Some recent sightings (part 3)

2 Carver Ones seen in York









http://www.monty-ff.me.uk/

Registration number: W99 JEN
✔ Taxed Tax due: 01 September 2015
✔ MOT Expires: 01 September 2015
Vehicle make :CARVER
Date of first registration :01 September 2011
Year of manufacture :2011
Cylinder capacity (cc) :659cc
Fuel type :PETROL
Vehicle status : Tax not due
Vehicle colour :WHITE
Vehicle type approval : Not available
Wheelplan :3 WHEEL
Revenue weight :841kg

V50 MON has exactly the same DVLA info, including dates.

Surely that has to be 100% of the UK's Carver population?

.... so if my clutch foot had slipped while reversing my mighty Kia, I could have made the UK a Carver-free zone??

Most of the travel trailers I see that tow other trailers are fifth wheelers, and they're usually bigger than the trailers they tow.



But I'm sure you remember this scene:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_391107-Chevrolet-Vega-1974.html

No, that's all fine. According the information, I've found in the SL-forum, the R129 is allowed to tow 1550 kg.
These two trailers are far away from that weight. I think, it not even 800kg in total, so even a VW Golf would be allowed for that.

Despite the fact, that such would be illegal in Germany (for a trailer with more than axle or a double axle with max.99 cm distance you need a truck driving license), even my K 70 (1200 kg are allowed) could do that.


The question of the allowed or possible towing capacity has not much to do with the size of the car. Generally Convertibles can tow higher weights than the Sedan/Coupé/Wagon-version of the same car. This is caused by the fact, that convertibles have a stronger body-platform.

For example a Golf I Convertible is allowed to tow 1400kg - and a Fiat Ritmo Cabriolet, too! , but the closed versions of Golf I and Ritmo only 900 or 1000kg.

But about this topic there is a lot of chaos and irritation in the world. So my luxemburgish friend, who collects first gen Range Rover is very upset, because it's not possible to upgrade the towing weight to that of the 1990er Landrover Discovery - despite both models have an absolute identical chassis.

A new ATAC bus just come in Rome (a new line passing near my house is one of these new models)

Found yesterday at Centocelle:

Found yesterday near Termini Train Station:

Found yesterday at Villa Gordiani:

Finally, a rare Prinz found near the new C-line underground station "Teano":

Has it arrived in your countries too?

@Mark99: Again! Please don't clutter up the forum with a posting for each photo!!! Yo can -you should!- place all in one posting!!

He's uploading pics as attachments on the forum which means he can only upload one per message.

@Mark99: If you use an image uploader like Photobucket, imgur or tinypic you can upload multiple images per post.

The 500X has only just arrived in the UK, I'm not sure if deliveries have even started yet. The related Jeep Renegade has been out a while though I've not seen one yet.

Sorry ingo! I'll post messages only with an image

This is a w123
Grtz. Peter.

US VW Vanagon spotted in Frankfurt/Main (for the English-speaking users: pronounced My-EEN ) :

Pilote Class A motorhome spotted on Saturday:

Today pic of BMW 2002 ti


And older of Ford Taurus:

"Smells strongly" like a Sevel 280 (it)
The Pilot R780S was apparently made on the basis of at least 2 models of this chassis: Citroën C25 (fr) and Talbot Express. "Yours" could be either a Ducato or a J5 with such a front face, but according to the DVLA, it's a Talbot from August 1990...

For Pilote fans, there is a dedicated site for the 50 years of the motorhome and camper van maker (in 2012) and a 45-page pdf in French about it.

VW Cabrio (US-specs Golf Cabrio)