping to around 55 mph can give up to 10 % saving in fuel compared to trying to keep a steady 60 mph on motorways, yet make virtually no difference to journey times. Some years back I tended to keep speed around 55 mph particularly on our crowded sections of motorway and not only did it save fuel but actually the drive was more relaxed as I wasn’t continually looking to overtake HGV s which invariably sees you up to 65 mph unless you like being a hogger in lane 2.
Nit picking at statements made by fellow members to score imaginary points for yourself really does you no credit Prof.
Taking longer to get there isn't limiting our caravanning - our recent Scottish trip was over 1000 miles towing with another 1300 miles touring around over the 4 weeks we were away.
There are knock on costs everywhere and it would be hard to describe something that doesn’t have knock on costs. When HMG say inflation should reduce next year that’s only because the higher locked in costs are over 12 months old since they were counted against the inflation index. It could be several years before before we may see a real terms reduction……if ever ☹
That's not an extra charge - it's the pre-authorisation which is removed when the fuel transaction goes through.
Not me Clive , but some people found they were charged the one pound but had insufficient funds for £99.00 . Card got rejected but the £1 charge was allocated. The matter is under review as we type.
But isn’t the £99 a cap, so they could fill with a lesser amount and their card would be charged the amount filled into the car. Or am I missing something?
Dusty thanks for the explanation. I see what the problem could be.
I simply use two cards at Asda Pay-at-pump as there's no kiosk option.
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