The Camping Forum

[ChrisR]

As per the title.

Some of you seem to have/take a lot of kit with you when camping...how do you fit it all in?

[Gillsy]

I've got a Kia Picanto, so only take stuff we really need. I have 2 teenage daughters,so make-up, straightners, shoes & handbags, count as stuff they really need.

[Admin]

We use my wifes car with roofbox a Toyota Verso, although when we did buy roof bars for mine with the view for shorter breaks (campout in september) we can use mine.. will have to see if that fits yet though

[Rob-merlin1973]

We now have a 1995 Discovery (need 7 seats and i love landrovers) and my custom built trailer (details of which can be found HERE) and we still struggle for space

[Donnelly69]

My missus has a Renault Scenic and Erde trailer which we can just about get everything in for a two week holiday! I have a 2 door Corsa and can fit in everything for a short weekend, but we can only take the bare minimum.

[Alan]

We just about squeeze it all into Peugeot 206. It's a tight squeeze, but we do it. There are just two of us though .....

We have found that keeping the rear seats upright, gives us more space than dropping the back seats .....

[ChrisR]

Thinking that either my wifes vectra or my passat estate may struggle with space.

Plus I think my passat may struggle getting into most sites...


Debating selling the passat in exchange for a t4 transporter with a 3seat rear bench fitted and plenty of room for kit.

[Admin]

Thinking that either my wifes vectra or my passat estate may struggle with space.

Plus I think my passat may struggle getting into most sites...


Debating selling the passat in exchange for a t4 transporter with a 3seat rear bench fitted and plenty of room for kit.

That is slammed... you are not taking that across a field thats for sure!

[ChrisR]

Yea it is a touch on the low side!



and it just isn't the same raised up

With the news the other week of my wifes pregnancy time has come to be all sensible and get a van... although it may get my 'style' added over time for a few VW shows

hopefully eventually end up looking something like....

http://www.vdubt4s.co.uk/communities/1/004/006/227/451/images/4519834892.jpg

[MrsPitStop]

Thinking that either my wifes vectra or my passat estate may struggle with space.

Plus I think my passat may struggle getting into most sites...


Debating selling the passat in exchange for a t4 transporter with a 3seat rear bench fitted and plenty of room for kit.

How do you go over road humps with that? Surely the slightest bit of weight in there and your scrapping the floor

We have a Nissan Tino and Im crossing everything that we will get everything in at the end of August.

[dadoc2001]

Mazda 5. Three of us, one of which is 19months old and I had to lower the seats that were not being used to get everything in

We are going away for another 5 days this Tuesday - determined to travel a little lighter this time

[Rob-merlin1973]

We are going away for another 5 days this Tuesday - determined to travel a little lighter this time

It never happens .... you pack light then think ...Oooo i have all that room i think i'll just put this in......

[ChrisR]

Having a car full of people is no issue.... Speed bumps are

Think its time to grow up and be sensible.

Oh and just for the record I'm not one of these muppets that drives like an idiot around towns or hangs around the local fast food outlet. Just have an interest in cars and vws inparticular.

[dicky cox]

we use a citroen picasso and a trailer we find it just the job for the 4 of us

[big paul]

Well we used to go camping in our bright yellow 2 door Fiat Punto, but now my wife has found out about glamping and our list of kit is now wrote on A4 paper instead of a stamp, we have had to get a Ford Focus estate , although we now have aquired a toilet tent so I guess a roof box will be my X mas present