I have a theory as to why they park up, often blocking the view for others is that they have tiny windows so the people inside are less aware of proper around them. Have you seen the way they park up in campingcar parks in France? They must hear every snore and other emissions of their neighbours! Theyre used to being in close proximity to each other whereas eribas have lots of windows.
This is, of course, a generalisation and doesn't apply to all campingcars at all.

Around 2008 Hymer introduced the Hymer Van range, built on the Mk 7 Transit chassis cab. It also coincided with the decision not to produce any more unique Eriba motorhomes anf so a range of badge engineered Eriba motorhomes appeared, clones of some of the Hymer range with different exterior vinyl decals, different interior fabrics and often different furniture wood finishes. If it's a 2007/8 it'll have the 2.2 litre engine with a choice of 90,110 and 130PS power units. Later models used a 2.0 litre unit with a si.ilar range of power and there was a rear wheel drive Transit with a 2.4 litre engine plus a 4WD version was available for a while.

Yesterday (Mon. 11th June) I took the van back up the M6 to the supplying dealer in Blackpool and caught trains back to Crewe.

They have a list of things to sort out:
1. Get the cab aircon working instead of spewing hot air all the time.
2. Fit the second leisure battery, which should mean that stuff works when there's no hook up.
3. Fit two new rear tyres
4. Get the nearside audio speaker working.

On the latter issue I couldn't believe it when it actually started working just as I motored past Wigan on the way there and, with the odd crackle, continued working. That's after about 500 miles and 18 days with not a peep.

They tried to say that the rear tyres were OK as they passed the MOT, but the MOT has nothing about tyre age, just tread depth and cracks, rips etc. Tyre industry guidelines are that caravan tyres should be replaced after 6 years and motor vehicles after 7 to 10 years depending on condition. Ironically the higher the mileage, the better as far as tyres are concerned. So a 10 year old tyre with 100,000 miles on it (if the tread isn't illegal) will be in better condition than a 7 year old with 10,000 miles on it. The reason is that the tyre's rubber compound has lubricants built in that rely on the tyre being flexed by use to be released and keep the tyre supple. If the tyre does low mileage then the compounds don't get released and the tyre becomes more brittle and therefore more liable to failure under movement and pressure.

On that basis a campervan's tyres that have done only 45k miles in 10 years should have been replaced a couple of years back, whereas if it had done 100,000 miles they would be due for replacement about now.

I guess that also means that if you tow your caravan at least once a week for a decent mileage the tyres would be pretty healthy, but as they mostly do intensive mileage for a few weeks and many months with no mileage at all you can understand why they need early replacement.