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Dec 2020
7:08am, 15 Dec 2020
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Angus Clydesdale
Superb! Welcome 
Any chance of you sharing some of that weather?!
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Dec 2020
8:09am, 15 Dec 2020
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Alice the Camel
Fun times ahead! Enjoy!
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Dec 2020
8:53am, 15 Dec 2020
18,971 posts
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🎄FestiveMedals🎄
Enjoy it!
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Dec 2020
9:29am, 15 Dec 2020
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Gobi
I have a E10 error on my heater, I need someone to fix it. I did look up the error but I'd rather not do it myself.
Now that you can't get conversions through DVLA I think I shall remove the sink/cooker from the back and reclaim the space. (my bed is on runners )
Enjoy your trip and welcome !!
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Dec 2020
9:40am, 15 Dec 2020
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HarkTheHeraldAngels ♫Synge♫
Looks great, funky! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
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Dec 2020
9:51am, 15 Dec 2020
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Angus Clydesdale
How do you mean PoD? Conversions/DVLA?
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Dec 2020
10:04am, 15 Dec 2020
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Gobi
DVLA went daft with the rules on being reclassed as a camper
Basically if you had a van with windows then put in a bed, sink, cooker and a table you could reclassify as a Camper not a commercial vehicle(means you can do 60 not 50 on an A road, slightly better insurance.
Now you need stupid graphics, bathtub on the top not a POP top, extra side windows.....
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Dec 2020
10:09am, 15 Dec 2020
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Angus Clydesdale
I didn't know that.
Surely they can't apply that retrospectively, can they? What you've got is what it is, no?
I know a lot of folks with non-VW van conversions (Merc Sprinter, Renault Trafic, Peugeot Boxer, etc), some of which are pretty much home-built campers.
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Dec 2020
10:14am, 15 Dec 2020
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HarkTheHeraldAngels ♫Synge♫
I have heard that too, Gobi. Apparently you need to show that you have permanent externally visible features (eg pop top, awning, waste pipes, rear windows etc) for DVLA to reclassify a vehicle to a campervan.
Ours is classified as a goods van (can't remember the exact wording) on the log book. To be honest, I was a bit exercised by this when we bought it, but I haven't tried to do anything to change it.
I drive ours at around 70mph on dual carriageways rather then the apparently relevant limit for me of 60mph. I feel that the risk of being stopped is minimal when the limit for most users of a dual carriageway is 70 and I am certainly not going to trigger any cameras as they are presumably set at 70 (or above).
Two questions I would ask on this to anyone who is concerned.
(1) Is the application of speed limits *really* set by reference to what the log book says rather than what the vehicle actually is? (Has anyone been "done" in these circumstances?)
(2) Isn't it ridiculous that coach-built motorhomes, many of which look pretty top heavy at the best of times, can "legally" drive at 10mph faster than a campervan!
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Dec 2020
10:26am, 15 Dec 2020
21,084 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Meanwhile the young Neds from A2B Couriers go fleeing past you at 90 in a massive Sprinter full of cargo. Not giving a toss.
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