MicknPat
Free Member
Hi,
Most of the members on this site will know us and I know the majority of members already on Motorhome Fun.
For those who don't we are a British couple in our prime years of life currently touring the USA in a 2005 Fleetwood Discovery 39S with 2008 Jeep Liberty Ltd toad vehicle.
I took early retirement back in 2004 then we spent 7 months in a caravan in Spain which is where we originally intended to settle on my retirement.
One day however we both decided that we hadn't seen enough of this world on which we live so decided to tour starting with the USA & Canada.
At the time the s**t had just hit the fan with regard to the size of American RV's being imported into the UK.
A few months later we were advised to wait whilst talks took place to sort out the mess between the DVLA and RV dealers.
SMMT were commissioned by the DVLA to compile a list of approved and none approved British, European & American motor homes which I closely monitored..
In June 2007 things started to look good so we place our house on the market which sold within 5 weeks, we also had the offer of a villa in Florida at a cheap rate in Sept unfortunately we couldn't get a flight until 14th Oct :Sad:
We also became very interested in a Fleetwood Discovery that a friend was selling and which also appeared on the SMMT/DVLA approved list.
Just before we flew out to Florida we were learnt that the SMMT/DVLA list had been scrapped and replaced with statements like," So long as the vehicle is 2.55m or less in width and 12m or less in length you are ok"
BUT WHERE ARE THESE MEASUREMENT TAKEN FROM?oh:
As I see it we are back to square one with the DVLA and the RV dealers behaving like 007 & Mi5 claiming they have secret information that they cannot pass on to the pheasants :Blush: sorry I mean general public.
Oh well until then we will continue to tour the US & Canada and enjoy this beautiful country for which RV's were built.:thumb:
Most of the members on this site will know us and I know the majority of members already on Motorhome Fun.
For those who don't we are a British couple in our prime years of life currently touring the USA in a 2005 Fleetwood Discovery 39S with 2008 Jeep Liberty Ltd toad vehicle.
I took early retirement back in 2004 then we spent 7 months in a caravan in Spain which is where we originally intended to settle on my retirement.
One day however we both decided that we hadn't seen enough of this world on which we live so decided to tour starting with the USA & Canada.
At the time the s**t had just hit the fan with regard to the size of American RV's being imported into the UK.
A few months later we were advised to wait whilst talks took place to sort out the mess between the DVLA and RV dealers.
SMMT were commissioned by the DVLA to compile a list of approved and none approved British, European & American motor homes which I closely monitored..
In June 2007 things started to look good so we place our house on the market which sold within 5 weeks, we also had the offer of a villa in Florida at a cheap rate in Sept unfortunately we couldn't get a flight until 14th Oct :Sad:
We also became very interested in a Fleetwood Discovery that a friend was selling and which also appeared on the SMMT/DVLA approved list.
Just before we flew out to Florida we were learnt that the SMMT/DVLA list had been scrapped and replaced with statements like," So long as the vehicle is 2.55m or less in width and 12m or less in length you are ok"
BUT WHERE ARE THESE MEASUREMENT TAKEN FROM?oh:
As I see it we are back to square one with the DVLA and the RV dealers behaving like 007 & Mi5 claiming they have secret information that they cannot pass on to the pheasants :Blush: sorry I mean general public.
Oh well until then we will continue to tour the US & Canada and enjoy this beautiful country for which RV's were built.:thumb: