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Yeah, it was a bit odd but would mean that if you didn’t want to have to “relearn” things you would find it very easy to drive. But I do wonder where the wasted energy goes🤔

Thanks David! You could have kept your head down re the pits, I’d left it anonymous 🤣.

@@WolfiesWheels it was my own fault I loaded the wrong wheel profile, I had just practiced the pit stops twice then changed the wheel profile, stupid mistake. I don't mind popping my head above the parapet now and then.

Not that I’m not competitive by nature (you of all people know me better than that🤣). More that I make the numbers up rather than troubling the podium 🤣🤣

Thanks for watching and kind comment, much appreciated. I agree completely about thes, brakes and lights and did actually feel slightly ashamed that my car failed on a cut tyre and badly adjusted light….it just goes to show the benefit of the annual MOT!

The Model S (and X) are prone to wearing the inside edges of the rear tyres, which can be tricky to spot. The problem is that when you reach 70mph, the suspension lowers to improve the aerodynamics and hence efficiency. However they completely forgot that this alters the wheel camber angle so puts more pressure/force - and wear - on the inside edge of the tyre. 🤦🏼I checked for that, but not the inside tyre wall! Glad you’re enjoying your Full Fat Range Rover. I didn’t have as much luck with mine and ended up rejecting it after 9 trips back to the dealer within the first 3 months of ownership of a new car…I knew it was a gamble when I bought it, but if you get a good one they are an exceptional car and a great way to travel.👍🏻.

@@WolfiesWheels yep very odd even JLR thought of that. Yep get why you may of been burned. Key is knowing the good ones like engines and protental issues like with any car can have. I also stay far away from main dealers due the ones I’ve been to seem to have zero clue. Bar my experience with Volvo have been very good. But when I took my first l322 in to a main dealer for a fault find, they couldn’t find it in two hours and still charged me for the privilege. I then took it to a specialist who found the issue in less than 10mins it was a sensor and was only billed for the repair. He also told me if the main dealer found it they would have replaced the entire component the sensor was bolted into at massive uneasy expense or just start firing the parts cannon at it. Also I found MD have a lot of apprentices and very few experienced MC so it’s a massive lottery how you’re car may be handled. Key find a specialist or good independent garage you can trust and build a relationship with them. Main dealers on the service side can be over rated and tend to be massively over priced. Make of that as you wish and subjective depending on brands and chains, I appreciate with warranties you’re tide in. But I’ll probably never buy a new car, mainly due to depreciation. Good vids I’m not a massive EV fan but find the tech interesting and seeing owners of older models to see how they get on. The only issue I hate is with some EV vlogers and channels it’s like a religion any concern or valid criticism there immediately on the war path with you. Key thing is I believe if some one wants ever a EV or ICE or Hybrid allow them the choice but don’t force us in just one option. But looking forward to see how it all goes.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, much appreciated . I’ll take a look at the AT Expedition 68 to see how they address the issue👍🏻

Sincere thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment. I hadn’t thought that some ideas might work for folding campers or caravans even, very glad you found the film helpful

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I absolutely agree with you, and sadly its often when things go wrong we find the Company does not live up to reasonable expectations...

Thanks - you are of course correct, the MOT equivalent is the Control Technique...🤦🏻

Thanks - couldn’t bring it to mind! 😳

Brilliant explanation, thanks for clarification 👍🏻

Thanks for watching and the knind comment, much appreciated 😀 It is hard to describe the spectacle of around 300 bikes - mostly Harley’s - and the whole carnival atmosphere that goes with it. It really has to be seen to be believed!

