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Always leave blinds open, both at home and on the move.  When moving with old van we could see right through and out back window but not this one. Just handy to look around to see everything secure when stopped or when we arrive. 

Wendy

Hi Anniemacxx,

we are new to caravanning, but when we picked our new van up from the dealer we had a demonstration, during the demo the guy told us to tow with the blinds up as it has been known that the can roll up during transit causing damage to the tensioners, Hope this helps.

Thank you all for taking the trouble to reply. I think the general consensus seems to be "open" with one or two exceptions. We will tow with them open in future I think, if only to resolve the glare issue.  There are enough nobheads on the roads causing accidents without us adding to them!

Anne xxx

Quote: Originally posted by nov02 on 03/8/2009

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We travel with our blinds/curtains open, in storage the blinds are down except the roof blinds, that way when we go down to check it out every now & then in between our trips its light enough so we are not pulling a blind up each time to see.

I am always the 'passenger' when travelling and i have my visor down so i can see all the way through the van in the mirror on the visor. 

On a few trips (the longer one's) we play count the caravans on the other side of the road/motorway to pass the time. Next time I will suggest count the 'blinds up & blinds down'. Will post the figures on here. Gosh do I sound sad or what. :O)

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Well we went to Ferry Meadow and like the last time had a brilliant 4 day break. We counted vans on the road and for the 2 journeys there and back we spotted 33 vans and all but one had the blinds/curtains open, and the one that had them closed was being towed by a break down truck, with the tow car looking a bit worse for wear :0( 

Quote: Originally posted by vulcan7 on 02/8/2009

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Open when towing for us.

Be daft not to as I can see through van front and back window so can see what's coming up and behind.

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I don't like being able to see the inside of the van in the rear-view mirror

Ooo. I do.