[00:00:00] Keith Gooden: In today’s episode of the Motorhome Matt podcast.
[00:00:03] Matt Sims: We’re back with another full Q&A answering your questions on.
[00:00:07] Keith Gooden: Using a socket tester at home, motorhome air con choices, using wheel covers, travelling with spare license plates, and more.
[00:00:17] Matt Sims: And in the news, get the free Great Motorhome Guide from Warranty Solutions Group.
[00:00:32] Keith Gooden: Welcome to the Motorhome Matt podcast. I’m Keith Gooden.
[00:00:34] Matt Sims: And I’m Motorhome Matt.
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[00:01:06] Matt Sims: You keep your dangle out of this.
[00:01:09] Keith Gooden: So I hope you enjoy it. Hope you like it! You can get your free copy of the Warranty Solutions Group Great Motorhome Guide 2026. How do you get it then, Matt?
[00:01:18] Matt Sims: Yeah, you can head to wsgwarranties.co.uk/great-motorhome-guide-2026.
[00:01:28] Keith Gooden: I’ll repeat that for the hard of short online addresses. It’s wsgwarranties.co.uk/great-motorhome-guide-2026.
[00:01:46] Matt Sims: And it’s definitely worth typing all of that in to get it. It will be in the episode description where you can click it, which is going to be much easier, but it’s a brilliant read. It’s completely free. There’s a contribution in there from me and there’s loads of free hints, tips and travel advice and a competition. So do go and get your copy. Thank you to Warranty Solutions Group for producing another great magazine.
[00:02:08] Keith Gooden: Yeah, thanks to Warranty Solutions Group and all our other partners at the podcast, we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you. Again, we’re recording this, I suppose, at the peak of summertime. And by the time you see or hear it, it might not be, but I just want just a quick one. Matt. It’s not in the script, but if you’re using the M5, it has been absolutely terrible the last two, three, four weeks, I mean, for being closed for accidents, for people doing naughty things on bridges and all the rest of it. I’m just pleading with you to be careful. Please. Not you. Okay. He’s the cause of most of the accident. No, he’s not, he’s not, he’s not, he’s not. But if you’re using the M5 and going down to the southwest, just be patient. And remember, we drive on the left.
[00:02:49] Matt Sims: It’s such a fine balance here in the southwest. When that motorway goes wrong, it causes chaos on all the a-roads. And if there’s then a subsequent issue on an A road. I mean, it happened many times in my working life. I’ve spent 7 or 8 hours trying to get home because 2 or 3 incidents have happened at the same time. It’s a nightmare. So I think our local MP is actually appealing to well, it was Keir Starmer.
[00:03:14] Keith Gooden: Is.
[00:03:14] Matt Sims: Appealing. Yeah. I don’t even know who they are. But I think there was an appeal to Parliament to do something about it because it’s too fine, a balance, too fine, a line between working perfectly and utter chaos. And it seems even when it is working perfectly, there’s always a pinch point, isn’t it? Around Clevedon? If you headed south, you’ll know this. You’ve got this elevated section where south and north are on different levels, completely different heights, and they queue there. The traffic just seems to gather. It’s a nightmare every Friday. It’s horrendous.
[00:03:46] Keith Gooden: Yeah. And if you don’t know, the motorway is your first or second go. Remember at Almondsbury Interchange at Bristol, if you come up from London on the M4, that can be confusing. The signs. I don’t think they’re brilliant. And again at Exeter you know, just make sure you get in lane nice, nice and early and keep your speed down. Now I’m just asking you to do this. I saw a terrible news story just a few weeks ago about someone who had been involved in a crash, and there was a 13 year old lad in the car, and he didn’t make it. Just be careful. Just. I’m just asking you, okay?
[00:04:21] Matt Sims: Take care.
[00:04:22] Keith Gooden: Yeah.
[00:04:22] Matt Sims: And if you are stuck in traffic, come and pop into one of our shops. North and South Somerset.
[00:04:27] Keith Gooden: Always worth a drop off.
[00:04:28] Matt Sims: If you need a wee or something else, you can drop off. That’s not what you meant, is it?
[00:04:34] Keith Gooden: But if you need a wee.
[00:04:36] Matt Sims: And the coffee machine is always on. So yeah, pop in and see the team.
[00:04:39] Keith Gooden: Okay. It is one of our Q&A episodes. You ask the questions Motorhome Matt he gives the answers. You ask so many questions of us that we couldn’t keep them all into the episodes. We usually do them at the end of the episodes. If you’re watching or listening to this for a first time. So every month or so we do an episode which is all your questions and answers. And thanks for submitting them. First of all, Sarah Hutt.
[00:05:02] Sarah: Well, hello there Matt. This is Sarah and Paul in our very retro 2005 Auto-Trail 600 SE presently coping in 40 degrees in the south of France and slightly melting as we have no air conditioning. We would like to stay here if we survive, but just wondering, what would you recommend as an air conditioning unit that we could have fixed into Bertha, our beautiful motorhome to save us from? Actually just vaporising at the moment. I’m sure you have some really good suggestions and setups that you could talk about, and I’m sure not just us would be interested, but other people too. Presently, we’re both off for another cold shower. Looking forward to hearing from you.
[00:05:52] Keith Gooden: It’s Sarah Hutt. I know her brother jabber is a film star. Sorry. I bet you’ve heard that, haven’t you? Yeah. Okay. She’s suffering from air-conditioning-itis. We’ve all had it. When you’re lying in bed or in your caravan or motorhome and it’s 27 degrees outside overnight, and you think I must get air conditioning? Don’t buy those little ones. They advertise, by the way, online on those social media channels. They. They don’t work. It’s tiny. It’s like. It’s like a shoe box.
[00:06:20] Matt Sims: Really.
[00:06:20] Keith Gooden: Small. Yeah. And they and they say, this will cool down the house in 15 [CHECK: possible transcription error]. Well, it’s nonsense. Okay. It’s nonsense.
[00:06:27] Matt Sims: I think you’ve got to be pretty realistic. Common sense has to play a part here doesn’t it? Yeah. The beauty, though, about a motorhome is it’s a small space. It’s not like the house. So you are only cooling a smaller space. So much easier to cool than your house. I can tell you what we use, Sarah. We have got a little portable. We have got a portable unit. I think ours is made by a company called Totalcool. You put water in it and we put a frozen ice pack in it.
