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No aircon only power steering.
Vin is VF3BZWJY etc.
Thanks

Fantastic picture.
Went camping at Newton Stewart in 1973. The most midges I've ever seen and stung to hell by wasps. Nice scenery though 

Never seen these Planar heaters before, really cheap compared to the alternatives. Tempting, but every so often when I think I'd like to get a diesel heater, I would remember about the power consumption. I'd really need another battery to run the thing, which is a bunch more work - and I'm not sure how confident I'd be fitting one of these anyway.
Really it's only when we are sitting around after dinner & before bed that the cold would be an issue - but then again if it's that cold it's probably time to head home. I guess if we were motorhome types, as in  park up/close the doors/swivel the satellite dish, then it would be more worthwhile. For now it's overkill.

Now there's an interesting thought. Anytime I work out mpg I use the odometer - yet looking at the satnav I know that the speedo is about 5% higher than reality.
Maybe you should calibrate the odometer with a gps tracking app (maybe osmand).
As for the tyres, I think 195/70 R14 are standard.

This just reminded my to do the sums on our last French trip in September.
The van is 2002 and the engine is DW8B 1.9D 71bhp
I recorded 2133 miles from Calais to Grenoble, up and down a bunch of mountains, and then back to Cherbourg.

The average for the trip was 36.74mpg.

I can see that the way out to Grenoble, which was all 70mph on motorways, was about 37.25mpg.
The way back to Cherbourg was 60mph on mostly A roads, and that was about 39.5mpg.
The bits in between, in the mountains and gnarly B roads, was 32.5 to 35mpg. 

Overall pretty pleased with mpg considering the weight that I usually carry.

Just to add that on my Expert 2002 1.9d you can hear the stop solenoid on the side of the fuel pump, engaging.
When the ignition is turned on, the solenoid will buzz, when the dash light goes out the buzzing stops and you can hear a definite click as the plunger retracts.
If you do a search on the forum for "stop solenoid" there are a few posts.

You could always fit a bike rack to the door, and use a Fiamma Ultrabox. I have a roofbox but stopped using it because it can be difficult with city center car parks.

I happen have one of these sofa beds, and they won't fit. The problem is that the wheel arches are quite high (39cm) and the base of the sofa bed is 25cm. Shame because they are very light.

On my 2002 I get an intermittent clunking noise that appears for a day or two then goes away. It's aggravated after I drive on really bad roads and usually in dry & dusty conditions. At one point in the Czech republic after driving to a campsite a mile down a really bad road, it got so bad, I had the van towed. The garage stuck it up on the ramps - found nothing and then did a test drive - nothing not a sound. I think something had got slightly misaligned, and it slipped back into place when lifted off the ground.

Thanks - I'd heard about the seals before. I don't think I have ABS as the servicebox report for my VIN states
"W/O ABS BRAKES". The local garage suggested that hoses would be £30 each, and a couple of hours labour ~ £180 + vat.