Top Gear On Caravanning - Page 3

Alec Dawe · Jul 17th, 2006, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by chow

quite right, caravans should be subject to a nuisance tax they cause havoc amongst sane normal motorists with there antics, i reckon 500 quid a year would be reasonable, might make some these masochists think twice before venturing forth onto the highways and byways of this pleasant land and inflicting their miserable hobby on us

Ditto motorcycles.
ditto football crowds crossing the raod outside a stadium after a match
ditto anyone who drives a 4 x 4
ditto all BMWs
ditto anyone just doing the school run and parking badly
ditto anyone with a pursuit I don't personally participate in and/or approve of.

To be more serious, there has to be a little live and let live. Especially on this relatively crowded litle island.

Jul 17th, 2006, 16:49

quite agree alec, if someone actually derives some sort pleasure from holidaying in a damp smelly tin hutch thats great, each to his own ,its the mayhem they cause to innocent mororists en route to there camps that bugs me once there incarcerated in these camping compounds there good as gold best of luck to them, its just the pantomine of actually getting the accursed things from A to b that is the problem, as you say were just to small an island to have this sort of infestation imposed on us every summer

Rbphot · Jul 17th, 2006, 17:01

Totally agree about the trouble they cause in the summer, tractors are another pet hate of mine covering the roads in c**p!

As caravaners go slow shouldn't they be made to have those orange flashy light on there rigs to warn everyone.

But to be honest I used to do the camping thing with my parents when i was a kid and enjoyed it, but why spend all that time and money when you can rent the things at most sites anyway, that how we used to do it.
Instead of 10 hours to get somewhere you can get there quicker and spend longer enjoying you time where ever.

Ray

Badger-Bob · Jul 17th, 2006, 17:14

I shall always remember when towing my 2 berth caravan along a narrow A road.There was I following a queue of trafic when some nice gentleman behind me started flashing his lights and blowing his horn.Blaiming a silly caravaner (me) for slowing the trafic down.Imagine his suprise when overtaking me and giving the victory sign (at least I think it was that) as he went past to find at least 20 cars and a JCB in front of me.The look of panic on his face was ace especialy when there was a HGV coming towards him.I did slow down a bit to let him back in and he did give me a wave of thanks.It might have shown him that caravaners do not allways cause all of the trafic jams.But we will still get the blame.Bob

arcturus · Jul 17th, 2006, 18:02

You mean, you can't go "FAST" Chow. Get a life. George.

LankyTim · Jul 17th, 2006, 18:03

Please tell me theres worse things in this world to get angry about?

Jul 17th, 2006, 19:48

oh come on guys its a bit of a laugh, i would have thought that to actually enjoy the "joys" of carvanning you would need a sense of humour, chill out, i enjoy myself by putting on a strange rubber suit, strapping a tank on my back and diving into cold dark places if thats not perverse i dont know what is ! makes enjoying yourself by towing a damp smelly tin hutch around the countryside and creating havoc in your wake look quite normal!

barrie013 · Jul 18th, 2006, 08:37

We're just looking for a trailer tent or a folding camper for our holidays. I have owned a couple of caravans in the past, but to be honest, I hate towing the things. The reason we go camping, is because my son, Jimi, has 'autism with challenging behaviour', and if we were to go to an hotel, it is more than likely that he would be up at 2 a.m. watching TV, and disrupting everybodies sleep.
We can't travel abroad easily, due to the fact that we apparently need a Home Office licence to allow us to take his medication into the EU, so the theory is that we can shoot off on the spur of the moment if we fancy a weekkend away in the countryside.
After having seen Clarkson wreck a 245 in one of his series, and saying that he likes to run over foxes, I have no time for the man whatsoever. I have no problem with a journalist trying to be 'controversial', but I just find him arrogant and offensive. I do understand that the programme is for 'entertainment' purposes, but I find him and is cronies a total waste of airtime...along with Big Brother, soap operas, 'designer' shows, boot fair programmes...the list goes on and on !
This is what happens to you...be warned you younger members...when you start to get old, grumpy, and wear a flat cap to cover your bald spot (Patch/head). Lifes too short to have to listen to twits like Clarkson and his ilk. By tyhe way, I don't hate being held up by a caravan as much as I hate someone sitting two feet off my back bumper because I'm sticking to the speed limit ! Please don't take this too seriously (I'm not), or I may book Jimi into an hotel near you one day...