[00:06:50] Keith Gooden: And that’s the key. Air conditioning is done well, acts like a fridge and you blow the cold air through.
[00:06:55] Matt Sims: Yeah. So this is not air conditioning. It’s only air cooling. Yeah. But what you’re doing is the fans blowing through the cold water and the ice pack, and it’s blowing cold air. It is fairly localised, but they do work really well. And we put one if we can up high, we’ve got a shelf we can put it on depending on which motorhome we’re in. And that hits the hot air at the top, causing convection. So you end up with the hot air at the bottom rising, being cooled, and so you end up with a cooler motorhome. Keeping the blinds closed is key and windows vented, so open up if you’ve got Truma heating. There is a vent function which many people don’t realise exists. Don’t have the heating on the hot water on, go across to the fan and press it and then roll the wheel. And this is on the iNet compatible control panel. Those have got one will know what I’m talking about and it says vent and you can turn it up to ten. And that will actually just blow the ambient air around the van if you’re cooling it, you’re then blowing cooled air around the van. So a really handy feature that most people have no idea exists. You could buy a portable air conditioning unit, but then you’re dealing with trying to get a pipe out the window or an external unit. They do exist. My experience is they’re not terribly effective. I know lots of people have Maxxair fans, at least one installed, and they they replace the roof light and they have a fan.
[00:08:17] Matt Sims: And you either blow air in or blow air out. You can choose which direction it’s going. And the trick with the Maxxair is to actually have two. So one blows air out and the other pulls air in. So you’re again, you’re circulating air through the van. So you’re refreshing the van. And if you’re cooling that air somehow inside the van, you’re blowing cool air around in the van. You can get under-seat air con units. I did a quick Google of them yesterday before recording this that they seem to be under £2,000. Have you got space under a back seat? Then you could maybe fit one of those. A roof air con from the likes of Truma. You’re now into getting something professionally installed and you’re looking at probably £2,000 plus. I think we just did one for a customer and it was £2,300 fitted by Truma on site here. And their engineer came and did it. Brilliant unit. And they’ve got a new unit which we talked about last year on the podcast, which is really good. They do draw a lot of power, so you have to be on mains hook up, and you have to be on a campsite that will allow you to draw a sufficient amount of power for it to work. The new Truma one has a soft start. The old ones or cheaper ones you. When you turn them on, there’s a huge spike. It just trips the campsite. So it always struck me as ironic that whenever you want to use it, you just killed the power.
[00:09:33] Keith Gooden: Is that British campsites?
[00:09:34] Matt Sims: Useless? I was in France, in France. So now they’ve got a soft start, so they don’t trip the power.
[00:09:40] Keith Gooden: There’s not a spike.
[00:09:40] Matt Sims: And there’s a new unit as well from Teleco, the Ultra Comfort aircon unit. And that fits in the cab, down by your knees between front seats where the glove box is between you, under the gear stick and it fits in there. And again, it’s a I think it’s nearly £3,000. Wow. To have it.
[00:09:59] Keith Gooden: But aircon is not cheap wherever you buy it. Whichever country.
[00:10:03] Matt Sims: That’s quite a massive job to install. That’s front bumper off and having it fitted. That’s a relatively recent innovation and it works without the engine running. So it’s standalone. So there are lots of options from a few hundred pounds or less up to a few thousand pounds.
[00:10:20] Keith Gooden: So what’s wrong with just leaving your engine running and your air conditioning going and blowing into the cabin?
[00:10:26] Matt Sims: Well, you’re going to upset your neighbours if you’re constantly ticking over. Yeah, it’s not terribly good for the van if it’s not being driven.
[00:10:33] Keith Gooden: Oh, is it not right.
[00:10:34] Matt Sims: Because it relies on air going through the engine bay. Yeah. Yeah. I know it’s got a fan, but it will. It’s not clever for it to leave it running for long periods. And the aircon in the cab is a bit like your portable fan. Yes. You’re asking the aircon of a cab to cool an entire habitation area. It’s not very effective at doing that. So if you arrive with a with the cab cold, then you’re off to a fighting start.
[00:10:55] Keith Gooden: You mentioned having the blinds down, but a little birdie mentioned to me that that’s not necessarily a good thing for the windows.
[00:11:04] Matt Sims: No, there is a risk if they’re silver lined, that the heat can reflect off the blind back onto the plastic window and actually melt them and deform them. I’ve seen this this year, particularly with roof lights where people have closed the roof, light blind, and then the windows actually deformed where the heat’s bounced back and melted it. So be aware of it. Crack the window open so that heat can escape.
[00:11:25] Keith Gooden: Yeah. Warm air rises.
[00:11:26] Matt Sims: It does. Yeah. So leave the window open just on vent so the window stays secure. And remember, if you are going off for the day, secure the windows into a vent position so that you are keeping the van secure.
[00:11:38] Keith Gooden: A cheap method which I don’t know if will work for you or not, but I’ve used it when I lived in America years and years and years ago without an air conditioner. Go down the supermarket, buy a few bags of ice cubes and you can in this country as well.
[00:11:51] Matt Sims: You can now.
[00:11:51] Keith Gooden: Yeah, they’re a pound. About 3 or 4 would do. Empty them into a sink, preferably a metal sink. But if not metal it doesn’t really matter. Pour some salt on the top. Now that could be dishwasher salt. If you want to use a few ice cubes, it could just it could be rock salt that lowers the temperature again in the ice, it makes it colder and then blow a fan across it. And you’ve got a homemade air conditioning unit.
[00:12:16] Matt Sims: Yeah, that sounds very Heath Robinson.
[00:12:17] Keith Gooden: It’s extremely Heath Robinson. But when it’s 104 outside, you sit by it. Oh thank you.
[00:12:26] Matt Sims: There you are, Sarah. Off to the supermarket. Bags of ice and a cheap fan.
[00:12:30] Keith Gooden: David Yates is in Godalming. Hello, Matt and Keith. As an electrical engineer, I watched with great interest your recent podcast with Jordan Farley on the risk, admittedly very low of electrocution when connecting to a home electrical supply due to a broken earth connection from the distribution network operator or also in your own hook up cable. This could result in the van chassis rising to mains voltage.
