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Quote: Originally posted by eddzster on 02/1/2013my car total was approx 1550kg and van is 1250 fully laden was slightly over the 85% but rest was fine.thought the 85% was a guide line? if u want to you can pull max weight cant you?will be changing car next year anyway for something abit bigger but need the mileage and diesel motor as i travel to work approx 70miles a day.was looking for a cheap xtrail as second car but will prob trade my car in and get something newer and suitable for towing and good mileagethanks for reply

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1550kg ? .
The Astra Hatch 1.9 cdti sri has a kerbweight of around 1300kg and a Max towing capacity of 1300kg .
So your van at 1250 kg MPTLM is not a good match for an Astra .
If you were to load the caravan to its MAX weight and also heavily load the car you could exceed the GTW



Post last edited on 02/01/2013 21:11:00

Quote: Originally posted by eddzster on 03/1/2013

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according to my book in car kerb weight is 1408 for my model (z 19 dth engine) not 1300 as you state the van is 1250 fully loaded.when i said the van was snaking i meant that how i felt it whilst driving at 60mph didnt look like it was in mirrors though,it has no anti snake device at moment but im getting a bulldog stabiliser fitted so hopefully resolve problem was fine at 55mph..noseweight is 75% in book but not checked this as dont have equipment.never added extra air to tyres but will do that next time i go out in it,

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Quote: Originally posted by neil and lena on 03/1/2013

Quote: Originally posted by eddzster on 03/1/2013according to my book in car kerb weight is 1408 for my model (z 19 dth engine) not 1300 as you state the van is 1250 fully loaded.when i said the van was snaking i meant that how i felt it whilst driving at 60mph didnt look like it was in mirrors though,it has no anti snake device at moment but im getting a bulldog stabiliser fitted so hopefully resolve problem was fine at 55mph..noseweight is 75% in book but not checked this as dont have equipment.never added extra air to tyres but will do that next time i go out in it,

Check your V5 for the correct kerbweight , the Astra 1.9cdti is not anywhere close to 1408kg kerbweight

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