Why do they do it?

Nabsim said:
Who wrote this? Has someone hijacked Robs account?

This doesn’t sound like the same person who rolls into bed off his head with the keys to his van in his pocket, passes out and setting alarm off each time he rolls over???

Damn, pressed post too early.

I must say this is hearsay as I heard nothing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Quite a few did though 😂😂😂😂
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As you say Neil, complete hearsay and probably libel.

Now, let's never mention it again. 😁
 
We were all alone when we parked up. Two hours later 2 more vans had arrived.
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The Aire must have been able to hold 40 to 50.
That's why our lass has a face like a smacked ar5e.
 
groyne said:
We were all alone when we parked up. Two hours later 2 more vans had arrived.
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The Aire must have been able to hold 40 to 50.
That's why our lass has a face like a smacked ar5e.
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I think I'd feck off if she looked at me like that ;) ;) but I'd not park there as they are way too close for anything more than a drink and then move on
 
Globe Car van conversions have a superb door closing mechanism where it grabs the sliding door very near the closing position, and electrically pulls it closed. It's lovely, and a real differentiator in the world of 'they're all the same' panel van conversions. I have owned a couple of slam door pvcs and it annoyed me when I had to slam the door shut.
 
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Almost empty air in Sao Bras de Alportel, Portugal. This guy decided to park so that he could look straight into our van!
 
gasgas said:
Globe Car van conversions have a superb door closing mechanism where it grabs the sliding door very near the closing position, and electrically pulls it closed. It's lovely, and a real differentiator in the world of 'they're all the same' panel van conversions. I have owned a couple of slam door pvcs and it annoyed me when I had to slam the door shut.
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I looked into trying to obtain one of those Globecar mechanisms. Unfortunately they only work if your slider is on the 'wrong side' like the Globecars.
Business opportunity out there for an entrepreneur maybe?:unsure:
 
Tonybvi said:
We turned up at the Findhorn Motorhome stopover today. Lovely place and hard standing pitches for about 20 vans. All pitches are of similar size and have the same outlook. Initially we were the only ones here so parked at one end. Later a 2nd van turned up and parked near the other end. Finally another van turned up - a van conversion with a whoosh bang door. Where did he park given there are around 18 empty pitches? On the pitch right next to us!!
Although they have caused us no problems and open and close the door quietly I wonder why they do this. A person on their own looking for a bit of company or security I could understand but they are a youngish couple.
I am not complaining but I do wonder why some people have to park up next to others when there are so many free spaces?
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barryd said:
LOL! Great answers. :D

Does my head in. You have to pretend to be the aire or wild spot yobbo though. Just leave a guitar on a chair outside surrounded by loads of empty Special Brew or White Lightning cider cans and I guarantee they will come nowhere near you. :cool:

Of course there is always the chance a real yobbo with a guitar and a load of full Special Brew and white Lightning cans will turn up and see that as a magnet but Im ok with that really. Jam on! :ROFLMAO:
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Ignorance! I had similar but different experience. We wild parked in Devon on a high road side carpark. We settled down at 11pm. At midnight a car with a family arrived and tried setting up a tent right next to us instead of anywhere in the carpark! They were trying to bang pegs into hard ground for ages. I stayed in my bed and put up with it. In the morning I was up first, I was quiet until I saw them emerge from the tent. I asked him why he set up directly next to us, his answer "we wanted the shelter from your van against the wind." I then educated him on etiquette and what you can/ can't do in a carpark. Oh and they had no toilet either so I'll leave that to your imagination.
 
@merl said: "
I looked into trying to obtain one of those Globecar mechanisms. Unfortunately they only work if your slider is on the 'wrong side' like the Globecars.
Business opportunity out there for an entrepreneur maybe?:unsure:"

I asked the Dealer if they could be retro-fitted to any other Fiat Ducato and he said no, it is the first thing they do to a panel van, before any trim or furniture is fitted. When I studied it, I could only agree with him, it realistically can't be retro-fitted.
In any case there is no such thing as 'the wrong side'. To me, the wrong side is the UK nearside.
In my opinion a) there is no such thing as a 'wrong side' and b) if there is, 'the wrong side' would be on the nearside where you have to get out of the van and walk all the way round to get to the sliding door. (if you can't walk past the two front seats of course). If you are parking on a street with passing traffic, having the sliding door behind the driver is less problematical than exiting through the driver's door which has to swing out into the traffic. If you want to exit through the off side sliding door you simply slide the door open and stick your head out gingerly to see if there is any traffic approaching.
On a camp site it makes diddly squat difference what side the sliding door is.
In a supermarket car park it makes diddly squat difference what side the sliding door is.
In a layby it makes diddly squat difference what side the sliding door is.
In Europe it is preferable to have the sliding door on the offside, and as this is a wild camping forum, most of us on the forum will be in Europe more than we will be in the UK because the UK hates motorhomes and campervans and charges £30 a night for what would be zero cost in Europe. So any holiday over about 6 days will be cheaper in Europe than it will be here, (6 days of free overnights outweighs the ferry fee) where you can't even get water without forking out £25 or more for a night's parking on someone else's grass. Daylight robbery I call it. If I were younger and a bit richer I would buy a field, stick a tap in one corner and dig a hole in the other corner and get planning consent for a camp site. Sit back and watch the bank fill up. OK that's a slight exaggeration but it seems to me to be the best way to invest your surplus funds that there is.

In the UK the only occasion you would prefer it on the nearside is when you are parked against a pavement. Other than that, any other location at all, having the sliding door on the offside is no problem at all. Think about how often you want to get out of the sliding door when you are parked up with traffic passing by. It's not very often. As I say, even then it is safer than getting out of the driver's door.
When I look at the UK built campervans I am immediately put off by the nearside sliding doors. . . . . and that is before I look at the floppy doors, the weak hinges, the broken door and cupboard handles (on new ones in showrooms I mean), and the electrical appliances such as microwaves and electric cooker hobs. AutoSleepers have far worse build quality than the problem of thin upholstery. Their upholstery is lovely and thick, which impresses customers who don't look underneath the sink, under the wardrobe or under the chassis. They do have nice upholstery which impresses customers in the showroom, but A/S know how to make drain water run up hill, and how to install Truma boilers 180 degrees different to the manufacturer's instructions, thus voiding any GSR regulations compliance, and make electrical wiring connections under the floor behind the rear wheels exposing the connections to the salt spray . I could go on, but I'll never buy another new A/S.
 
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