[00:12:56] Matt Sims: He goes on a method I use to ensure that the earth is present before touching my van is to plug in a mains socket tester into the van before connecting the hook up cable. Ensure the tester is visible from outside the van, through a window or an open door.
[00:13:13] Keith Gooden: And once the supply is connected, he goes on to say, check that the tester indicator lights are not showing that the earth connection is missing from the outside before touching the van. If it is, disconnect the supply immediately and attempt to find the cause. This may require seeking professional help. The socket testers can be bought for less than £10 from the likes of Screwfix or Toolstation, and are an invaluable test tool.
[00:13:40] Matt Sims: I used the same method to check. The earth is present on the supply of each campsite I visit before stepping into the van for the first time. Once the earth connection is verified, the socket tester can be unplugged.
[00:13:51] Keith Gooden: Well, what do you say to all that?
[00:13:53] Matt Sims: It’s a very good idea. I actually go a step further than that. So I use a 16 to 13 socket adaptor, and I plug the tester into that and check the outlet on the house. I then plug it into the end of my hook-up cable and check. Then I’m checking my hook-up cable, and then I hook the van up and put the tester in the van. And I test every socket. So I’m now testing all the sockets. I do the same on campsites. I do the same at shows and regularly the Sparky will say, what are you doing? I’m just checking your electrical installation. They don’t like it. So it is a very good idea. You could though if you are worried about getting a shock off your van, you need to watch the episode to understand what on earth we’re talking about. Because there is a risk. It is very small, but I wanted to convey the risk. Yes, and help people understand that there is a risk and why and what we can do about it, like David is doing here. I just disconnect the van from the house before I go anywhere near it. Ours is a metal van. It’s not a coach built, so you are potentially insulated from it. If it’s a coach built plastic door handle on a on a, you know, a coach built.
[00:14:56] Keith Gooden: But the key word you’re using there is potentially, potentially.
[00:14:59] Matt Sims: So I disconnected from the house when I go to the van and then the van’s disconnected. So there is no risk at all. But testing it is a very good idea. And those little socket testers are only a tenner and they’re worth investing in.
[00:15:11] Keith Gooden: And we get lots of people saying, oh, the risk is minuscule, it’s tiny and all the rest. But if you go back and have a look at that recent podcast that we did, you’ll see where we’re coming from. And also the expert that Matt was talking to Jordan about it.
[00:15:26] Matt Sims: Jordan. Thank you again, Jordan, for coming in.
[00:15:28] Keith Gooden: We’re just pointing out the risk. We don’t want somebody sending us a photograph saying, I wish Motorhome Matt had told my husband and and there’s this hole in the ground.
[00:15:36] Matt Sims: Well, most people are saying, I wish Motorhome Matt was shut up.
[00:15:39] Keith Gooden: Yeah.
[00:15:40] Matt Sims: I’ve been getting a slating. I’ve found myself being mentioned in various Facebook groups, of which I am a member under a different name. My own name and I’m not going to name the groups. And it’s been talked about a lot, which I love. I love the fact it’s being discussed and there’s there’s some proper nasty people in the world.
[00:15:59] Keith Gooden: Oh, there are, but these, these, these are the people that, you know, before social media came, came along, used to be shouting at pigeons. But anyway.
[00:16:09] Matt Sims: I wish they’d go back to shouting at pigeons. Meanwhile, they’ve got new batteries in their keyboards and time on their hands, it seems. And yeah, so have a go at Motorhome Matt. But there is a risk. And yeah, people, many of us like me, have been doing it for decades and we’ve never had a problem. Fine. And I’ll keep doing it, as I say in the episode, as no doubt many of us will. But I think being aware that there is a potential of a life threatening risk is, is, is a good bit of knowledge to have.
[00:16:36] Keith Gooden: Absolutely. Sarah Turner has got in touch. She says we’re with Ripe, which is the sponsor of the Motorhome Matt podcast, by far the most competitive, priced and great European cover. Absolutely no hassle customer service. They actually went over and above to help us get the best price. And Sarah says, thanks to Ripe. Thank you for the question, Sarah.
[00:16:59] Matt Sims: Well, we sent this to Ripe as we do with much of your all of your feedback. In fact, on Ripe good and bad. So Ripe came back to us with an answer. Sarah. They said, hi, this is amazing. It’s so lovely to hear of your positive experience and we really appreciate you letting us know. Another happy Ripe customer. Thanks, said Mel from the Ripe team.
[00:17:21] Keith Gooden: So Matt, why do you recommend Ripe?
[00:17:23] Matt Sims: Well, I’ve been mystery shopping them for quite a while before we got involved with them, and they were new to our market with a new product for this audience, and I was thoroughly impressed with their customer service. It would seem generally their premiums are incredibly competitive. The offering they have is very complete. You can tailor it. So if you’re not going to Europe, don’t have European cover. If you want breakdown, buy the breakdown and their entire team is in the UK. They’re all based in Manchester. And Mel is the lady that runs the call centre and you can make an enquiry online. It’s pretty simple. Or you can give them a ring and they have always been incredibly helpful. I was that awkward customer trying to change my policy when I was shopping really, of course. And I did put them through the wringer a little bit, but nothing was too much trouble. Now, not everyone has had a fantastic experience like Sarah, and we know that and Ripe know that too. And what we’ve been doing is sending that feedback to Ripe. I’ve sent a couple to them over the last few days.
[00:18:24] Keith Gooden: And they have. When we’ve done that in the past, we’ve covered it on the podcast where the customer service perhaps wasn’t as as good as it should have been. They’ve put it right, they.
[00:18:33] Matt Sims: Have got in touch with me and fed back to me, and they’ve got in touch with the customer and fed back to them. So if you’ve had a problem trying to get a quote and you’re not sure why, or the quote just seems exorbitant, which I’d be surprised, but it might do, give them a call, let me know as well. And if I can help, I will. And Maddie and I monitor all the feedback we get, and we do send it in to Ripe. And they are brilliant at coming back to us and coming back to you as well. They really do have a heart and a passion for serving the customer and doing a great job. They can’t be the best all the time. They’re an insurer, you know they are not going to be the best fit for everyone.
[00:19:10] Keith Gooden: Insurance companies are insuring risk, so don’t take it personally if they don’t get the quotation that you want. No, it’s you know, they’ve got these algorithms and they’re insuring risk. But what we have heard about Ripe is they do have a human face. And by the way, they answer calls within 60s, which I think is just fantastic.
