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We get a load in our C3 - see post here

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=3&TopicID=194372&PagePosition=1

We put one side of the seats down and have the baby seat on the other - there are ISOFix fittings both sides luckily. We do have a roofbox though.

Just be careful packing it. Long poles across the car in the boot rather than front to back , heavy stuff at the bottom, light stuff at the top, gas cylinders somewhere central in the car etc etc,

I think the main thing people forget is to drive carefully. I never go above 55-60 on the motorway with a full load in the car and leave a big gap. Gives you a hugely increased reaction time to dodge accidents etc.  I see people all the time steaming down the motorway on the way to dorset at 80-90mph with a car packed full of gear, 6 foot from the car in front  with a couple of kids in the back surrounded by gear. It makes me go cold. At those speeds if something happens around you you have no reaction time and anything that does happen is going to be a lot worse than if you are doing 55.

VW Golf and a Thule Ranger

3 teenagers

Me

1 Lurcher

Vango Icarus 400

Vango Gamma 250

Then as little camping gear as possible

I think I'll have to take photos when I pack the car ( I'm thinking Tetris  )

I'm soooooo looking forward to going

And no I do not overload the car , we just don't take absolutely everything . I really have had to learn to pack the minimum of gear .