Vlad The Impaler
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- Apr 22, 2012
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- Since 2012 but longer in my dreams
I can remember the day I picked up my Motorhome,driving home grinning away like a Cheshire Cat,totally ignorant thinking of happy days.
Then things start to change! You buy Magazines,join websites and all the information you can handle and more starts running around your head.You find out you can't just live your dream because you didn't know about hook ups ,battery banks,solar pannels,regulators,12v,invertors and the like.
Anyway you get the van ££££££. Find out tyres with great tread are actually 8yrs old and been on van from new!( watch out for that one ) so new tyres needed ££££££. Tax and insurance ( to be expected and cheaper than thought) ££. Sort out solar pannels and regulator £££££££ .12v TV plus Leads for various things ££££££ .
All that's sorted,then off to Scotland wild camping for a fortnight feeling a lot lighter in he wallet ,however to have the best holiday of my life and wake up with views like that was priceless.
Anyway back home you look at your van,in this case a 2004 looking tired autotrail,so polish it up and it's looking good, Infact years younger!
So you think happy days and look ahead to your next trip.Then it hits you more info, I now find out about resealing!!! Apparently roof lights should be resealed every 5yrs or so,lockers skirts etc at some point!!! More bloody £££££££££££££
There's me trying to save for Xmas .
Aside from the above all is well in Vlads world ,I even let Mrs Vlad drive home today ,1st time,and we all survived.I was just wondering how many of you do this resealing or even knew it had to be done. And is it really necessary.
If so instead of a mini meet anyone up for a bank job.
VLAD.
Then things start to change! You buy Magazines,join websites and all the information you can handle and more starts running around your head.You find out you can't just live your dream because you didn't know about hook ups ,battery banks,solar pannels,regulators,12v,invertors and the like.
Anyway you get the van ££££££. Find out tyres with great tread are actually 8yrs old and been on van from new!( watch out for that one ) so new tyres needed ££££££. Tax and insurance ( to be expected and cheaper than thought) ££. Sort out solar pannels and regulator £££££££ .12v TV plus Leads for various things ££££££ .
All that's sorted,then off to Scotland wild camping for a fortnight feeling a lot lighter in he wallet ,however to have the best holiday of my life and wake up with views like that was priceless.
Anyway back home you look at your van,in this case a 2004 looking tired autotrail,so polish it up and it's looking good, Infact years younger!
So you think happy days and look ahead to your next trip.Then it hits you more info, I now find out about resealing!!! Apparently roof lights should be resealed every 5yrs or so,lockers skirts etc at some point!!! More bloody £££££££££££££
There's me trying to save for Xmas .
Aside from the above all is well in Vlads world ,I even let Mrs Vlad drive home today ,1st time,and we all survived.I was just wondering how many of you do this resealing or even knew it had to be done. And is it really necessary.
If so instead of a mini meet anyone up for a bank job.
VLAD.
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