[00:19:28] Matt Sims: And they’ve changed the policy as a response to feedback that you’ve given me in the podcast. So yeah, they are, I think one to check out for your policy.
[00:19:37] Keith Gooden: Get 15% off your premium with Ripe. The discount applies automatically if you click the link in the episode description right now. Then another question from you, Dave, is in Chester.
[00:19:49] Dave: We’ve just recently bought an Imola 650 motorhome [CHECK: possible transcription error] and enjoying it very much. We’re at Barmouth for the weekend, which was incredibly hot. It was like going to Spain for the weekend. I couldn’t help notice a few vehicles had covers on the wheels covering up the tyre, covering up the wheel. I didn’t know whether that was a thing. I’ve never seen that before, never heard about it. Is it because of the sun? Is it a fad? What do you think.
[00:20:18] Keith Gooden: Wheel covers, fashion or idea?
[00:20:22] Matt Sims: I think if you’re in situ for a long time then they’re a good idea and they are designed. Dave you’re right to protect the tyres from the UV so ultraviolet rays from the sun can damage the tyre walls. It can make them fade and it can cause them to weaken, making them crack. So if you’re parked up in situ for a long period in a sunny clime, then they are a good idea. And people use blocks of wood or sheets of wood cut to shape or white kind of PVC covers that go on the wheels that you can buy, and you just pull them tight with a string, a draw string on the back. But that’s why they have them.
[00:20:58] Keith Gooden: But we have our cars at home. You don’t see people putting wheel covers on.
[00:21:02] Matt Sims: No, it’s true, you don’t. I don’t know why motorhomers. I think it’s probably one of those products that’s quite easy to sell to someone who’s prepared to spend money on them, on their passion. Yeah, I wouldn’t know. We don’t sell them at That Leisure Shop, and I’ve never had anyone come in and ask me if we do. I don’t think any of the team have. So if you’d like a set, maybe we’ll get some for you.
[00:21:24] Keith Gooden: I’ve got a good idea. Instead of putting the wheel covers on, get a nice metal bowl, fill it full of ice and put a fan in front of it. Now Tony Store [CHECK: possible transcription error] is in Halesworth. Hi Matt and Keith. This is not a question. Sorry Keith, but information that might be interesting. I was fortunate to have a question included in a podcast about GO-Boxes in Austria and Croatia, which was answered by Wandering Bird. Thank you very much, says Tony. In that trip somewhere in Austria or Croatia, we lost our rear number plate with some hassle and a bit of worry. We completed the trip using a handmade plate. I’ve seen them. It proved impossible to get a replacement plate either locally or shipped out in time. Now the information bit is that if it had been the front plate, it would have been real hassle, as so much now uses ANPR, automatic number plate recognition. That’s the one. So how many carry spare number plates when going outside the UK and is it a serious consideration to do so? Whoops. He says just asked a question.
[00:22:27] Matt Sims: Blimey, I’ve never considered this. Is this one of these things where I’m going to get thrown under the bus again for making people worry about something they really don’t need to worry.
[00:22:35] Keith Gooden: I understand it’s happened to Tony. I mean, surely just checking the screws on your number plate would do it, wouldn’t it?
[00:22:41] Matt Sims: Yeah, well.
[00:22:42] Keith Gooden: Just give them a little tighten.
[00:22:44] Matt Sims: Or maybe it’s stuck on with double sided tape. But I’ll tell you, the thing is heat glue softens.
[00:22:50] Keith Gooden: So especially on double sided.
[00:22:51] Matt Sims: Yeah. Well look up in this studio.
[00:22:54] Keith Gooden: Outside our back, our back door. Yeah. I’d put little solar lights that come out when you go in. You know, in the evening you come and it just comes on. It lights for 15 seconds a pair just enough to to light the steps so you can step out in the dark. And you know, these heat waves that we had. I walked out the other day and poof, it was on my head. Fell on your head because it’s just stuck up with double sided.
[00:23:14] Matt Sims: Well, there’s a risk in here. The ceiling, we’ve got acoustic ceiling tiles all around the room here, and the ones in the ceiling have all been falling down. There’s some of them are coming down now. It’s just the glue is not surviving the heat. So yeah, I think there is a risk a number plate could fall off should you carry a spare. I do carry a spare rear one, but only because we tow a trailer and so it lives in the garage. So if I’m hooking the trailer, there’s the number plate. I’ve never considered carrying a spare front one. I guess if it happened to me, I’d probably would put that spare on the front. I know it’s yellow and it should be white, but at least you’ve got something. But yeah, he makes a very valid point. And thank you for making it, Tony. Should you carry a spare number plate? It’s one of those, isn’t it? If you think it’s going to fall off. Good idea.
[00:23:57] Keith Gooden: If it makes you feel better.
[00:23:58] Matt Sims: If it makes you feel safer, that it’s. Yeah. Or just stick it on.
[00:24:02] Keith Gooden: But if you.
[00:24:02] Matt Sims: Do get screws.
[00:24:03] Keith Gooden: If you do get a stop by an ossifer somewhere, you’re going to have to explain why you’ve got.
[00:24:07] Matt Sims: John. Dami. [CHECK: possible transcription error] Yeah. Yeah. I mean, one made out of cardboard probably going to get frowned upon, but better than not having one at all, I suppose. I don’t know what the rule is there. Are you a traffic officer listening to this? Would you pull over someone with a front number plate made of cardboard? At least they made an effort. I don’t know.
[00:24:24] Keith Gooden: Thanks, Tony. Anyway. David is in. No, I don’t know if it’s David MacDonald in Edinburgh or David who’s in MacDonald in Edinburgh.
[00:24:31] Matt Sims: There’s lots of commas in that.
[00:24:33] Keith Gooden: Yes, lots of commas. So whatever it is, David in Edinburgh, apologies to you. So is it David MacDonald in Edinburgh. David MacDonald in Edinburgh. Now.
[00:24:45] David: Hi, Matt and Keith. My name’s David. I’m up here in Edinburgh and I’m currently converting a Citroën Relay into a campervan. What I’m looking for is a bike rack for an electric bike. I don’t want to buy one and find that it doesn’t fit. There’s so much to choose from, and I just can’t seem to find one that will fit on the back of my van and allow me to put my e-bike on it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.
