poshbuggers wrote:Only tip I can give you is to avoid toll roads unless you really have to travel fast across distances at all costs!
We travelled through France last November and the sheer expense of the tolls became quite harrowing.
Agreed!
Toll roads ar very expensive and are actually busier than than non-toll roads
Aslo the all aires de france book is very good, with hundreds of free aires to stay at
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If you have a tomtom remember you can download the French pois from the clubs download section , Its the one I got so has aires , both service and camping car , campsites etc
T'Onion wrote:If you have a tomtom remember you can download the French pois from the clubs download section , Its the one I got so has aires , both service and camping car , campsites etc
Excellent - didn't realise that was there. Will install it for next time.
the tom tom one won't ,but there is a Garmin aires one there
Cheers T'Onion. Bit of a luddite question but how do you get it actually on yer Sat Nav? Do you just down load it to the file on your computer and plug your sat nav in to your computer and roberts your mothers brother or.....?
Does your Garmin have a memory card ? if so put that into a card reader and transfer the files to the poi folder , if not I guess you plug it in and the puter finds it and then you transfer the file to the poi folder
PRD wrote:carry a spare fanbelt, throttle cable and if applicable, a clutch cable and gaskets for the rocker box covers. Always remind yourself each morning before you move off that you have to drive on the right. Bon voyage! Patrick
Anyone got spare ones of these?
1982 Air cooled
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious sh*t
We're off to 'The Fatherland' on Wednesday...thought about it back in January, booked with Norfolk line £38.00 return - so rather pleased with that! Gonna tootle thru Belgium - fight off the urge to nip into Holland for some 'shopping' : Trundle down the Rhine on Friday - Frankfurt for the weekend ( Got some friends there to catch up with) Heidelburg early part of next week, then back east along the Mosel toward Trier - One lap of the Nurnburgring in the van (unless I chicken out!) & then a leisurely drive back through Luxemburg (cheap petrol)..then make our way back to the port. No real timetables - if we like somewhere we'll stay for a while!
Remember that the hook-up are low amps. We also have an ACSI card which allows us fixed prices inc electric at loads of campsites
Snozzy wrote:
Remember that the hook-up are low amps. We also have an ACSI card which allows us fixed prices inc electric at loads of campsites
Top bit of advice about the hook up amperage, but don't forget that the ACSI card is a "low season" discount card; July & August are usually excluded. Some of the sites are very commercial, but that said it's a really good scheme and well worth the few quid to get one.
Snozzy wrote:
Remember that the hook-up are low amps. We also have an ACSI card which allows us fixed prices inc electric at loads of campsites
Top bit of advice about the hook up amperage, but don't forget that the ACSI card is a "low season" discount card; July & August are usually excluded. Some of the sites are very commercial, but that said it's a really good scheme and well worth the few quid to get one.
Regarding the ampage - what does it mean and what are the effects?
1982 Air cooled
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious sh*t
It's basically a limit on how much current you can draw. Power = Voltage x Current, so at 10 amps, for example, you can use a maximum of 220 x 10 or 2200 watts. Most electrical items will have the wattage marked on them somewhere, so you can work out what you'll be able to use without overloading the hookup.
Trundle down the Rhine on Friday - Frankfurt for the weekend ( Got some friends there to catch up with) Heidelburg early part of next week, then back east along the Mosel toward Trier - One lap of the Nurnburgring in the van (unless I chicken out!) & then a leisurely drive back through Luxemburg (cheap petrol)..then make our way back to the port. No real timetables - if we like somewhere we'll stay for a while!
