The answer, of course, is to buy a larger campervan.
Sorry I just could not resist the tweak of the tail.
If it is a sore point continue -
It is lack of time to develop a reliable road Micro that effects my attendance at events as ideally the fun is to drive the car there. Better still is to go with several other guys in convoy. That kind of means camping. It is real minimalist motoring, which is what these cars are about and great fun to do. I will not be persuaded that towing behind campervans, whilst expedient to some due to work commitments, health issues etc, is not a cop out of what microcars are really all about for many. Clearly low powered or plane awkward vehicles are a exception but when presented with Bond Bugs on trailers I cannot really see the point in it.
This in spite of the secondary problem of folk disappearing into their hutches early in the evening rather than creating a huge social event of all on site as of old. It just does not instil the atmosphere and camaraderie of a large group of Micronauts who are doing serious milage in their steeds. Without that the tips on how to make the stumbling steads present which have not gone through the road development phase for the lack of interest or ability of the owner so remaining forever little used exhibition items. There was a gang of guys who used to be present that often sorted out some of these cars at an event, Johners, Hopscotch, Malcolm Thomas, myself latterly, but many are reluctant to turn up and do this now as you end up under a series of cars rather than doing your own thing. I even had one guy demand I fix his 'schmitt before I did my own car as he thought George owned it and I was some sort of free mechanic to hire - the car bust while George was borrowing it. He wanted to do the road run but had no idea or intention of getting the car going himself. He got abusive when I would not help. Several of the guys had bad experiences similar. So they tend to pick and chose their events and avoid helping now.
The other thing that has crept in is going home early. We used to leave places like Weston park at 6 pm to get home in our Schmitts and still get to work next day. That drive home in the camper is a chore to be got out of the way, not fun, I suspect.
That was why Story was so good, no trade, driving cars preferred, few campers. It drifted away from this in the last years but remained pretty pure. DWAC remain close to it but British attendance has dwindled, why? The scene has changed and I accept it but it does not mean I will participate or organise for people who wish to event in that way. It is for them to organise their own events but we see little evidence of this happening with the same old names on the roll call for rally duty. They have to find large areas in which to hold events due to the support vehicles meaning smaller venues are ruled out. That in itself is telling as to commitment and type of event possible.