[00:25:19] Keith Gooden: Cheers, David. Edinburgh. Much appreciated. Okay. His bike rack. He’s worried about getting the wrong one.
[00:25:25] Matt Sims: Yeah. So this is for a Citroën Relay. Now, what you’ve not say is whether it’s Coachbuilt or if it’s a van. So and they are very different bike racks. Let’s assume it’s a van. So it’s got two opening doors at the rear. So you’re into a bike rack that clamps on. Normally the right hand door and the rails are offset. Now these types of bike racks, ones on Coachbuilt as well, have a weight restriction of how much they can carry. And it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. It’s typically 50kg, but e-bike compatible bike racks will carry more typically 60kg. And you’ll see that they are designed for electric bikes. Two things. One is the weight capacity and the other is the width often of the bike rail. Because e-bikes often not always, but often have wider tires. So there’s two things to consider there. The other type of bike rack mount is a tow bar. And that can take normally much heavier weights because it’s mounted on the tow bar, and the tow bar is easily going to take 80 kilos plus, and the racks that go on them can usually take a heavier weight as well. So check the weight capability of the bike rack. Remember, when you go over a speed bump, that bike rack is going to bounce and you can triple the weight that’s on that bike rack momentarily and it will bend the rack.
[00:26:38] Keith Gooden: Yeah. Gravity is not your friend in that.
[00:26:40] Matt Sims: No. So it really does exacerbate the weight caused by speed ramps going off a kerb or getting on and off of a ferry. And we’ve had bike racks come back here on our hire fleet, and they really bent and won’t close anymore because they’ve just come back from Isle of Wight and got off the ferry and big bump and then choose the brand. So there’s a number of brands that make bike racks, typically Fiamma and Thule, and that’s how it said not fuel, but Thule. They’re the two kind of most popular makes. There are lots of other brands out there as well. Thule make a VeloTrack, which is their e-bike rack, and it’s designed to take a heavier weight and has the option, I believe, of wider tracks. Fiamma if your van is a van with two back doors, the model is called a 200 DJ and it clamps onto the door and you can bolt it. And their advice is you don’t have to. But their advice is to drill the door and screw it to stop it. Stop it slipping down the door. Don’t.
[00:27:35] Keith Gooden: Use double sided.
[00:27:36] Matt Sims: Well, don’t use double sided tape, not in this heat. But they also, I would always recommend fitting some 3M tape. Helicopter leading edge blade tape is really good to stop them scratching the paint. But if you’re going to drill a hole, you’re going to damage the door anyway, but you don’t have to drill the door. Mine on, on our van, we have the same split doors at the back. They’re not drilled. And I’ve actually now taken the bike rack off because we put our e-bikes inside. They fold up. And the other big consideration with e-bikes is take the battery off because you don’t want that left out because of rain. And I think there’s always a risk of water damage if you’re leaving it on the van. And the other big risk, of course, is theft. So make sure you lock the bikes to the rack. The other handy feature which you can purchase and ours has this, our van does have an alarm. And somebody before me, the first owner of the van, fitted a little socket where you can plug in an audio jack, like a headphone jack, and there’s a cable with two jacks. You plug in round the bikes and back in the other side creates a loop. And if you unplug the jack, it sets the alarm off. It’s a really clever feature. So particularly protecting expensive bikes. Hope that helps.
[00:28:45] Keith Gooden: Okay, David, thanks for your question. It’s our Questions and Answers episode, the Q and A. We’ve got more questions on the way from Wendy Driver in Swindon, Dominic McCreadie in Aberdeenshire and Vince Knight in Worthing.
[00:28:55] Matt Sims: It’s a great pleasure to welcome Lee Davey back into the studio from the dark side.
[00:29:01] Lee Davey: Yeah, I’m a caravanner, so apologies for that. Have you brought your wobble box with you? I haven’t today, no, but if we are staying at a campsite together to save you waiting at the bus stop to get somewhere. I’ll be more than happy to give you a lift in with my tow car.
[00:29:14] Matt Sims: With your car? Yeah, I get it, I get it, but when we’re ready to pack up and go. I’ll be an hour ahead of you. Because I’ve just flipped up my Levellers and I’m off.
[00:29:22] Lee Davey: At my age, you’ll be two hours ahead of me.
[00:29:25] Matt Sims: That’s fair. But we’re going to a campsite in Spain this month. It is time for Alan Rogers Campsite of the month feature. So where are we going this month, Lee?
[00:29:33] Lee Davey: We are going north eastern Spain, Camping Las Dunas in Catalonia.
[00:29:38] Matt Sims: So we were in northeastern Spain last month. Are you back there again?
[00:29:40] Lee Davey: You can never have too much of a good thing.
[00:29:42] Matt Sims: So this is an area which we said last month that often we just drive into Spain and we don’t stop, keep going. But there’s good reason to stop, isn’t it?
[00:29:50] Lee Davey: There is indeed. I mean, as I mentioned last month, if you haven’t seen last month, go back and have a look. But I said the same thing last month that if you’re looking at a clock face, it’s about one 2:00, it’s Costa Brava. Don’t confuse your Costas. We’re not talking Valencia, Alicante. We are talking that northeast coast. Lots to see and do as well.
[00:30:07] Matt Sims: So this is a resort style campsite?
[00:30:10] Lee Davey: It is indeed.
[00:30:10] Matt Sims: Yes. Explain what that means.
[00:30:11] Lee Davey: Well, we’ve got 1500 pitches.
[00:30:13] Matt Sims: That’s a campsite.
[00:30:14] Lee Davey: I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a campsite that’s got more than 1500 pitches. Okay, but you have the facilities to go with it. And the reason we are mentioning Las Dunas is because of the way it’s laid out. So you have different sections as well, different alleyways. The individual pitches are hedged as well. So you’re not going to be sitting there looking over a thousand rooftops. You could be in a site with 20 pitches.
[00:30:37] Matt Sims: And this is something that’s very common on particularly Spanish campsites, isn’t it? The hedges between the pitches.
[00:30:42] Lee Davey: Yeah, they do do it very well. Yeah. And one of the big things is that it has its own beach as well. So you can go out there and you’ve got sort of a kilometre stretch of beach as well.
[00:30:50] Matt Sims: Now I know where I would find you at this campsite in the water park.
