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Personlissabuff
14/8/2009 at 9:33pm
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just changed cars from a reliable 1.8 laguna alize, to a renault megane convertible 1600cc, we have a fiesta, and though it states in the manual it is well within the limits of the car, something tells me that it aint a good thing, just one of those things!!, at the mo i am reluctant to put on a hitch, just wondering if any others have some vehicle of this type and towing a fiesta size unit or even bigger if they are ok with it , thanks

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Persondmjh
15/8/2009 at 7:50am
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hiya

      we tow our fiesta with a 1.3 skoda felicia estate no probs

      17      derek


Person89angela
15/8/2009 at 8:21pm
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Tow my Fiesta with a 1.4 MG ZR - no problems at all


Personcookdunf
18/8/2009 at 9:01am
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Sorry to threadjack, but we're about to invest in a trailer tent and we only have a 1.3 Yaris Verso - are we being a bit ambitious? 

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Personlissabuff
18/8/2009 at 8:04pm
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Quote: Originally posted by cookdunf on 18/8/2009
Sorry to threadjack, but we're about to invest in a trailer tent and we only have a 1.3 Yaris Verso - are we being a bit ambitious? 
well we used to have a raclet tt,`jade` and towed that with a 1.4 renault, across france, and elsewhere, the weight diff between tt and fc`s is notably different, so you should have no probs, enjoy!!!

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Personglen_p
18/8/2009 at 9:00pm
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If you keep the laden weight of the TT below 85% of the kerbside weight of the car (if the TT has brakes) or below 50% (if it hasn't got brakes - legal requirement this) you should be OK in most circumstamces.

Glen


PersonTrevor Holloway
19/8/2009 at 5:42pm
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We tow a Trigano Randger 575 with a 1.2 Skoda estate - struggles a bit on hills  (up hill obviously) otherwise is OK.

Previously had a trailer tent and had no problems at all.


Personfile28
19/8/2009 at 5:52pm
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we tow our conway with a vectra 2.5 v6 sri with lots of mods

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IT'S HEAVEN AND HELL!!!!!!


Personc_chaston
19/8/2009 at 5:53pm
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I used to have a pennine fiesta which I towed with ease with a megane 1600cc. Just be carefull how much stuff you cram in the trailer(there is loads of space under the seats etc) as its very easy to massively increase the weight of the trailer.


Personlissabuff
19/8/2009 at 10:41pm
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Quote: Originally posted by c_chaston on 19/8/2009
I used to have a pennine fiesta which I towed with ease with a megane 1600cc. Just be carefull how much stuff you cram in the trailer(there is loads of space under the seats etc) as its very easy to massively increase the weight of the trailer.
its her clothes that worry me most.lol........mine go in the asda bag!!

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