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Location: Tonbridge
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Very 8)2016 D4 Landmark
Santorini Black
Removable Tow-Trust
Spare Wheel Guard
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Previous:
2007 D3
TDV6 GS
Automatic
117000
Blanked EGR
V8 Brake Upgrade
Harming Sat Nav Mod
Beanie Grill
De-Tango
20th Apr 2017 6:31 pm
MorganD379
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
Location: SA62 3PP
Posts: 425
You could do the same as my father in law.... Invites the family to come along with the disco n tin tent, then kindly asks for use the 3rd row seats.
20th Apr 2017 6:34 pm
rockcrawler
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Ferring
Posts: 2884
dubbs wrote:
Looks fab - my concern has always been around setting up for a week's break then forgetting the milk - I mean, what do you do once the awning is out and you're all setup?
That is exactly what my wife is constantly reminding me about. I'm still yet to convince her she likes it D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
Club BAS Remote FBH
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20th Apr 2017 6:59 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
Nice motor home Rockcrawler, if we were to have one it would to be at least that size, our 'van just for tow is as big as the one you ere selling.
MorganD379 wrote:
You could do the same as my father in law.... Invites the family to come along with the disco n tin tent, then kindly asks for use the 3rd row seats.
My mum, sister and sister in-law are all motor homers, guess who is the chauffeur is when we meet up, my sister is the worse when her and her husband go away on their own, they miraculously produce a Triumph Bonneville to get around with, never appears when they meet up with us!==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
20th Apr 2017 7:29 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8051
Need a scooter in the rear trunk. Think my B-in-L found a Suzuki 80cc stepthrough (Suzuki version of ubiquitous Honda step-thru) was lightest you could get with just enough ooomph to get about on
20th Apr 2017 8:48 pm
rockcrawler
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Ferring
Posts: 2884
This springs to mind D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
Club BAS Remote FBH
Club MXS10 Ctek
Club Beanie Grill
Rear D4 Lamps
Geoff Gearbox Flush
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21st Apr 2017 12:44 am
Snowman
Member Since: 06 Aug 2016
Location: Holmfirth
Posts: 317
This is what I'd have behind the motor home in my dream world.
Andy.
Series 3 SWB Wagon OEC614Y sold
Discovery 1 50th Anniversary Edition S882 BMA sold
Freelander TD4 ES Y615 YEC sold
Freelander TD4 Kalahari NX53 EVH sold
D2 TD5 XS 2003 YF03 WVW sold
D3 TDV6 2008 SE
21st Apr 2017 1:37 am
MGCarr
Member Since: 15 Jul 2014
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 703
That is a lovely looking motorhome but the rear overhang is going to make manoeuvring in tight spaces, like petrol stations, very interesting. Also from personal experience of specifying and operating 6x2 front wheel drive welfare buses weight distribution is going to be absolutely critical to prevent the front wheels just pushing straight on on the first damp corner you meet.
We are currently tin tenters but some years ago we met a retired couple in North Wales who were running a motorhome similar to yours with a classic Morgan 3 wheeler on a single axle Brian James trailer for doing the local sight seeing while the motorhome was parked up . Since then I have often thought that when the kids stop coming with us and it is just SWMBO and I touring that I fancy a big motorhome with something like a 1972 round wheel arch MG Midget on a trailer behind it.
Have fun and enjoy your travels
1997 Defender 90 for the kids and I to have a go at some competitive off road RTV and Tyro trials, daughter picked up her first trophy over the August Bank Holiday.
Previous Land Rover history
1996 P38 4.6 V8 Autobiography
1996 Discovery TDi 300
1972 Range Rover 3.5 V8
LWB Hard Top Series 3
LWB Truck Cab Series 2A
Not been without a Land Rover for over 40 years - I must need therapy!
21st Apr 2017 2:25 am
stevep
Member Since: 16 Apr 2013
Location: London
Posts: 91
Do not as I do..
I'm no motorhomer but I have rented them a couple of times in the US.. one time I picked a 33 footer up in NJ for a trip round New England, I stupidly didn't check the map and followed my phone satnav into manhattan... I almost went thru the Lincoln tunnel (13ft height), did a quick panicky u-turn and after much sweating and cursing found the George Washington bridge, ended up in 4 lanes of packed rush-hour traffic unable to exit, going under progressively lower bridges with clenched teeth waiting for the AC unit to get knocked off the roof. I went under at least one that was a foot lower than the marked vehicle height, i reckon I only made it cos there was a slight arch. Worst driving experience of my life*
So make sure you do the opposite to me, and have a great trip!
*maybe apart from the time I drove a convertible 2 hours into the Arizona desert to see a crater and sank up to the cills into black volcanic grit, spent a night in the car, then me and the missus walked 7 hours in midday sun with no water before coming across a cowboy totally by chance who said it was 70 miles to the next road in the direction we were headed... wife won't let me forget that one..
21st Apr 2017 2:55 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
21st Apr 2017 7:23 am
rockcrawler
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Ferring
Posts: 2884
indeed
I've towed twin axle caravans for quite a few years now and must admit it doesnt phase me at all, BUT I'm slightly apprehensive about the size of it especially as there is no articulation and like you say the OVERHANG
I've just ordered a copy of RV to give me a few pointers
D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
Club BAS Remote FBH
Club MXS10 Ctek
Club Beanie Grill
Rear D4 Lamps
Geoff Gearbox Flush
BAS Remap
crikey! if this is a toy Rockcrawler, I dread to think what a full size one is like.
Going away for the weekend could entail a walk from one end to the other !.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
21st Apr 2017 4:48 pm
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Just had 7 weeks in Portugal and Spain in ours
Got home and spent 3 days fettling the D in readiness for her MOT - another pass and the examiner couldn't believe his eyes when he checked out her age
21st Apr 2017 8:44 pm
jeepmadmike
Member Since: 18 Jan 2014
Location: Devon
Posts: 269
Nice little camper
Check it has any towing capacity before thinking about trailers - lots of tag axles don't
If I replace my 7m hobby it will be with an iveco chassis van so I can tow a couple ofMY14 post man pat van
70series land cruiser
1947 willys jeep
Hobby 670 motor home
And lots of other stuff in my shed, on my driveway or abandoned in the village
Several VW T5's
Mitsubishi outlander
And a Suzuki X90... Only drive that at night
23rd Apr 2017 7:26 am
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
That looks mahoosive. Loads of fun to be had in that.
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
