wingman
Free Member
Took the MoHo for its first birthday hab' check today and on arrival at the dealership, was duly shown to the 'hostility' suite to wait and raid the complimentary beverage machine.
Whilst waiting, I got into conversation with a really nice gent - also waiting for his check to be done. We both paced like expectant fathers. He said he quite fancied going abroad and so we whiled away the time chatting about France and all sorts including tolls, places to visit, Aires etc etc. He asked how trips were planned and I found myself jabbering away without realising how much I'd learned in such a small time. Sounded good to me anyway
Another chap came in with a camper that had waterworks problems. After a conflab and walk-around with a technician, he admitted that despite having the camper for some time, he didn't realise that it had a water pump under a trap door! Shame really because it was really costly for the fellah to have the simple pump replaced.
In addition, his missus had been driven mad for months by a dripping monoblock tap. Due to the age of his van, he had a domestic type tap assembly that could easily be fixed, but admitted again that he'd never "got down on his knees to look". I opened my trap again and more 'advice' flowed. I thought that ALL motorhomers were experts; apparently not!
Sooo, they thought I was an expert. Hardly! It's really all thanks to Motorhome Fun and those threads that cover everything from a tap washer to why you tilt your awning when it rains!
Of course, I directed them to the MHF website; something else they knew nothing about.
Whilst waiting, I got into conversation with a really nice gent - also waiting for his check to be done. We both paced like expectant fathers. He said he quite fancied going abroad and so we whiled away the time chatting about France and all sorts including tolls, places to visit, Aires etc etc. He asked how trips were planned and I found myself jabbering away without realising how much I'd learned in such a small time. Sounded good to me anyway
Another chap came in with a camper that had waterworks problems. After a conflab and walk-around with a technician, he admitted that despite having the camper for some time, he didn't realise that it had a water pump under a trap door! Shame really because it was really costly for the fellah to have the simple pump replaced.
In addition, his missus had been driven mad for months by a dripping monoblock tap. Due to the age of his van, he had a domestic type tap assembly that could easily be fixed, but admitted again that he'd never "got down on his knees to look". I opened my trap again and more 'advice' flowed. I thought that ALL motorhomers were experts; apparently not!
Sooo, they thought I was an expert. Hardly! It's really all thanks to Motorhome Fun and those threads that cover everything from a tap washer to why you tilt your awning when it rains!
Of course, I directed them to the MHF website; something else they knew nothing about.