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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: silverspeed on May 16, 2010, 07:54:10 pm

Title: Caravans
Post by: silverspeed on May 16, 2010, 07:54:10 pm: Thinking about buying a caravan.. although i know nowt about them. Is their more to it than hookin up and drivin?? do they need mot's ect..
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: fifegt4 on May 16, 2010, 10:13:22 pm: Not really helpful but one of the guys at my work had his catch fire while driving along the road and couldn't work out why people were flashing him and beeping for a couple of miles :o ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: ChrisW on May 17, 2010, 01:07:38 am: This should get you in the right direction:

http://www.highways.gov.uk/knowledge/16293.aspx (http://www.highways.gov.uk/knowledge/16293.aspx)
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: flyingtele on May 17, 2010, 09:07:13 am: Top Gear did an episode on 'caravanning'. Look it up, and watch it. Should tell you everyhting one needs to know about caravans haha :D ;D :D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Frikkin Evil on May 17, 2010, 10:15:28 am: I hope you're not going to be towing with the Four! ;D

Have you reached that age where a caravan seems a good idea then? :D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Cee on May 17, 2010, 06:16:16 pm: Nah.. its just his pikey roots coming out ;D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: silverspeed on May 17, 2010, 06:41:16 pm: ouch ;D ;D ;D

we've just had a babs and we can't go abroad for a year or so.. i thought this might be the better of to evils.. then once we can go abroard i'll use it for track days were i can chill out. All i need now is a transit to complete the picture cee ;D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: jackel on May 17, 2010, 07:35:49 pm: Quote from: silverspeed on May 17, 2010, 06:41:16 pm
ouch ;D ;D ;D

we've just had a babs and we can't go abroad for a year or so.. i thought this might be the better of to evils.. then once we can go abroard i'll use it for track days were i can chill out. All i need now is a transit to complete the picture cee ;D
lol i dont have to comment ;D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: BALDYMONSTER on May 17, 2010, 11:25:25 pm: Who do i speak to about a refund on my mebership fee?
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Coyoteboy on May 18, 2010, 09:01:14 am: ;D

It's not the caravan that's the problem, it's the majority of owners. When I was a sprog we had one, it used to regularly overtake multiple cars on A roads if they were driving even remotely below the speed limit lol!
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Chris_de_Bear on May 18, 2010, 10:08:00 am: The 4 tows very well, even a car on a 4 wheel trailer.

I know, I know - 4's are normally towed not towing.
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: silverspeed on May 18, 2010, 12:08:48 pm: not sure about hitchin a caravan up to goldie... ;D ;D i might like it.. might become a weekend crack overtakin/ racin other gt4's ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Coyoteboy on May 18, 2010, 02:15:21 pm: LAter that week
(http://edenprairieweblogs.org/policedepartment/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/broken-hitch-3.png)
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Chris_de_Bear on May 18, 2010, 02:37:58 pm: Now that's a good reason why I attach the backup cable somewhere other than the towball. 99% of people don't though.
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: fifegt4 on May 18, 2010, 08:42:27 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWdcKdZ_OZw#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWdcKdZ_OZw#noexternalembed)

The way to do it.
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Chris_de_Bear on May 20, 2010, 09:35:16 am: Somehow this old classic springs to mind . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdeUgrnzSNk#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdeUgrnzSNk#noexternalembed)
Title: Re: Caravans
Post by: Coyoteboy on May 20, 2010, 06:43:04 pm: Love the way the racelogic readout says "velocity". Velocity is a vector requiring both a magnitude and direction. Tut tut.