I think that campervans are often no brisker or more stable than a well matched car and caravan, and since I have been known to bend the speed limit a bit find I am quite often passing struggling campercans which are certainly higher than a caravan (since they usually have one bed over the driver's cab) and seem to find crosswinds or headwinds a real trial. The modern front wheel drive van chassis are an invitation to getting bogged on a campsite, and to need to unlevel and disconnect etc just to pop down to the shops for a box of eggs (or more beer) is a real sod. UK law imposes an ABSOLUTE weight limit on the trailer of 100% of the GVW of the towing vehicle (with the exception of a few real 4-wheel-drives like land rovers and range rovers which have a maximum towing we1ght of 3 tonnes)

The giant US Winnebagos etc certainly look wonderful, but can it make sense to have £20,000 or so of toy sitting depreciating for 50 weeks of the year, and needing servicing like the car does etc? Older ones I sometimes see plugging along the motorway at about 50 as I sail by, too.

If I had a US fifth wheel, presumably I'd need a truck cab from an articulated lorry to tow it, as they all seem to need one of those truck bed things as a coupler, and they look as if the nose weight is in the order of tons not tens of pounds. And then the 20 mpg (towing) I get with the VOlvo would be more like 10 or lower. Makes a hell of a price at nearly £1 per litre.

So am I right that