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Every year I watch the ferry loading up with cars and curryvans, mobile homes and trailer tents plus Peugeot estates loaded with cases upon cases on their roof racks and I wonder at just how much money leaves the UK bound for Spain, France, etc. every day!

We sat there this July past in Lane 179 at Dover and I said to my far better half, what is 1500 multiplied by ..... oh loads and loads and she replied that it was quite a lot really. The 1500 is in pounds roughly what we spend for our 3 week escape to the sun, so £1500 times loads is indeed quite a lot of money.

Trouble is that even if there were tax incentives to remain in the UK we would still go to Spain 'cos the weather is much nicer and everything is far more chilled.

I only pray that some Frobisher-Smythe in some faceless government office doesn't read this and suggest a sun tax on all non UK holidays .......... don't laugh ..........!

Anyone who owns a gas guzzler (notice I didnt say a 4x4, it could be a bentley or rolls or a Motorhome,or an older car) automatically pays more tax everytime they flll up at the pump. thats their choice. Arguably we live in a free country and we have choices.

Lets stop shouting and enjoy what we ourselves decide we want

I have a land rover freelander,a so called 4x4 gas guzzler.

I broke my back 3 years ago and found driving painfull ,in my then ford focus.It was too low for me to get out off and the seating postion caused me great pain.Since having the freelander i can now drive much further and pain free.

And as far as being a gas guzzler,it is not true at all.I drove to dorset with the caravan and used under 1/2 a tank of fuel.Our friends who's car was ramed with camping stuff had to stop half way to refuel.They was driving a normal estate car.

And yes we have a 4 berth fixed bed caravan for just the 2 of us but again the fixed bed matterace is like being at home and my back is fine after sleeping on it.

So what i am trying to say is people should not judge a book by it cover,their are many reasons why people have 4 berth caravans for 2 people and not all 4x4s are gas guzzlers.

Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 07/9/2008

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Amazing how people who say they "work hard" think that means they can have oversize caravans and cars?

Do they think they work harder than everyone else, and that they are entitled to do as they please because of it?

Yes.

T.

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