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Quote: Originally posted by J Waite on 24/7/2015

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The airstream do look lovely but they don't stand up to the cold weather in winter. We have a friend who lived in one for three years, he bought it from Teebay. They are insulated with what looks like loft insulation but only a couple of inches thick so your heat just goes straight through the walls, also no double glazing so he had to use a fan heater as well as the alde heating. So when you're snuggled up all cosy in your white box (as airstreamers call them) and you see an airstream you'll now know they are freezing their bo****ks/tits off with a smile! Ours are built with 'fit for the purpose' insulation for winter caravanning unlike the airstreams. Shame really as they do look fab!

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 25/7/2015

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I have always liked these but there may be a trade off in the number of suitable sites.

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Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 25/7/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by J Waite on 24/7/2015The airstream do look lovely but they don't stand up to the cold weather in winter. We have a friend who lived in one for three years, he bought it from Teebay. They are insulated with what looks like loft insulation but only a couple of inches thick so your heat just goes straight through the walls, also no double glazing so he had to use a fan heater as well as the alde heating. So when you're snuggled up all cosy in your white box (as airstreamers call them) and you see an airstream you'll now know they are freezing their bo****ks/tits off with a smile! Ours are built with 'fit for the purpose' insulation for winter caravanning unlike the airstreams. Shame really as they do look fab!

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So you're saying they're 'All cock and no balls!!??'

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I think the programme was exactly what I expected it to be. The title said it all to me. Take the most extreme caravanning characters and film it in such a way that they hope the audience finds entertaining.

The funny thing is though I think we all know or have come across the johnny sunbed character, the eccentric single male (that you are not really sure about) character and the snooty my caravan/tow car is better than yours type just not to the extremes shown on the programme.  

If they filmed what really happens on a caravan/rally site then it would not make great mainstream TV - look at the caravan channel shows they are good and informative but lets be honest to a non caravanner would be totally dull.

Interestingly on the toot toot wave front I used to own a really old motorhome and 9 times out of 10 there would be an aknowledging wave when passing other motorhomes. I have not experienced this yet whilst towing a caravan.

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 30/7/2015

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Ugly looking things with creaky doors and plastic .    

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