[00:30:54] Lee Davey: I have always been a huge fan of water park. So the minute we get there, we have a quick look to see if the speedo rule is being adhered to. Hopefully not because I am a man of a certain age. No one needs to see that. So level the caravan, go tearing off down to the water park and we’re on the water slides. This campsite has a ton of them.
[00:31:12] Matt Sims: And there is something for everyone here, isn’t there? It’s very well resourced.
[00:31:15] Lee Davey: Yeah, absolutely. Again, I touched upon this last time as well that if you have a beach and you have the slides and you have things to do on site, you can alter your routine so it fits against everyone else’s. So you can have the quiet beach. When everyone’s in the pools, you can enjoy the pools when everyone’s at the beach and you can go and get a bite to eat or drink at the bar when people are doing other things.
[00:31:34] Matt Sims: And alongside all of that, there’s restaurants, supermarkets, there’s everything there and a kid’s entertainment program as well.
[00:31:40] Lee Davey: Yeah. I mean, the Europeans do the animation pretty well. So you’ve got a full jam packed schedule of that as well. And as you’d expect on a resort style campsite, if you want it, you have evening entertainment. But if you think, let’s escape it for a day or possibly in the evenings, you can go around to the smaller local villages, the vineyards during the day, or even the coastal towns.
[00:32:01] Matt Sims: Yeah, because inland is really worth exploring. It’s beautiful inland, isn’t it?
[00:32:05] Lee Davey: It always amazes me how much more peaceful and tranquil it is inland just by a few miles. You know, you sort of venture away from the coast, you know, love the coast. I’m always drawn to the sea, always drawn to the pools. But sometimes you think, let’s go and look at something different. You could be on your own.
[00:32:19] Matt Sims: And food and drink is a big pastime here as well in this area.
[00:32:23] Lee Davey: Yeah. I mean, you’re on the Mediterranean coastline. You’re spoilt for choice, you know.
[00:32:26] Matt Sims: Fantastic fish. Oh, fish and wine.
[00:32:30] Lee Davey: Oh, yes.
[00:32:30] Matt Sims: Yeah. Let’s not forget the wine.
[00:32:31] Lee Davey: Yeah, I’m partial to a glass of wine, so I don’t mind some of that.
[00:32:34] Matt Sims: Yeah. So, Lee, tell us again, where are we in Spain?
[00:32:37] Lee Davey: This is camping Las Dunas in Catalonia.
[00:32:40] Matt Sims: Yeah. And ideal for motorhomes and caravans.
[00:32:43] Lee Davey: Yes. Even us caravanners like to go down into Spain because, as I said earlier, we can pitch up and we can explore the local area in our car.
[00:32:49] Matt Sims: Yeah, that is very true. Lee Davey, thank you so much for coming into the studio again. This has been the Alan Rogers Campsite of the month. You can find out more about this site and all of Alan Rogers campsites. Just head to mhmp.info/alanrogers.
[00:33:03] Keith Gooden: It’s the Motorhome Matt podcast with me, Keith Gooden and.
[00:33:05] Matt Sims: Me Motorhome Matt.
[00:33:06] Keith Gooden: It’s brought to you Www.thatleisureshop.com and sponsored by Ripe. It’s our Q&A episode for this month and we have got your questions. Thanks for sending them in. We’ll give you details on how you can do it at the end of the podcast. Wendy Driver of nice name. Good. Link is in Swindon. [CHECK: possible transcription error] Why are old motorhomes so expensive and how to avoid the unscrupulous dealer?
[00:33:32] Matt Sims: Wow. Well, that’s quite a subjective comment, I suppose. And why? Why is any motorhome so expensive? Prices have gone up. The good news, Wendy, is that motorhomes don’t devalue like a car. You buy a Range Rover, you drive it out the showroom and you’ve immediately lost at least 20%. You’ve certainly lost 50% of its value within the first few years. That is not the case with motorhomes. And of course, they’ve gone up significantly since the pandemic, as we’ve discussed at length on this podcast. In fact, a motorhome that was bought in 2017, brand new is probably worth the same money now in 2026. It’s nuts.
[00:34:11] Keith Gooden: It is nuts. But we should we should add that this isn’t necessarily manufacturers and dealers, you know, dancing in the sunlight because their costs have gone up, haven’t they? You know, the wire buttons, the tires, the wheels, the metal, everything’s gone.
[00:34:27] Matt Sims: Well, the donor van has massively gone up. I was talking to a converter only last week and he was saying, you know, we get the van, the basic van, and that is nearly 50 grand because they’re building on a Merc or an MAN. They’re not cheap. He said, then we do our conversion, which is, you know, might be 30 or 40 grand and suddenly £70,000 plus, you know, even £80,000. So they aren’t cheap, but they hold their value really well. So once you have sunk your money into a motorhome, you are not going to lose a fortune when you come to sell it. And if you’re buying an older motorhome, then, you know, I remember ten years ago, probably you had to spend 10-15K to get a motorhome. You really now have to spend 25-30K to get something that has service history and is not riddled with damp and not full of problems, which is great. Once you’ve bought it, you’ve got that value. So yeah, it’s very true. And in terms of unscrupulous dealers, Google is your friend. Read reviews, try and get customer feedback from other people who’ve bought from them. Facebook groups are a dangerous place, but you can pop a message into a Facebook group and ask if someone has bought from a specific dealer, and what was their experience.
[00:35:38] Keith Gooden: Do you do that sort of thing on chat with Motorhome Matt on Facebook, or do you avoid it?
[00:35:42] Matt Sims: Nobody’s done it yet. I wouldn’t have any issue with it happening. I would take umbrage though, if someone started really badmouthing a dealer, right?
[00:35:51] Keith Gooden: Because because well, because people on the group have got no evidence apart from hearsay, apart from what the person is saying.
[00:35:57] Matt Sims: It might be their experience.
[00:35:58] Keith Gooden: But what I mean is, would you recommend a dealership?
[00:36:02] Matt Sims: Yes I would, yeah, absolutely. I would if I knew where you lived. I would recommend a dealer to you locally that I had first hand experience of, and that is what Motorhome Matt Approved is all about. They are products, brands and services. And we’re, we’re working really hard to grow that directory because particularly with dealers, we’ve not really engaged with dealerships on the directory. But I now want to, because I’ve had so many people ask me, who are the good guys? And I want to celebrate.
[00:36:31] Keith Gooden: And there’s lots of good guys out there.
