How Time Flies

Casper · 2024-11-09 23:51:22

I just noticed i have been here for almost 9 years big_smile Think Vaz2121 beats me by a few month. Apart from Tiree as he has been here since the beginning if time and well old, who has beat 9 years????

OAT · 2024-11-10 02:14:42

About 6 for me I think.

Casper · 2024-11-10 02:40:29

OAT wrote:

About 6 for me I think.

Probably 8 then. Soon be January 2025 making it 9 or am i reading it wrong big_smile

kenbw2 · 2024-11-10 03:56:04

About to tip over to 7 years for me, and almost 8 years since I got my first Dispatch

OAT · 2024-11-12 02:17:35

Casper wrote:

OAT wrote:
About 6 for me I think.
Probably 8 then. Soon be January 2025 making it 9 or am i reading it wrong

I didn't even realise it was up there!

Like you said it flies, and also gets quicker each year.

Gregor887 · 2026-07-14 09:51:08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiu5Fr7-hFQ

OAT · 2026-07-19 00:38:47

Just about hanging on wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrOQC-zEog

RegW · 2026-07-19 13:27:17

Its a shame to see so many vehicle specific forums decline as they've been such good resources.
There is a Facebook page for Mk1's but it's well....shite really, like a lot of FB
Possibly ok for buying and selling but still crap IMO.
Vehicles wear out of course or people move on but
I blame it, or at least link it to the decline of peoples attention span and inabilty to compose and string
sentences together.
When I were a lad..........................

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Gregor887 · 2026-07-19 18:05:41

RegW wrote:

When I were a lad..........................

From my homeland - 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXSUuosxtk

https://lyricstranslate.com/pl/kiedy-by … e-boy.html

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Casper · 2026-07-22 20:25:20

Gregor887 wrote:

RegW wrote:
When I were a lad..........................
From my homeland - 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXSUuosxtk
https://lyricstranslate.com/pl/kiedy-by … e-boy.html

When i seen them lyrics i thought we were getting a Polish version of My Ding A Ling from Chuck Berry tongue

RegW · 2026-07-23 12:07:27

I your 1971, I raise you The Singing Postman of 1965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn5m4m5VdP8

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RegW · 2026-07-23 12:13:41

And trump it with Hendrix' All Along The Watchtower of 1968
turn the vol up to 11 now lads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

Gregor887 · 2026-07-24 06:08:12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vwGW-h … rt_radio=1
wink

Casper · 2026-10-31 00:11:54

Bloody hell its still here. Are you all still running these vans? They must be a bit crusty now big_smile

I jumped ship 10/12 years ago and went large with my LDV Convoys. Now i only have a van for work but next spring i will be after a small van to make another micro camper. Driving a Mk3 Vauxhall Movano for work. If i could find a low roof short wheel base then i would be happy.

kenbw2 · 2026-11-01 18:39:12

I dealt with my crustiness a couple of years ago, been plain sailing since. Still taking me on trips out in summer big_smile

RegW · 2026-11-08 15:28:20

Mine needed some patches on the rear outer sills 2 mots ago and on the last one just needed
a drive shaft boot and a rear exhaust box.
140K and so far so good.

Last edited by RegW (2026-11-08 15:28:40)

Casper · 2026-11-10 02:05:49

RegW wrote:

Mine needed some patches on the rear outer sills 2 mots ago and on the last one just needed
a drive shaft boot and a rear exhaust box.
140K and so far so good.

My last two campers were LDV convoys. I had to learn to weld or i would be bankrupt by now big_smile No camper now and bought a Vauxhall Movano for work. 2015 model with 160k but drives like new. I will soon be on the hunt for a small van soon to make another micro camper/day van.

RegW · 2026-11-10 10:17:59

What's the betting He gets something dead posh to taunt us with?................... kiss

kenbw2 · 2026-11-10 17:20:44

Yea he should get something posh. I hear the Mk1 DispatchExpertScudos are the poshest of the posh cool

Casper · 2026-11-10 23:17:49

RegW wrote:

What's the betting He gets something dead posh to taunt us with?...................

Away with your posh. Throw together with cheap B&Q wood and whats of use in my shed. Only but spends after buying the van will be a diesel heater and a small solar panel. 200w should do. I kept stuff like split charger, leisure battery's and solar controller from my last van. If i have room i may put my 12v TV in. tongue

RegW · 2026-11-11 02:10:07

TV? how very retro
lol

A large screen phone would be light ,compact and easily powered/charged.
I like a big screen myself so would take my Android tablet for vids/media files and have the option to use the
phone as a hot spot for browsing or streaming in good signal areas.
Maybe even a cheap lappy.

AlvyLad · 2026-11-11 13:43:42

RegW wrote:

TV? how very retro

A large screen phone would be light ,compact and easily powered/charged.
I like a big screen myself so would take my Android tablet for vids/media files and have the option to use the
phone as a hot spot for browsing or streaming in good signal areas.
Maybe even a cheap lappy.

could/would go well posh and get 10"+ slab tab with SIM
https://dispatchexpertscudo.org.uk/foru … hp?id=1789
some say, it was very much CyberTuck reminiscent, when it was trendy

Casper · 2026-11-11 23:53:39

You are probably correct. I bought the TV six or seven years ago to go into my first convoy. Its yet to go in a van. I dont watch much TV as such but watch a lot of football. That is via the firestick app in my windows laptop using an android emulator. Works a treat. Next van is mostly to escape when the mother inlaw visits for the weekend. I am away with the dog until she is gone. I could save cash and bugger off on the motorbike but that means B&B expense and i dont think the dog would like it on the bike.

RegW · Yesterday 02:32:32

What are thinking of getting?
dispatch/expert/scudo size or something a bit bigger like the Mk2/3 versions of these
or a tranny/transporter kind of thing

I sometimes muse over what I'd get next, I chose my expert because it had the same foot print as
my previous Galaxy and it was more economical than bigger vans.
My van is one of the last Mk1s and they're getting scarce now, especially low mileage non crusty ones.

I was looking at a Berlingo type van in a car park recently and was wondering if I could live with that
I expect or hope a smaller van would be better for fuel economy.

Casper · Today 00:02:50

RegW wrote:

What are thinking of getting?
dispatch/expert/scudo size or something a bit bigger like the Mk2/3 versions of these
or a tranny/transporter kind of thing
I sometimes muse over what I'd get next, I chose my expert because it had the same foot print as
my previous Galaxy and it was more economical than bigger vans.
My van is one of the last Mk1s and they're getting scarce now, especially low mileage non crusty ones.
I was looking at a Berlingo type van in a car park recently and was wondering if I could live with that
I expect or hope a smaller van would be better for fuel economy.

Dont know TBH. Most certainly not a Transit. Mk6+7 VP fuel pumps are shockingly unreliable and then you start getting into the wet belt rubbish. I always said i would have kept my Expert had it been the LWB like mainland Europe got so the MK2 would be a contender. I like the size and look of a Vivaro. Neighbour kitted one out a did a trouble free euro trip last year and said it was fantastic on fuel. Think that is a 2.0 TD unlike my 2.3. Just be nice having room to store stuff inside rather than a roof box

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