{"id":416,"date":"2011-11-03T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=416"},"modified":"2018-11-20T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:55:14","slug":"driving-miss-davy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/driving-miss-davy\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Miss Davy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve got the WiFi, I feel the urge to get as much out of it was I can. It&#8217;s like having a free bar. I&#8217;ve updated all the laptop AV definitions (once a pooter geek, always a pooter geek) and am in the process of uploading videos to YouTube. While I wait the several hours this will take, here are a few words about what it&#8217;s like to drive Dave, our 1993 B544 Hymer.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, it is surreal. The windscreen is huge, as are both the driver and passenger side windows so you get a 180 degree view around you. The cab&#8217;s lifted up quite high in the air. It feels like a video game cruising along with the ever changing countryside-town-motorway-river-sea and (hopefully soon) mountain vistas playing out in front and to the sides of you. I simply love it, most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>The size of the van is still taking some getting used to. It feels much smaller than it did a two or three weeks ago, and it was definitely the right choice getting a left hand drive van; driving on the right feels completely natural. I do still find myself sucking breath and tucking my elbows as we pass lorries on the narrow roads, and I&#8217;ve been up the kerb the once getting past a &#8216;hazards on, license to park&#8217; local on a narrow city centre street. I&#8217;m getting there though, and the power steering is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0545.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-417 size-medium\" title=\"Tight squeeze\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0545-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0545-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC_0545-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, all is good. The gearbox is &#8216;interesting&#8217; but so was the one on our last van. Gear changes require a bit of forward planning and there&#8217;s no point trying to rush it, this gearbox is not for rushing! We have no cruise control but I&#8217;ve not missed it. The mirrors are huge and great for watching the Renaults and Citroens nip past you at every opportunity. The engine pulls like a train, as you&#8217;d expect from a 2.5l turbo diesel van engine. Having said that, we&#8217;ve not been up, or down, any mountains yet.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel economy is around 30mpg. At least it was when we were driving the motorways at 55mph. I&#8217;ve not measured it since but I&#8217;m expecting about 25mpg. Not great, but exactly what you&#8217;d expect of a van like this full of everything we need to live. The diesel&#8217;s costing about \u00a31.25 a litre in France, so a bit less than the UK and making us a bit happier when we fill her up (La Plein, s&#8217;il vous plait!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve got the WiFi, I feel the urge to get as much out of it was I can. It&#8217;s like having a free bar. 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