Comments on: The Camping Holiday Of Despair http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/ Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym living in interesting times Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lionel http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-74041 Lionel Thu, 15 May 2008 09:23:35 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-74041 <p>I seem to remember another horror story - several months back – about a painful journey to a far-away wedding!</p> <p>Tell your as yet unmarried friends to live in sin - it's cheaper all round...</p> <p>(and I never go anywhere without jump leads)</p> I seem to remember another horror story - several months back – about a painful journey to a far-away wedding!

Tell your as yet unmarried friends to live in sin - it's cheaper all round...

(and I never go anywhere without jump leads)

]]> By: alaric http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73664 alaric Wed, 07 May 2008 15:34:56 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73664 <p>Anyway, turns out the van's amazing security computers were TOO GOOD for them to break into, thankfully, so it remains unbroken!</p> <p>They managed to roll it back a bit and bounce it across and my aunt got out, and I posted the keys which have now arrived.</p> <p>So all is well.</p> Anyway, turns out the van's amazing security computers were TOO GOOD for them to break into, thankfully, so it remains unbroken!

They managed to roll it back a bit and bounce it across and my aunt got out, and I posted the keys which have now arrived.

So all is well.

]]> By: alaric http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73622 alaric Tue, 06 May 2008 23:41:51 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73622 <p>Background: When Jean and Sarah's father turned up in the van, I told Jean that the campervan was broken, since she knows the concept of 'broken' all too well, to which she replied that it needed glue... as most things she breaks, I repair with glue ;-)</p> <p>Also, she started referring to it as the "smelly van", presumably due to the unburnt fuel vapours that kept coming out of the exhaust pipe when we were trying to start it.</p> Background: When Jean and Sarah's father turned up in the van, I told Jean that the campervan was broken, since she knows the concept of 'broken' all too well, to which she replied that it needed glue... as most things she breaks, I repair with glue ;-)

Also, she started referring to it as the "smelly van", presumably due to the unburnt fuel vapours that kept coming out of the exhaust pipe when we were trying to start it.

]]> By: Becca http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73621 Becca Tue, 06 May 2008 23:15:49 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73621 <p>(Van) need glue.... you know this has become Olly's answer to everything broken now!</p> (Van) need glue.... you know this has become Olly's answer to everything broken now!

]]> By: Mike http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73616 Mike Tue, 06 May 2008 20:43:20 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73616 <p>Lot's of places can now copy ford keys of about that age, it doesn't need a ford dealer. New time you go into town ask a few of the bigger key cutting places.</p> Lot's of places can now copy ford keys of about that age, it doesn't need a ford dealer. New time you go into town ask a few of the bigger key cutting places.

]]> By: alaric http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73602 alaric Tue, 06 May 2008 15:13:25 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73602 <p>Yeah... we looked into that, but since the van has a passive anti-theft system, copying the keys is complex since the keys have to contain an RFID challenge-response device that satisfies the special security computer thingy :-(</p> <p>I've considered having just dumb keys cut, though - ones that could then open the doors and turn the ignition key to release the steering lock, if not actually engage the starter motor and fuel pump!</p> Yeah... we looked into that, but since the van has a passive anti-theft system, copying the keys is complex since the keys have to contain an RFID challenge-response device that satisfies the special security computer thingy :-(

I've considered having just dumb keys cut, though - ones that could then open the doors and turn the ignition key to release the steering lock, if not actually engage the starter motor and fuel pump!

]]> By: Mike http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/05/06/the-camping-holiday-of-despair/#comment-73590 Mike Tue, 06 May 2008 11:34:29 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=772#comment-73590 <p>Get some more keys cut for your van! Ever since I threw away the one key I had for a car accidently, I always have at least two sets of all the keys just in case.</p> Get some more keys cut for your van! Ever since I threw away the one key I had for a car accidently, I always have at least two sets of all the keys just in case.

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