Thanks mate, I thought WC was an organising sub group of HDRC as opposed to a group in its own right👍🏻Look forward to seeing you all next year 😎

Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated. As I recall things, the Warwick XL has the bathroom behind the drivers seat which would prevent the seat going back very far. So with the Kinghams layout, I would imagine the seat would go back further, certainly at 5’9” I can have the seat so far back I wouldn’t be able to drive. On that basis, it would probably be fine for someone who is 6’. There is however a BUT… The drivers seat on the Kingham swivels so as is usual with these seats, they sit a bit higher than the non spinning version. Given the bathroom position in the Warwick XL I would think the drivers seat doesn’t spin and is therefore set lower. I find that unless the seat is in exactly the right position, my right knee can catch on the ignition key, not a problem re accidentally turning the van off, more that in the event of an accident it is likely to go through my right knee…so my point is, that although the seat might well go back far enough, as it sits probably an inch higher than the non spinning counterpart, you might find other issues. I think the only way to find out is to go and sit in one to see… Hope this helps in some small way, sorry I can’t give a definitive response. Wolfie.

From driving the van, the turning circle seems to be very good indeed. The brochure suggests a turning circle between kerbs of 14.24m or 46.7 feet which seems a lot to me. But compared with a Mercedes Sprinter, this has a turning circle of 16.2m or 53 feet so I'm guessing the brochure figures are right. All I know is that its very good and no problem in use! Hope this helps.

Hi James. Thanks so much for the comments, I’m glad I managed to address the questions you raised earlier. Good point re “swapping” guides, never thought about that ! All the best W

Thanks for the kind comment. We really do enjoy these sort of tours as they suit us well. Going to Canada or New Zealand sounds epic😎

and now I read the itinerary I see they visit Auschwitz on day 10.

The other couples were mainly retired, although some people were still working but self employed and able to work from their van via the internet .

Thanks 👍

Thanks for watching and kind comment. As regards recommending, there are definitely some quality issues with the build of the Kingham, many of which are no more than minor annoyances as opposed to things not working properly. For example, the drawer fronts in the kitchen could do with being 5mm bigger all round and that would hide the edge of the opening (from certain angles the drawer fronts look too small to cover the aperture). So this to me is poor build quality, all AS of this age are like it but good QC would have picked this up. Things that have failed have been third party items so could happen on any van that uses the same supplier (there are many MH manufacturers but relatively few suppliers so they all seem to use one of two or three companies components such as fridges, handles, hinges etc). Comfort wise we don’t have any issues with the Kingham. Bed is very comfortable, as is settee and driving seat whether in driving position or spun round as chairs. Being hyper critical it would be nice if there were armrests on both sides of the front seats, not just the inner side. I think this has been changed on current models, but not 100% sure. Overall, I took the view that there may be better made vans out there, but the Kingham layout was as near to ideal as we could get. I can change anything in the van component wise etc if I didn’t like the quality, and improve other areas. But I can’t change the layout, so the deck on was made. You might want to check out IH, I was very impressed with the quality but sadly the layout wasn’t as good. Hope this helps!

@@WolfiesWheels Thanks for the detailed response. What is IH?

IH are a converter/manufacturer based in Knottingley. Website link is www.ihmotorhomes.com if you want to take a look

@@WolfiesWheels Thanks .

Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated. You make a good point re timing, maybe the various bits were too spread out. We certainly didn’t stay for the light show, bar, music etc and left when things seemed to die off around 16.00. Equally, like you, I appreciate how hard these things are to organise and overall the club did a great job and I hope if they read these comments they take them in the purely constructive way they are intended 👍🏻

No worries, your comment taken in the intended spirit 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and the kind comment. I’m never sure what it is, we think of it as a campervan too but the Camping and Caravan Club call it a Motorhome as it has on board toileting and washing facilities. As the Great Bard said (paraphrased) “what is in a name? 😀.

@@WolfiesWheels Haha totally agree. It’s all the same , motorhome or campervan. We tried a motorhome, not for us. Little entrance door we prefer the sliding door and double doors at the back. We call them “ Whoosh Bangs” the sound the sliding door makes. 🤣🤣

I thought a camper van was a vehicle without a bathroom?