Les, slight limp · Jul 18th, 2006, 09:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by barrie013

We're just looking for a trailer tent or a folding camper for our holidays. I have owned a couple of caravans in the past, but to be honest, I hate towing the things. The reason we go camping, is because my son, Jimi, has 'autism with challenging behaviour', and if we were to go to an hotel, it is more than likely that he would be up at 2 a.m. watching TV, and disrupting everybodies sleep.
We can't travel abroad easily, due to the fact that we apparently need a Home Office licence to allow us to take his medication into the EU, so the theory is that we can shoot off on the spur of the moment if we fancy a weekkend away in the countryside.
After having seen Clarkson wreck a 245 in one of his series, and saying that he likes to run over foxes, I have no time for the man whatsoever. I have no problem with a journalist trying to be 'controversial', but I just find him arrogant and offensive. I do understand that the programme is for 'entertainment' purposes, but I find him and is cronies a total waste of airtime...along with Big Brother, soap operas, 'designer' shows, boot fair programmes...the list goes on and on !
This is what happens to you...be warned you younger members...when you start to get old, grumpy, and wear a flat cap to cover your bald spot (Patch/head). Lifes too short to have to listen to twits like Clarkson and his ilk. By tyhe way, I don't hate being held up by a caravan as much as I hate someone sitting two feet off my back bumper because I'm sticking to the speed limit ! Please don't take this too seriously (I'm not), or I may book Jimi into an hotel near you one day...

Totally agree, clarksons a prat, i don't have a tow bar on my 740 estate, funny i thought they built the rest of the car after the tow bar, sort of like the 240 being built arond the heater box.

IC · Jul 18th, 2006, 09:15

Barrie, you've just made a very good point. Everybody is affected by circumstances - the positive thing about this country is that we have relative freedom to do what we want when we want, however we are affected by more and more rules and regulations in everything that we do.

We all have diifferent needs - we as a nation don't all fit into typical family catagories of 2.3 children - some people have a huge variety of needs to look after disabled children/adults pets etc that the majority of "normal" holiday hotel/bed and breakfast facilities may not be able to support - or people simply want choice!

Stopping caravaners having the freedom to drive where they want when they want by regulations may be a popular move by some, however it's just another step towards stopping motorists freedom to travel where and when they want, where would this stop?

Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days (me included sometimes!) - people take stupid chances just to save a few seconds - to what end? It can be very frustrating being stuck behind a line of slow moving traffic - that's every day for me on the M25 on my 100 mile round trip to work. I go to Scotland regularly and really enjoy the feeedom of sometimes never seeing another car for more than an hour on some of the roads that I drive on (depends on the time of year!) In the end we do have to have tolerance - tolerance is something that a lot of drivers don't seem to have!

Let's save a second it may change our life - well it may do as life may only be a millisecond more! I have taken calculated chances myself when overtaking - so I don't want to appear a hypocrite!

Jul 17th, 2006, 18:02	#25
arcturus arcturus Last Online: Today 13:46 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sagres Portugal	You mean, you can't go "FAST" Chow. Get a life. George. Last edited by arcturus; Jul 17th, 2006 at 18:04.

Jul 17th, 2006, 18:03	#26
LankyTim Missing the point Last Online: May 1st, 2024 18:59 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Stoke-On-Trent View Photos By: LankyTim	Please tell me theres worse things in this world to get angry about? __________________ Tim 1968 Volvo 145 long term project. Currently without a Volvo daily driver.

Jul 17th, 2006, 19:48	#27
chow Guest Location:	oh come on guys its a bit of a laugh, i would have thought that to actually enjoy the "joys" of carvanning you would need a sense of humour, chill out, i enjoy myself by putting on a strange rubber suit, strapping a tank on my back and diving into cold dark places if thats not perverse i dont know what is ! makes enjoying yourself by towing a damp smelly tin hutch around the countryside and creating havoc in your wake look quite normal! Last edited by chow; Jul 17th, 2006 at 19:59.

