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Well I've managed to finally load up the car in advance of tomorrow's trip.  Me and my son (aged 9) had so much fun trying to squish everything in the car that we nearly needed to use the luggable loo.  We're setting off about 6.30ish to drive but until then the car is outside fully loaded (hope there are no car thieves knocking about tonight).

I have a question which is more motoring that camping really...  Could I get stopped by the police for the fact that I cannot see a thing through the rear view mirror?

The car is really stuffed up to the ceiling so there's no visability whatsoever and I'm going to have to rely on my wing mirrors. 

This is our first trip, but if the kids enjoy it and we want to go again, I'll be looking at getting a trailer for next year.

Hi,

Enjoy your first  camping holiday, i travel the same with my car filled to the celing, the way i see it vans can only use their wing mirrors, so should not be a problem.

take care, make sure you let the forum know how you got on

Max xx

You won't get stopped because you can't see out of the rear view mirror. Many small vans have enclosed cargo spaces so have the same visibilty you will have.

Only other concerns would be that these is nothing that can fly around in the event of a collision and you will have to REALLY use your external mirrors like you have not done before.

Tomorrow is our first camping trip  but just for one night so that we can make fools of ourselves but learn really quickly. I managed to pack the car without restricting the view out of the rear but as I say we're only going for one night. Will have a roofbox after that.

The car is hire car whilst mine is in for repair. We were hit in the rear about two weeks ago at around 40 MPH so my advise is clearly based on that.

Have a great holiday.

As long as you have 2 wing mirrors you aren't breaking the law,(A car needs 2 usable  mirrors to pass it's MOT). but you could be if you are overweight( not you personally,the car) lol

Thanks for the replies, it's put my mind at rest.

I haven't got a dog guard or net or anything ,but I did put all the soft things - sleeping bags, airbeds, the tent, etc at the front and all the smaller/harder things at the back so if anything happened there shouldn't be too much flying about.  Don't think there's much space for anything to move anyway as it's so jammed in.

We'll just have to remember not to buy too many souvenirs while we're away.

I'll post a message saying how we went on and what we think of the tent when I get back. 

Like most of the others, don't like to use trailers (slows me down) or roofboxes (mpg), so pack the indide to the roof.

Pack any thing solid and heavy low down behind the seats, then they'll be braced in a crash. But bear in mind that in a high-speed front-ender, even a loaf of bread could be fatal if it shoots forward with enough momentum.

Hope you have a great time .. 

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Up the baggies ..

Ann & Rick