@@saltaireorangebicyclechopp8555 nope. A motorhome is a vehicle with a custom body on a base van . A camper is any converted van with original body. The interior doesn’t need a bathroom . It’s no big issue but that’s what the difference is 👍🏼😉

Nice 😎

Thanks for watching and the kind comment. Like I said in the film, at first I thought there wasn’t that much to do, but the more I thought about it the more I realised there was plenty laid on, I just didn’t do it! And that’s without the stuff for kids, which was great! Will be back next year 👍🏻

Thanks for watching and commenting. I’m not sure the garage space in the Kingham would be ideal if such space is a priority for you. There’s not a lot of height between the van floor and underside of the bed, plus the water boiler lives in the space. And importantly the air intake for the space heater is under there too. We have had the heating turn to fault mode before now when we have put too much stuff in the space and the heater hasn’t been able to get enough air (so goes to safety and switches itself off). Good luck with choosing the new van

Thanks for watching and commenting. We didn’t have any issues with the windows, although in late March/October camping trips they do tend to get a little condensation on them by morning. Not enough to worry about or have to squeegy off though, it disappears quite quickly. Tour vs non tour video will be out in a couple of weeks 👍🏻

I think as a day time layout you can’t beat a U shaped lounge. When we were looking we decided that a fixed bed was a priority though, and at this size of van didn’t come across any fixed bed U shaped lounge layouts. So we compromised U shaped lounge for the single settee and captains chairs - I don’t think there really is a right or wrong answer, more a case of which feature will annoy you least 🤣

Hope you had as good a time as we did 👍🏻

Thanks for watching and raising the questions. All will be answered in a future video 😀

It certainly was 😀

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment. The outdoor mat is by Brunner. We bought it at a show (Peterborough probably) but they seem to be available from the business in this link: www.alpinetrek.co.uk/brunner-balmat-tent-carpet/

Hi. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Re the bracing arms - I was totally unaware of them until someone else commented about them! I’ve just been away again, and yes, they are there 🤦🏼. And I used them now I’ve found them 🤣. Bet there’s loads of people who aren’t aware of them!

Thanks for watching and the kind comment. The funnel thingy is a real benefit, definitely worth looking out for!

Thanks for watching and taking the trouble to comment, much appreciated. The wind blockers are Flexi-shade, link to their website is here should you wish to get some. flexishades.co.uk/

Thank you 👍

Thanks for watching and commenting. I was certainly glad of the 2 pin adapter although where we went their use wasn’t as widespread as I’d expected. Good idea re the “is it live?” tester. We had a couple of reverse polarity situations but like you, weren’t concerned 👍🏻

Thanks for watching and the kind words, much appreciated! The water filler attachment came from the Harrogate Motorhome show, from a small one man band who had a stand. I’ve not seen them before but they must be out there somewhere 🤔. The screens are Flexi - Shades and a link to their website - should you wish to investigate further - is here : flexishades.co.uk/

Thanks for watching and the kind comment. Up to now I’ve used a normal bucket to discreetly siphon off a bit of waste to help feed the hedgerows. But this weekend I discovered I’ve managed to put a hole in it 🤦🏼. And yes, I did sing when I noticed it 🤣🤣.

@@WolfiesWheels haha nice one… my wife and I have now made the decision that the Kingham will be our next van and much of that can be put down to your videos. Just need to sell our static and then decide on whether to go new or used (thinking the latter but we’ll see).

@@tonks1968 Wow, I is a influencer 🤣🤣🤣! Re the new or pre owned decision, I understand from the Autosleeper forum that the van now comes only on the Fiat lighter weight chassis which means it can no longer be automatically up plated to 4,500 kg. Just thought I’d mention it in case it makes a difference. But this is only what I’ve read, I’m sure a dealer would be able to confirm one way or another. Good luck with the van hunt!

Thanks for your comment, even haters help the algorithm

@WolfiesWheels I'm happy to help 🤷🏻‍♂️ Just don't give up your day job 😉

​@@WolfiesWheelsI've found them interesting. As we transition from caravan to a van conversion it's helping seeing what others do, and why.