Jul 18th, 2006, 09:15	#30
IC S60R/V70R Last Online: Today 08:30 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brumbeldore View Photos By: IC	Barrie, you've just made a very good point. Everybody is affected by circumstances - the positive thing about this country is that we have relative freedom to do what we want when we want, however we are affected by more and more rules and regulations in everything that we do. We all have diifferent needs - we as a nation don't all fit into typical family catagories of 2.3 children - some people have a huge variety of needs to look after disabled children/adults pets etc that the majority of "normal" holiday hotel/bed and breakfast facilities may not be able to support - or people simply want choice! Stopping caravaners having the freedom to drive where they want when they want by regulations may be a popular move by some, however it's just another step towards stopping motorists freedom to travel where and when they want, where would this stop? Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days (me included sometimes!) - people take stupid chances just to save a few seconds - to what end? It can be very frustrating being stuck behind a line of slow moving traffic - that's every day for me on the M25 on my 100 mile round trip to work. I go to Scotland regularly and really enjoy the feeedom of sometimes never seeing another car for more than an hour on some of the roads that I drive on (depends on the time of year!) In the end we do have to have tolerance - tolerance is something that a lot of drivers don't seem to have! Let's save a second it may change our life - well it may do as life may only be a millisecond more! I have taken calculated chances myself when overtaking - so I don't want to appear a hypocrite! __________________ 2003 S60R 2003 V70R VOC Speed Challenge Champion 2007/08/Joint Winner 2009 Motor Sport Challenge Winner 2008/Joint Winner 2009 Last edited by IC; Jul 18th, 2006 at 09:20.

Jul 17th, 2006, 16:49	#22
chow Guest Location:	quite agree alec, if someone actually derives some sort pleasure from holidaying in a damp smelly tin hutch thats great, each to his own ,its the mayhem they cause to innocent mororists en route to there camps that bugs me once there incarcerated in these camping compounds there good as gold best of luck to them, its just the pantomine of actually getting the accursed things from A to b that is the problem, as you say were just to small an island to have this sort of infestation imposed on us every summer

Jul 17th, 2006, 17:01	#23
Rbphot Member Last Online: Oct 24th, 2021 16:33 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London	Totally agree about the trouble they cause in the summer, tractors are another pet hate of mine covering the roads in c**p! As caravaners go slow shouldn't they be made to have those orange flashy light on there rigs to warn everyone. But to be honest I used to do the camping thing with my parents when i was a kid and enjoyed it, but why spend all that time and money when you can rent the things at most sites anyway, that how we used to do it. Instead of 10 hours to get somewhere you can get there quicker and spend longer enjoying you time where ever. Ray

Jul 17th, 2006, 17:14	#24
Badger-Bob 740 Nutter Last Online: Oct 24th, 2008 22:07 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: oxford View Photos By: Badger-Bob	I shall always remember when towing my 2 berth caravan along a narrow A road.There was I following a queue of trafic when some nice gentleman behind me started flashing his lights and blowing his horn.Blaiming a silly caravaner (me) for slowing the trafic down.Imagine his suprise when overtaking me and giving the victory sign (at least I think it was that) as he went past to find at least 20 cars and a JCB in front of me.The look of panic on his face was ace especialy when there was a HGV coming towards him.I did slow down a bit to let him back in and he did give me a wave of thanks.It might have shown him that caravaners do not allways cause all of the trafic jams.But we will still get the blame.Bob

Jul 18th, 2006, 08:37	#28
barrie013 Member Last Online: Mar 25th, 2021 16:16 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Talbot	We're just looking for a trailer tent or a folding camper for our holidays. I have owned a couple of caravans in the past, but to be honest, I hate towing the things. The reason we go camping, is because my son, Jimi, has 'autism with challenging behaviour', and if we were to go to an hotel, it is more than likely that he would be up at 2 a.m. watching TV, and disrupting everybodies sleep. We can't travel abroad easily, due to the fact that we apparently need a Home Office licence to allow us to take his medication into the EU, so the theory is that we can shoot off on the spur of the moment if we fancy a weekkend away in the countryside. After having seen Clarkson wreck a 245 in one of his series, and saying that he likes to run over foxes, I have no time for the man whatsoever. I have no problem with a journalist trying to be 'controversial', but I just find him arrogant and offensive. I do understand that the programme is for 'entertainment' purposes, but I find him and is cronies a total waste of airtime...along with Big Brother, soap operas, 'designer' shows, boot fair programmes...the list goes on and on ! This is what happens to you...be warned you younger members...when you start to get old, grumpy, and wear a flat cap to cover your bald spot (Patch/head). Lifes too short to have to listen to twits like Clarkson and his ilk. By tyhe way, I don't hate being held up by a caravan as much as I hate someone sitting two feet off my back bumper because I'm sticking to the speed limit ! Please don't take this too seriously (I'm not), or I may book Jimi into an hotel near you one day...

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