Tell me about it.......Me too, but my daughter produced a daughter of her own 4 years ago and now I get to do it all over again
I’m sort of in the middle daughter 24 and lives in London, son 21 and lives with girlfriend and another son 11 still believing . All will be home for Christmas Eve for a week including partners so a full house. Then it’s off in the camper van to the Northumberland coast on New Year’s Day for 5 daysMe too, but my daughter produced a daughter of her own 4 years ago and now I get to do it all over again
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Christmas is a pain in the butt. Both mine and the wife’s parents are divorced so there is the eternal bickering about who sees whom when. It completely ruins it.
Then there is work so will always be on duty at some point over Christmas week.
Then there is work so will always be on duty at some point over Christmas week.
Thanks for everyone's support throughout the past couple of years. Merry Christmas!
Eh?
Yeah I'm sure we can sort something out at some stage.
Looks great, hopefully there is a behind the scenes video or photos on how you did this.
No way would I be putting gaffer tape anywhere near my paintwork regardless of its stickiness!
Brilliant effort guys, nice to see someone getting into the Christmas spirit in such style.
I don't know if you still have the lights on the van, but i'd be interested to know if the lights chattering around whilst driving, or even the tape caused any damage to the paintwork?
My reason for asking is not a bar humbug one, it's genuine interest.
Every year we have customers that use different types of tape to stick lights to their Caravans and Motorhomes on sites, and the damage it causes to the surfaces we work on is scary. Gaffer tape is by far the worst, but the lights moving back and forth in the wind over a prolonged period scores into the surfaces. We don't work with auto paints, so i've never seen the results of this, but knowing how easily my Black T6 marks, i'd be very surprised if you don't need a good detailer at the end of this.
I don't know if you still have the lights on the van, but i'd be interested to know if the lights chattering around whilst driving, or even the tape caused any damage to the paintwork?
My reason for asking is not a bar humbug one, it's genuine interest.
Every year we have customers that use different types of tape to stick lights to their Caravans and Motorhomes on sites, and the damage it causes to the surfaces we work on is scary. Gaffer tape is by far the worst, but the lights moving back and forth in the wind over a prolonged period scores into the surfaces. We don't work with auto paints, so i've never seen the results of this, but knowing how easily my Black T6 marks, i'd be very surprised if you don't need a good detailer at the end of this.
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Thanks for finding this for us @True Romance and the video @ABusAndBeyond
i kept wondering about the legality
i know there are some busses with led displays, and obviously the illuminated xmas coca cola truck, but for some reason i kept thinking that might not be 100% road legal
i know there are some busses with led displays, and obviously the illuminated xmas coca cola truck, but for some reason i kept thinking that might not be 100% road legal
As far as Im aware the only vehicles that are allowed to display a blue light are the emergency services, so that would make it illegal.
There's a list of offences being committed here under the Road Vehicle Lighting regs @Jean-Louis Bourdon. However I suspect most cops would turn a blind eye for something like this, or perhaps just warn the driver to turn the lights off whilst its being driven on a public highway. Difficulty would be if the van was involved in an accident.
I think the Coca Cola lorry displays the correct colours in the required direction, whereby only white/Amber is visable to the front and side, with red to the rear. There are of course exemptions written into the legislation. Indicators, reversing lights, side marker lights etc.
I think the Coca Cola lorry displays the correct colours in the required direction, whereby only white/Amber is visable to the front and side, with red to the rear. There are of course exemptions written into the legislation. Indicators, reversing lights, side marker lights etc.
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Boring!!! A multitude of police cars went past and didn't care. Merry Christmas! This is exactly why I should avoid forums!!
Agree a bit of bah humbug but not a response I would have expected from you guys.
Really?? It's extremely frustrating when people just look for anything negative when we've put lots of effort into a video.
Brilliant effort guys, nice to see someone getting into the Christmas spirit in such style.
I don't know if you still have the lights on the van, but i'd be interested to know if the lights chattering around whilst driving, or even the tape caused any damage to the paintwork?
My reason for asking is not a bar humbug one, it's genuine interest.
Every year we have customers that use different types of tape to stick lights to their Caravans and Motorhomes on sites, and the damage it causes to the surfaces we work on is scary. Gaffer tape is by far the worst, but the lights moving back and forth in the wind over a prolonged period scores into the surfaces. We don't work with auto paints, so i've never seen the results of this, but knowing how easily my Black T6 marks, i'd be very surprised if you don't need a good detailer at the end of this.
So far it seems fine but I've not done a full deep clean of the van yet so I'll let you know once I've properly cleaned and polished it. I did do a full thick wax layer on the van before to try and reduce any risk of damage so hopefully it's OK.
