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hi all

soon be time to get out the camper again

but due to a nice patch of oil on the road and a tree my peupeot 405 diesel has now been retired.

was wondering what else to get so would like to know what you tow yours with ?

thank s

poul and angela

We towed our pennine fiesta with a 1.8 petrol Mondeo (N reg)

Still got the same car towing a 1136kg MTPLM caravan (88% match) with no trouble at all. We would certainly have another but we will go for a larger engine when we need to replace it so`s we can have a larger caravan at some point

My ford mondeo diesel tows  my sterling with no trouble at all , have had many company

cars over the last 20 odd years all diesel and the mondeo has been the best.Good mpg

and very comfortable.Good luck in your search and happy camping.

Hi Poul & Angela, I tow my Conway with a Peugeot Partner Combi 1.9 diesel. Tows like a dream

the best car for towing at a bargain price is a peugeot  605 svtd  auto 2.1 td  it rides and handles like a dream and you can pick one up for next to nothing    fabulous ride handling.mechanical refinement..and very economical for the size of car it has the best rear legroom in its class   you can pick a n plater up for less than a grand

I tow my Conway Cruiser with a Citroen Xantia 1.9i Estate Petrol, tows brilliantly, never had a problem. I can also raise and lower the car for loading and unloading.

Towed across to Vendee last year, 12hours journey door to door, no fatigue at the end of the journey, and the kids weren't fed up either.

hi thanks to all the replys

missed out on a nice Xantia deisel  yesterday Highside my brothers just got a C4 or 5 thenew one

 still looking at mondeo's and Xantia's

even a nice diesel Vectra

not as much fun as when chasing after a  Pennine Sterling lol

thanks again Poul

We have a citroen Xantia 1.6TD which is a smaller engine than some people have but we still manage to pull the camper without problems.

If we decide in another year to upgrade to a tin tent then we will need to buy a stronger heavier car.

If not we might get a couple of more years out of the old dog yet.

Hi Poul & Angela

Have pulled our Penine Sterling from UK to SE FRance and over the Pyranees into Spain every summer with a Citroen Synergie + full roofbox(MPV with three children). Although you may be looking for a car the 1.9TD in the Synergie is a great towing engine, it was the same in your Peugeot and I would recommend it in the future towing car of your choice- as long as you change oil every 6000miles and change cam belt at required interval. They are the no frills European taxi that go on forever into Spain and beyond ... yahoo

Alan

i tow my camper with a good old trusty 405 1.9 td estate now and you never know the camper is on the back . 2004 was its first outing and it pulled over the top of the yorkshire moors with no problems at all. the previous car i had and used for towing was a 405 1.9td saloon and never had a single problem in the 6 years that i had it . only changed it for an estate for the extra room . 2005 will be a challenge for it as will be going to yorkshire travel north up to highlands east coast across to west coast and then back down to lake district over a period of time .

all the best in your search and i hope you get what you want in the end . camping season will soon be here.

keiron...