Vans / Campervans - Where To Look (Again)

[Chorlton]

congrats you two... a camper van is a feckin beautiful thing - every weekend is a wee holiday...

 

[Idaho]

I think you should call it The Meat Wagon - painted in Death Metal blood splatter lettering on the side

 

[Dubversion]

I think we're just calling it Truck

even though technically it isn't.

i'm getting some proper PROD logo graphics made up for the doors

 

[christonabike]

Just seen yer van

It looks ace

Out and about or what!

 

[Idaho]

Have you got a place to park it?

 

[Dubversion]

just outside our house, there's no restrictions.

 

[Idaho]

Cool - just make sure you start it up and drive it around for 20 minutes each week. I know enviromentally you want to minimise the amount you use it - but mechanically these beasts need exercising.

 

[Dubversion]

ah definitely, we'll just do a short run - any longer and we'll probably lose our parking space

 

[TopCat]

Cool - just make sure you start it up and drive it around for 20 minutes each week. I know enviromentally you want to minimise the amount you use it - but mechanically these beasts need exercising.

Uh uh. You need to drive it more than that. You need to get the engine up to it's normal operating temp at least once a week to get the condensation out.

 

[Idaho]

Uh uh. You need to drive it more than that. You need to get the engine up to it's normal operating temp at least once a week to get the condensation out.

You reckon 20 mins isn't enough to do that?

 

[onemonkey]

wow.. that is fantastic..

*another very jealous pedestrian*

 

[moose]

Sorry to be negative, but you know campervans are amongst the most pollutting cars in the world?

For some reason there are four busses on my road and one parks outside my house - everytime they start the engine I have to rush to close all the windows as the house gets stinked out with fumes from the beast. I wouldnt be suprised if a new 4x4 has less emissions.

You do know that the most harmful of vehicle emissions is actually odourless, don't you?

I love the look of old VW's - all classic cars are a lot nicer than modern cars, but the fact is they are also far more polluting and its probably best that they all become museum pieces. Even a 2CV which has a tiny engine, pollutes more than many brand new cars cars 4 times the size.

There's an argument that keeping a well-maintained vehicle for many years is less damaging to the environment than purchasing a newly manufactured/shipped one every few years and disposing of the redundant one.

As Dub points out, campervan owners probably fly less than other people, and certainly don't visit hotels as frequently. (Hotels are massive users of resources including gas, electricity, daily use of laundry chemicals/water, etc)

 

[Pieface]

You reckon 20 mins isn't enough to do that?

It'll take me 20 minutes to get it turned around

<does push ups>

 

[madamv]

^ :d :d :d

Tehy are smilies but thyere disappeared ;(

 

[moose]

It'll take me 20 minutes to get it turned around

<does push ups>

Welcome to the world of no power steering. I maintain that's why I need to eat so many cakes

 

[Gixxer1000]

There's an argument that keeping a well-maintained vehicle for many years is less damaging to the environment than purchasing a newly manufactured/shipped one every few years and disposing of the redundant one.

Yep old V8 Landrover is the greenest vehicle going if you look at the "dust to dust" carbon emissions.