Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
I think the poster highlighted it with rental motorhomes.
I’ve owned and rented so know the etiquette but rental firms simply show you how things work and then you’re left to your own devices without ever driven anything that big before and with the onerous damage conditions, drive like snails. Same with the toilets. People rent with the idea of stopping for the night here and there and where the road takes you. Unfortunately, without a bit of planning you soon find that you can’t just camp where you like, you’ve filled the toilet and are miles from a proper servicing point so you take the easy, if disgusting option. No respectable owner would do that.
I’ve owned and rented so know the etiquette but rental firms simply show you how things work and then you’re left to your own devices without ever driven anything that big before and with the onerous damage conditions, drive like snails. Same with the toilets. People rent with the idea of stopping for the night here and there and where the road takes you. Unfortunately, without a bit of planning you soon find that you can’t just camp where you like, you’ve filled the toilet and are miles from a proper servicing point so you take the easy, if disgusting option. No respectable owner would do that.
It wasn't such a problem 10 years ago, there were a fraction of the number of motorhomes and very few rental ones. Now there are thousands and pretty much everyone I know has a horror story of an encounter with a motorhome. I think the sheer volume of them is the problem and, even if it is only a small proportion that are causing trouble, they are all getting tarred with the same brush.
If there's one benefit of living here in semi-rural, semi suburban north west Surrey, it's the lack of motorhomes and caravans. There's a road nearby with someone who has a motorhome parked in the driveway. But I can't remember ever seeing one on the road around here. Horseboxes though - that's a different matter!
Alpacaman said:
It wasn't such a problem 10 years ago, there were a fraction of the number of motorhomes and very few rental ones. Now there are thousands and pretty much everyone I know has a horror story of an encounter with a motorhome. I think the sheer volume of them is the problem and, even if it is only a small proportion that are causing trouble, they are all getting tarred with the same brush.
And yet I don’t know a single person with a motorhome ‘horror story’. I don’t disagree with your original complaint about irresponsible motorhomers, but I have to say I think you’re exaggerating wildly with your comments above and simply don’t believe you when you say ‘pretty much everyone’ you know has a horror story, it’s probably more like one or two people at best.Antony Moxey said:
Alpacaman said:
It wasn't such a problem 10 years ago, there were a fraction of the number of motorhomes and very few rental ones. Now there are thousands and pretty much everyone I know has a horror story of an encounter with a motorhome. I think the sheer volume of them is the problem and, even if it is only a small proportion that are causing trouble, they are all getting tarred with the same brush.
And yet I don’t know a single person with a motorhome ‘horror story’. I don’t disagree with your original complaint about irresponsible motorhomers, but I have to say I think you’re exaggerating wildly with your comments above and simply don’t believe you when you say ‘pretty much everyone’ you know has a horror story, it’s probably more like one or two people at best.Alpacaman said:
Antony Moxey said:
Alpacaman said:
It wasn't such a problem 10 years ago, there were a fraction of the number of motorhomes and very few rental ones. Now there are thousands and pretty much everyone I know has a horror story of an encounter with a motorhome. I think the sheer volume of them is the problem and, even if it is only a small proportion that are causing trouble, they are all getting tarred with the same brush.
And yet I don’t know a single person with a motorhome ‘horror story’. I don’t disagree with your original complaint about irresponsible motorhomers, but I have to say I think you’re exaggerating wildly with your comments above and simply don’t believe you when you say ‘pretty much everyone’ you know has a horror story, it’s probably more like one or two people at best.In keeping with the thread: people who resort to ridiculous exaggeration to back up their points when people agreed with their points without the need for the ridiculous exaggeration.
Antony Moxey said:
Alpacaman said:
Antony Moxey said:
Alpacaman said:
It wasn't such a problem 10 years ago, there were a fraction of the number of motorhomes and very few rental ones. Now there are thousands and pretty much everyone I know has a horror story of an encounter with a motorhome. I think the sheer volume of them is the problem and, even if it is only a small proportion that are causing trouble, they are all getting tarred with the same brush.
And yet I don’t know a single person with a motorhome ‘horror story’. I don’t disagree with your original complaint about irresponsible motorhomers, but I have to say I think you’re exaggerating wildly with your comments above and simply don’t believe you when you say ‘pretty much everyone’ you know has a horror story, it’s probably more like one or two people at best.In keeping with the thread: people who resort to ridiculous exaggeration to back up their points when people agreed with their points without the need for the ridiculous exaggeration.
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