[00:36:32] Matt Sims: There are. And I want to celebrate those heroes. There are also lots of bad guys. Recently, someone posted that the really sad news Southwest Motorhomes run by Sarah and the team have just gone into liquidation. And it’s heartbreaking. They were one of the good guys, without a doubt. Why did they go into liquidation? I’m actually going to go for coffee with Sarah. She’s a dear friend of mine and I’ve been recommending them for some time. They did sales and hire and servicing. They still have their retail side running as that was a separate company. So Sarah’s still involved actively in the industry, and I hope she continues to do so, and I hope they can bounce back from it. But for them, the issue I believe, looking at it from the outside. And forgive me, Sarah, we’re yet to have our coffee and you can correct me if I’m wrong, but it seemed to me they were selling new. And dealers that are selling new are under massive pressure at the moment because the prices are high, the product is harder to afford and people’s appetite for it is dwindling because I don’t want to spend 100 grand. Plus it’s too much money. And yeah, six years ago that was probably 60 grand. Yeah. So the dealers sat with it on the forecourt. And then comes what’s called the curtailment payment, where the finance company who owned the stock just take a chunk of cash out the bank account.
[00:37:46] Keith Gooden: We have covered this in the podcast. We have just briefly what happens with the dealership. They are buying your motorhome before you’ve bought it from a finance company. So the finance company pay the manufacturer. The manufacturer gets all their money. It’s now owned by the finance company and it goes to the dealer and the dealer has a certain amount of time to sell it or start paying interest.
[00:38:09] Matt Sims: 180 days or 360 days depends on the terms of the finance. So it’s owned by the credit company, to the consumer, to you. They’re faceless. You know, you don’t know who they are. No. But to the dealer they’re very real because suddenly X hundreds of thousands of pounds or even millions of pounds disappears from the bank like that. And I suspect that this is what happened for Southwest Motorhomes. And I know that Sarah had a big curtailment payment coming, and they were working really hard to try and make the sales so they could make that payment. And I suspect it caught up with them. And I know lots of dealers who are struggling with this right now. They are worried, seriously worried about losing their family business. And it is why I don’t sell new motorhomes. I’ve been under huge pressure to sell numerous brands, and I know they would love it if I did, because we’ve got you, this big audience that are highly engaged, and I could promote this particular brand to you to come and buy from us here.
[00:39:03] Keith Gooden: And you’ve spent the last five years building trust with that audience as well. We must say that it’s not just about, you know, having a sponsor and chucking out all this commercial nonsense. It’s about this podcast is about trust, isn’t it?
[00:39:16] Matt Sims: Yes. And being genuine. And I have not engaged with manufacturers selling new. And I choose not to because I just think it’s too big a risk. I used to own a motorhome dealership and we would struggle with cash flow. You’d hit the wall and you’d hit it hard. The problem is now with all that stock that’s gone from Southwest Motorhomes, it’s going to go somewhere else, and those dealers will be almost forced to take it. If they’ve got space on their credit line, they’ll end up with it. If they haven’t and they refuse it, then they’ll open another dealership down the road. They’ll find a dealer who’s willing to take it, and suddenly you’ve got a dealer really close to you. It was Tom at Somerset Motorhome Centre recently. We recorded an episode and he mentioned this, and here he comes from a main dealer background and is now again only selling used in Somerset. And this is why. And I share his view. So I think as an industry, we do have a big challenge on trying to attract dealerships to sell new. I think that the behind the scenes terms need to become more favourable. There needs to be more support from manufacturers and some are better than others. That’s fair to say. But in terms of your particular question, Wendy, Google the dealership and go and sanity check that name on Facebook or whichever community you’re in and see if other people have had a good experience and try and filter, you know, the bad ones out and follow the Motorhome Matt Approved directory because we are inviting dealerships to be part of it. There is a cost to them. We’re a business here. This podcast costs money. You know, Keith’s terribly expensive. But we are talking to a lot of dealerships about becoming part of that so I can celebrate for you, the heroes. So stay tuned.
[00:40:56] Keith Gooden: Yeah. And remember when you’re talking to people just like everything else in life, buy quality. And if the deal seems too good to be true, it usually is.
[00:41:04] Matt Sims: Yeah, it usually is.
[00:41:05] Keith Gooden: Yeah, thanks for that, Wendy. I know it was a complicated answer, but hopefully it’s helped you and and other people. Dominic McCreadie is in Aberdeenshire.
[00:41:16] Dominic: Hi, Matt. Hi, Keith. Hi, Maddie. Hope you’re well. Never see you. You need to get around the other side of the camera. There’s two apps on the Google Play Store called Windy. Which one is it? And the RainToday. I can’t find that app. And the final thing was also when I click on the link for the download for the apps list, it doesn’t. There’s no clickable link. It takes me to That Leisure Shop dot com. Bizarre, bizarre. But I have a question. So I’ve been doing some research about keeping the van insulated in the winter in particular, and AI, Gemini, ChatGPT and all the like. They tell me that I should put thermal covers on the windows and the vents, the roof vents, in order to retain the heat, which is going to mean my gas will last longer because it’s not working as hard. There’s nothing out there that for A-class motorhomes. So do you guys have a recommendation on magnetic? Because I really don’t want Velcro stuck to the frames of the windows. Do you have any ideas for magnetic window coverings? The acrylic windows that we’ve all got in our motorhomes? I’m not interested in the glass at the front. I’ve already got a wrap around thermal for that, but it’s for the vent covers and the windows. Cheers, guys. Keep up the good work.
[00:42:27] Keith Gooden: That’s Dominic in Aberdeenshire. Does your link stink? And should he wear his thermals?
[00:42:33] Matt Sims: Well the link, you’re right. It does go to That Leisure Shop. That is where you sign up to get the free guide. So on that website, the link takes you. It will go to the page where you can get the free guide. So that is correct. I would speak to a custom cover maker for bespoke window insulation panels, company like Taylormade or POLAR Technologies. Please tell them Motorhome Matt sent you. I’ve got a Polar Technologies silver screen on our van and it’s brilliant. I’ve had it for years. The first one I had was nicked. We didn’t lock the van and someone took it off and went off with it. So we bought another one and they are brilliant and sought after, evidently. I’m pretty sure they will make tailored sized panels that you can then stick on the side windows. In terms of apps, I’m just looking on my phone. RainToday no longer exists, but the Windy.com to go for that I’ve used is an orange with two. It’s almost like a W, but not quite. And it’s like a scoop. Like a tick. That’s the app I use. I’m on an iPhone, so I haven’t been on the Google store. And then Rain Radar Live and Rain Alarm are also two other rain alert apps that I use. That’s what they’re called. But they are really useful, particularly when you’re trying to plan a trip.
