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How many of us use Troopers for towing our caravans?
I used to do it, the MK1 2.6i was great for towing my old caravan, used to go quite a few places, Devon,Dorset, Lake District, then we went to Rye in it fell in love with a caravan site there and bought a static caravan, sold it few year back, but is a lovely place Rye would advice it if you are in to Caravaning,

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markymoan · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 21:39 Post subject:

My mum and Brother both have statics on Windy Harbour nr Blackpool, i gave up with my tourer and went to camping (wish i hadnt, i would have killed for it at langdale) Laughing

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:::Matski::: · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 22:41 Post subject:

Yeah Iv'e got a twin axle swift (1989 same as my trooper Smile

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2.8 tow's it with great ease, and is very stable (I love leaf springs face)

Allot better now I installed driving lights to get around the lack of headlight adjusters.
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THE QUIET ONE · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 23:15 Post subject:

i like caravaning especialy on race days u cant beat the thrill of towing a caravan round an oval track trying to demolish your opponent full bore
the carnage is awsome

Chris B · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 23:23 Post subject:

Ooo Ooo Ooo Mee Mee Mee - but only on the odd occasion when my old man lets me borrow his caravan. He has a 17ft 3 berth Elddis Typhon IIRC. Have had some good hols in it so far and plan to take it to southern brittany this summer for two weeks.
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Sounds nice

Philp · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:48 Post subject:

Is this where I wear my "burn all caravans" tee-shirt (ducks and runs whilst donning flameproof undies) I'm sure you're all considerate caravan towers unlike some of the people I've encountered in my time, including the idiot that felt it neccesary to physically swing out and block me every time I tried to overtake him and then when we reached a junction had the cheek to get out and have a go at me, telling me that overtaking a caravan on a country road was illegal and stupid. Despite the fact I'd been stuck behind the tw*t for half an hour at half the posted speed limit and he'd made no move to let anyone get past him. Sorry guys, always been a camper, can't see the point in touring caravans really!
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Peter Bonnell · ***** Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Rotherham

Caravanners who drive like that should be taken out at dawn and shot they are giving us all a bad name! but tents are ok for teenagers off there heads on special brew or that 1 night a year when it's warm enough to sit outside, the rest of the time i'll go for sprung seating, blown air heating satellite television & electric flush toilet Laughing

markymoan · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 21:25 Post subject: Re: caravanning

Peter Bonnell · ***** Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Rotherham

I know mate we were in my mum&dads static at Scarborough that weekend we came up to Langdale on Sunday but only saw Pajero's. Had a go on the Gungle Trek and it started snowing brilliant time though

markymoan · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 21:40 Post subject: Re: caravanning

Peter Bonnell · ***** Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Rotherham

My dad was also there in his 3.1 . I was a bit disapointed realy I expected to see a lot of troopers. When we got back to the starting point about 5 pajeros turned up 1 with his sunroof stuck open in the snow !!

markymoan · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 22:33 Post subject:

You should have brought the caravan, i would have been your friend for life.
And it depends on the time you got there, if we had allready set off then you missed us Sad

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Peter Bonnell · ***** Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Rotherham

We got there about 11.00 it must have just been bad luck we didn't see each other, we had a coffee from the cabin and left about 3 o'clock