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Subject Topic: smaller tow cars ??
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Personcountry boy
27/1/2007 at 9:04pm
 Location: Bristol
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 i was just wondering how many of you tow with smaller tow cars?

  i tow a 1000kg 19 foot van with a 1160kg ford escort 1.8td. it pulls like a train as its the same engine as in the mondeo.

                     Richard :)



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Personwillie the wisp
27/1/2007 at 9:15pm
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I tow a 975kg van with a 1146kg Kia Rio 1500 CRDi 109 bhp. Nuff said {;o))

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Personjennygirlx
31/1/2007 at 7:54am
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We tow our corniche (950kg) with a 1.5 Nissan Alemera (Kerb-1200kg max tow 1000kg)- and its ok!

Would like a bit more oomf for motorway hills though!


Personjennygirlx
31/1/2007 at 7:55am
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Sorry have to laugh- seems were the Swift Corniche posse!!

He he he !


Personeasycamp
31/1/2007 at 1:18pm
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we used to tow a 200kg trailer, 4 of us in the car with a citroen AX, all 997cc of it.


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PersonVoyageur
01/2/2007 at 4:23pm
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We tow our Eriba Triton, 950kgs, with a Renault Clio 1.5 turbo diesel with a 1000kg kerb weight.   This only develops 65 bhp but gives it's maximum torque at 2000 rpm, which is equivalent to 50 mph in 5th gear, so it pulls much better than one might imagine and gives 46 mpg on a Spanish motorway which has 50 as the speed limit for towing.

This combination is also very stable and we rarely feel overtaking HGVs unless they are very fast and too close for comfort.   I think this comes from the very short distance between the back axle and the towball.

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Personcountry boy
06/2/2007 at 6:24pm
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up date guys, the escort has passed on to that last great resting place for escorts due to an MOT bill for over £700.

 so new tow car is a peugoet 406 tdi. this is a compleatly differant animal. i have yet to put a tow bar on it but i have heard they make very good tow cars.

                  Richard :)



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