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[chaser]

Will try to get a better photo tomorrow

 

[chaser]

What is it , how is it better than a tent on the floor?

 

[Figaro]

Less chance of flooding, beyond that I'm stumped
I bet night time loo visits are interesting, slalom down the bonnet ?

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[Jim]

how is it better than a tent on the floor?

You find out quicker if someone nicks your car.

 

[Jim]

Maybe they are relatives of Jim Stafford.

 

[Chipster]

Is that the new Passat panoramic roof?

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[Carol]

Perhaps they don't like creepy crawly'.

 

[DavidG58]

seen a few similar in our current travels round Norway,

wonder if they are better for cold weather?

wild animals?

 

[Barclaybasher]

https://venturarooftents.com/collections/ventura-deluxe-1-4

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[klaatu]

Keeps the bears out. Don't tell me you haven't taken similar precautions?

 

[Jim]

Maybe they are relatives of Jim Stafford.

Perhaps they don't like creepy crawly'.

 

[Enword]

My cousin in oz use's one & says their very popular out there, less chance of snakes etc.

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[wiljoy]

Saw lot's of these adapted tents in France. They just fit to a roof rack and your set.

 

[DL42846]

What is it , how is it better than a tent on the floor?

You feel a bit more secure, no creepy crawlies and I find them a bit warmer.

 

[Enword]

My cousin in oz, His idea of camping

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[JackieP]

Have you been over to say hello Chaser?

 

[scotzsue]

Have seen a few, one pulled in on site a couple of years ago, we had been celebrating so I shouted don't jump it's not worth it. apart from our little group, not even a smile. next day, and every day till we left, got don't jump it isn't worth it ha ha ha from a Belgian camper who had been most amused. Hasn't made me think before I speak though. Prefer my walk into the back and get something or go to bed without going outside when it is persisting down.

 

[gus-lopez]

Where I am parked tonight near Baza there was one on a Volvo estate earlier in the year.had side entrance and a set of steps alongside the car overnight.

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[pappajohn]

My cousin in oz, His idea of camping

Now that, my friends, is wild camping.

Look and learn....not an industrial estate or quiet carpark in sight.

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

The roof tents are popular with the adventure overland types on their 4x4 outfits.

 

[DBK]

While doing the Velodyssey, the cycle route up the west coast of France, we stayed one night at a site where someone had one of these. It was a tent on top of a Land Rover. Very neat but in the night the Mother of all Thunderstorms arrived. One flash and bang was simultaneous and the strike was clearly very close. All the camp electrics went out.

We slept on in our little tents but I'm not sure I'd have felt happy on the roof of a vehicle. However, it is probably safer on top of a vehicle sitting on rubber tyres than being on the ground. If lightening hits the ground it tends to arc out along the surface. On top of a vehicle you might, perhaps counter-intuitively, be safer. I wonder if @Mikescuba knows the answer?

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[Podney]

DBK,your post has come up next to an advert for "Breathable Ice Silk Boxers". Someone knows you must have needed them during that storm.

 

[Dave K]

I think I'd sooner put the seats down in the Passat and sleep in there

 

[Stroppy Bird]

I was going to say that we had one, but we've actually still got - it's just sat unused in the garage for the last 4 years.

They are very quick to deploy, unzip the cover and then open it up by unfolding it using the ladders and voila, ready to use. You can take an extra 2 mins to put the 'window' supports in if you want.

It has a built in mattress, so very comfy sleep and no cold ground to come into contact with. It is however, a little disconcerting in high winds on an already relatively high vehicle (we used it on a Disco).

However, after one particular cold night camping in the Limousin (-10C) we decided we needed a proper camper with creature comforts (heating and toilet) and so bought the van we have today.

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[Rob and Val]

We were on a campsite in Scotland last year and about 9.30 pm a car parked next to us. A Japanese couple got out and started to set up a tent on the roof of their car. They were still out there after midnight going backwards and forwards to the boot of their car and up to the tent. When we woke up at 7.30 the next morning they, their tent and their car were gone!

 

[Just smiffy]

What is it , how is it better than a tent on the floor?

When your in the tent you leave the car running with the heating on...... a tent with underfloor heating.....

 

[ukdw]

This 4ed camper hire sounded interesting until I saw that it was a roof tent.

Aussie 4wd campers
http://www.britz.com.au/4-wheel-drive-rental/Pages/default.aspx

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[Northernraider]

It's also handy in the morning there's a little flap at the front you stick your head out of then your partner hits the windscreen washer button and you get your face washed automatically.
You can try it on the other end too of course

 

[PP Bear]

If I'm sleeping in the overcab, I have enough trouble finding the ladder to get down for my pee in the early hours, so I can't imagine trying to get out the tent and down a ladder to find a tree to pee against. That would be a challenge I'd rather not try.

 

[SpeedyDux]

If I'm sleeping in the overcab, I have enough trouble finding the ladder to get down for my pee in the early hours, so I can't imagine trying to get out the tent and down a ladder to find a tree to pee against. That would be a challenge I'd rather not try.

Or, just park up against the tree?

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