[00:43:48] Keith Gooden: Okay. Like I said before, Met Office Rain radar Online is always very good. It’s live satellite tracking of rain across the UK. As far as Maddie being on screen. No chance, no chance. That. Okay. Okay. No chance. Sorry.
[00:44:04] Matt Sims: That was her hand.
[00:44:05] Keith Gooden: No chance.
[00:44:07] Matt Sims: If you follow That Leisure Shop. She is sometimes on there being challenged by Ben, our social media guru. Being asked questions. So, yeah, go and follow That Leisure Shop on Facebook.
[00:44:16] Keith Gooden: Vince Knight’s in Worthing. Matt and Keith has taken me many months to watch your entire podcast backlog. That’s five five years worth along with Daz, Kat, and the Radfords to try and understand this way of life that we wish to become a part of. Also, a big shout out to Keith for his wonderful sense of humour, and prompting you to clarify information for us novice listeners.
[00:44:38] Matt Sims: Oh, thank you Vince. So to my question, we intend to retire in two years time and buy either a Bailey Autograph or a Swift Kon-Tiki both four and a half tons. We intend to live in this vehicle full time for as many years as our bodies will allow us.
[00:44:54] Keith Gooden: At age 70. We will need to have medicals to keep our C1 license and keep driving this weight of vehicle. If we do have any medical issues, that means we lose our C1 entitlement. Can our four and a half ton vehicle be down plated to 4.250 as by then? This is more than likely to be the new higher weight for B licences, as the EU have already adopted.
[00:45:17] Matt Sims: Let’s see. Anyway, thanks for the great work you guys do for all of us. You have given us the knowledge and confidence to join this amazing community and we cannot wait to get going. How lovely. Thank you Vince. What you haven’t said is what’s the payload? But then I don’t think you’ve bought the vehicle yet. No. So the payload is going to be quite significant on a vehicle of that size. Over half a tonne, probably closer to a tonne.
[00:45:38] Keith Gooden: We’re going to have to leave the missus at home.
[00:45:41] Matt Sims: Yeah. Losing 250 kilos out of it is quite significant. That’s a lot of wine. Thus the remaining payload is important. So really important that could impact your ability to carry a full tank of water because 100l of water is 100 kilos. So be mindful of that. Relying on the UK government to adopt the European Fourth Directive on the driving licence is wishful thinking.
[00:46:04] Keith Gooden: Is it wishful thinking? Because. Because in the past we’ve said it’s likely to happen.
[00:46:09] Matt Sims: I believe that the UK government will adopt it because the reason it exists is all around safety and road safety, better training and simplifying the process. And the big benefit in it, as Vince highlights, is that the B licence will be raised to a threshold of 4.250, which means as a normal car licence holder and someone over 70, you can still drive four and a quarter tonnes. Yeah, so that’s been introduced in the UK for non-ICE vehicles. So electric vans.
[00:46:38] Keith Gooden: But even over 70 year olds with that licence still have to renew the licence every three years.
[00:46:44] Matt Sims: You still have to renew your license but you can drive a heavier vehicle. That’s the point. So it exists in the UK for e-vans or non-internal combustion. So as long as it’s not diesel or petrol. So some other propulsion electric is where we’re going with this. So that has already been ratified. But the likelihood of the UK government adopting it, I think is high. But at the moment there is no visibility. I have no visibility that the UK government have. And let’s face it, Labour Party have been distracted with lots of other things haven’t they. And so it’s not been debated. In fact the UK government has just released the road safety strategy, which is a ten year strategy on road safety in the UK. And it makes no mention of the European Fourth Directive.
[00:47:24] Keith Gooden: But we must say, with the way Parliament works, is that this can then be brought up as an amendment by, of course, Member of.
[00:47:30] Matt Sims: Parliament and the Transport Secretary has made the comment that it has not yet been discussed in Parliament, but she doesn’t say that it’s not going to be, but she just acknowledges that it hasn’t yet been. So I think the sooner we do debate it or Parliament does debate it, I think there will be big conversation about it. And ultimately, if it’s a vote winner, it will get adopted and I think it will be a vote winner.
[00:47:54] Keith Gooden: So what should Vince do right now if he wants to buy his motorhome, Should he go for the four and a half ton, or should he buy the four 250 just so he doesn’t have to change his motorhome?
[00:48:04] Matt Sims: I think there’s still a risk with the four 250, particularly in the time scale Vince is talking about, because I think this could be five or even eight years away. Right. It could be. It may not be. I might be wrong, but I would say go full four and a half ton because if it’s over three and a half, it’s over three and a half. And don’t get ill. Don’t lose your license. Stay well.
[00:48:22] Keith Gooden: Listen to.
[00:48:23] Matt Sims: The.
[00:48:23] Keith Gooden: Listen to the doctor.
[00:48:25] Matt Sims: Yeah. And what’s the worst that can happen is that you do lose your C1 because you become diabetic or for some health reason, the DVLA decide that you’re not having one. You would have to just buy a lighter motorhome. You can still buy a big spacious motorhome that has lots of storage and a decent payload, but you would have to compromise on that weight.
[00:48:46] Keith Gooden: And have you thought of being a van lifer?
[00:48:48] Matt Sims: Well, that’s what that’s what they’re going to become full timers. Yeah. Yeah. So houseless, not homeless, as was said in a recent episode. So yeah, Vince, it’s a great lifestyle. I’m delighted that this podcast has made it easier for you to determine whether or not you do it, and I hope you manage to make a decision to join us in this wonderful life.
[00:49:06] Keith Gooden: How do people get in touch?
[00:49:07] Matt Sims: Yeah, we’d love it if you did. If you have a question, you can ask it, you can record it, or you can fill in the form. Head to mhmp.info/askmatt.
[00:49:16] Keith Gooden: And if you’re looking for trusted brands and services, then make sure you visit the Motorhome Matt Approved directory. It’s at mhmp.info/approved.
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