Just to throw something different into the Transfercar blog, here’s an interesting article written in the travel section of The Telegraph that I thought you may enjoy…read the full article
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Tips and tricks on how to save fuel while driving
Often AA has some great little articles about travelling NZ that relocation drivers and budget conscious travellers can benefit 
from. Here’s one of those articles I think may be well worth reading.
I have given you the main points but read the full article to see why they recommend these strategies.
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Fuel consumption of relocation cars and campervans
Often we are asked about the fuel consumption of many of our relocation cars and campervans listed on Transfercar.
So I did a little bit of research and put together a quick guide on the average fuel use of commonly listed vehicles. This is not exact data but is an estimate only and will vary depending on the make and model of the vehicle and how you drive it (I’ll write about this soon!).
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Relocation cars, law and ethics
Relocation cars, law and ethics: Legally if you see an animal in the middle of the road (lets say a mum and her ducklings), you are supposed to carry on driving straight through or over them without swerving to miss them if you can’t safely stop on the side of the road (no animal rights here). What if it’s a cow?? What does the insurance say??? This could be a great thing to find out…….any ideas??
Parking Overnight in a Campervan
I just received a question regarding parking overnight on the side of the road in a campervan. I did my research 
and have found the answers I was looking for:
- Locals don’t like people camping on the streets in their towns (And you really don’t want to be making trouble with the locals!).
- Many towns have local by laws prohibiting overnight camping, and you’ll be woken at 4-5am and told to move on.
- If there are no signs indicating you are allowed to park on the side of the road, you should not assume that it is acceptable to stop and park.
- Most towns have motor parks, and camping grounds where you can park, and there are many opportunities for “Freedom Camping” outside of towns and built up areas.
- Alongside rivers and lakes (except within a town boundary) or in designated camping areas within National Parks, you are welcome to camp to your heart’s content.
Just please make sure you have toilet facilities (no dumping in the bushes if you can help it) with you and also take all your rubbish when you leave!!
If you want to find out more, click here…
Distance calculators for switched on travellers.
There’s one thing you don’t want to do in the Australian outback: Run out of gas!! (Or water for that matter).
Most smart divers these days know exactly where they are going and and how many km the distance is between major towns. This eliminates that awful situation where you are stranded without gas in some weird but wonderful place on the middle of God only knows where.
So before you start your trip, check out one of these links: