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Quote: Originally posted by Bongoman on 14/4/2006

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 Yes Caz....I agree.....why have a motor mover when you have got silly beggars like me to push it into position......only joking Caz....!!.....but it is true that there are always people to help push it if you are struggling.....Alan

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And then after all that pushing I realised I could have driven forward on to it! DOH!!

Hi Susan,  when we got our van in September last year, I only tried towing it 2 days before we went away a the begining of April.  Luckily a neighbour of mine who has trailors for carting around racing cars was only to glad to help me hitch up and come for a ride with me to practise towing.  We also went to an Industrial estate and I practised reversing and it went really well although my neighbour was very helpful and encouraging.  We finally went away 2 days later and I hitched up on my ownm towed it to site and reversed it onto the pitch with no problems.  The warden at the site gave me a hand reversing as I told him I was a complete novice.  He was really good and walked next to my opened drivers window giving clear steering instructions as i reversed it back onto a little wooden levelling device he had made!   When we got back home I reversed it back into it's space on my drive although it took me aout 4 attempts and held up a bus trying to pass but I didn't care, I just concentrated and with the help of my wife who has say 'left a bit & right a bit" I got it back perfect.  I got out the car feeling like I had conquered the world!   Good luck you'll be ok, just take your time and if it starts to jack-knife round on the back of your car, just drive straight forward to straighten out then try again.