Hi can anyone suggest a tow car that would suit my purpose please. I tow a caravan with a weight of 1045 kgs (design weight) I can't get to tow very often maybe once or twice a year. We have always had a caravan and enjoy it very much. I need advice on a tow car, I have a budget of not more than £5000, I don't think it warrants a 4x4 type car because its not used as a tow car that often, but when it is I would like a suitable vehicle atm I have a Picasso 2.0ltr but its only 90bhp and its time for a change. Can anyone recommend a tow car suitable for my needs, bearing in mind the wife doesn't like BIG cars but I do. I suppose I'll have to please the wife or meet somewhere in the middle as she drives it more than I do. lol Thanks
My Honda Civic would tow that nicely, your caravan weights are very similar to our old Lunar Zenith, which was a very nice stable tow. The Civic will be up for sale/px sometime in January, 09 V-tec Esi manual, 41k, fsh, bared and ready to tow, looking for around 7k for a private sale, as we need a 4x4 for family reasons to help us get out to my elderly Dad during bad weather in times of crisis.
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Ideal small car, good around town and for parking, says the wife!! she likes mine and not a big 4x4, just a small one! extra traction always handy. Will pull your van with no problem.
Just a suggestion on the link, slightly higher than you budget, but worth it. http://www.motors.co.uk/car-33086316/sp
Mondeo MK3 2.0 TDCI
Passat 1.9 SE with the 1.9 PD engine up until 2004.
Octavia, again, with the same engine as the above. Infact the Octavia would probably be a better sized car for you given the modest van weight. First two Ive listed are great tow cars but possibly a little overkill.
Octavia is 1400KG maximum braked towing weight.
Driven solo expect 55 mpg or more!
Civic as mentioned above is also a great car and extremely reliable.
Coming from the Citreon, superb build quality from the above mentioned cars will be a breath of fresh air!
Even the normal Octavia 1.9 tdi would do in hatch or estaite, and only group 6 insurance and £120 rfl, if you want an extra bit power go for the 2ltr model, but its cheaper to get the 1.9 chipped to 140 bhp
lol Thank you all for taking the time to reply. I will check all of the above out and see where it leads me, shhhhhh hope to a mondeo or passat. Thanks again.
I have literally just changed cars from a Picasso 2.0HDi (90) to a Nissan X-trail, which some of them fall in your price range and so far an excellent car. I cant wait to tow with it!
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Wow let me know how it goes, i have been looking at those as well but heard some horror stories about the turbo blowing.
Well, ive also heard stories about fuel injection pumps failing on X Trails but having researched and researched and researched some more, ive come to the conclusion that turbo's, fuel pumps, injectors, oil pumps etc can fail on more or less anything these days, there is no one perfect motor! For every one horror story, I must have heard dozens or so folk who have had no problems with any of the cars listed above for many thousands of miles! I think if I took on board these "known problems" on so many cars these days, I wouldn't buy anything!
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Thanks again.
