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PersonJane+Daz
08/4/2013 at 5:53pm
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We are due to change our motability vehicle in september ish and the only large vehicles over 2 litres are a vauxhall antara 2.2 or a chevrolet captiva 2.2. Are van is a coachman amara 570/6 so is quite heavy. Has anymore any experience of either of these two vehicles or could give me any ideas of another vehicle which we could purchase instead.

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PersonTrigGLX
08/4/2013 at 7:09pm
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Hi we have the antara 2.2 new October 2013 and towed with it over the easter weekend and found it a dream to tow with pulling our 1300 kgs loaded van. returned average consumption although if you look at previous posts about towing with the antara it ranges from 23 to 31 mpg.

Dont get much better either towing around town. i get about 27 - 32 mpg around town and 35ish on trips to and from work on the motorway doing about 60 -65 mph. Boot space is adequate, however note it does not come with a spare wheel, just an re inflation kit. looked at getting a spare and it close to £200.00, unless you find a breakers yard with an appropriate spare.

Other than that, its one of the best cars i have driven, its is comfy quiet on the road.

good luck, i think the captiva although on the same chassis has 7 seats.

p.s. not much offering in the motobility range for good tugs unless you spend a tidy sum. try the hyundai range as an alternative, or the ford galaxy or s max these are also quite heavy tugs.

chris w.


PersonTrigGLX
08/4/2013 at 7:21pm
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Sorry forgot to mention that the towbar was also a doddle to fit with dedicated electrics.

chris w


Personphilip 22
08/4/2013 at 7:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Jane+Daz on 08/4/2013
We are due to change our motability vehicle in september ish and the only large vehicles over 2 litres are a vauxhall antara 2.2 or a chevrolet captiva 2.2. Are van is a coachman amara 570/6 so is quite heavy. Has anymore any experience of either of these two vehicles or could give me any ideas of another vehicle which we could purchase instead.
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What about the Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCI Zetec 5 door that should pull your van


Personphilip 22
09/4/2013 at 12:55pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Jane+Daz on 08/4/2013
We are due to change our motability vehicle in september ish and the only large vehicles over 2 litres are a vauxhall antara 2.2 or a chevrolet captiva 2.2. Are van is a coachman amara 570/6 so is quite heavy. Has anymore any experience of either of these two vehicles or could give me any ideas of another vehicle which we could purchase instead.

It all depends which model you need Manual/Automatic the Vauxhall Antara is cheaper on deposits with motability and i heard you have to be careful how much you spend because i had a friend he was looking over £2,000 on advance payment and then they ask him where the money coming from so i would keep yourself below £2,000 Mark..but the choice is yours to make ....


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Personissym
09/4/2013 at 8:07pm
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We have just bought an Vauxhall Antara to tow our Lunar Clubman, 1500kg. Tows a dream. Still running it in so mpg is said to improve. We got 30mpg this weekend towing on a dual carriageway sticking at 50mph due to strong winds. Not much better when not towing but have been told this will improve, literature gives better mpg so we live in hope. Loads of leg room in the back, great for our 6'4" son-in-law! Great, if a bit high for my little legs, to get in and out. Really smooth ride when towing. Great deal, 0% finance and lifelong/10,000 mile warranty. Ask about "Partners", depending on whoyou work for you may get an extra 8% off!

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Personamara 520
10/4/2013 at 8:20pm
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In the latest edition(Feb 2013) of Practical Caravan they have a report on the Chevvy Captiva 2.2VCDi, manual

Kerbweight given as 1878kgs Towing limit 2000kgs, NW 80kgs. They have had the car for 6 months and covered 15,000 miles in it, 4000 of which were towing all over the UK and Europe. Av MPG whilst towing a fully loaded 2009 Sprite Major 6 which gave a 76% match (1430 kgs approx) was 23.1

The conclusion was that the Capiva is a great tow car, but has no spare wheel, regularly obtain 40mpg solo.Also tester commented that it is more impressive as a tow car than being driven solo.

A reader with an auto Captiva reported that driven solo MPG was only around 25, no figures given for towing with an auto

Hopes this helps.

Originally posted August 2012


Personamara 520
10/4/2013 at 8:23pm
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Correction to above post, original post was Jan 2013


Personpstuart
29/6/2013 at 10:07am
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It all depends which model you need Manual/Automatic the Vauxhall Antara is cheaper on deposits with motability and i heard you have to be careful how much you spend because i had a friend he was looking over £2,000 on advance payment and then they ask him where the money coming from so i would keep yourself below £2,000 Mark..but the choice is yours to make ....


Personpstuart
29/6/2013 at 10:13am
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Duff post above!!!!!

Whoever "they" are it's nothing to do with them.

The higher rate of DLA is not means tested, a millionaire could get it.


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PersonJack+Jon
29/6/2013 at 11:05am
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I think Antara & Captiva are same car, different badges made by Daewoo in Korea, so presumably little difference between either?

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PersonSurfer01
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I was under the impression that Motability cars had a spare wheel as standard?
We would not look at a vehicle that did not have some sort of spare wheel and did not have the option to buy the spare wheel at a reasonable price.


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29/6/2013 at 2:05pm
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Occasionally some manufacturers supply parking sensors FOC, but on the whole the car comes as a 'private sale'- some have no room for a spare.

NB just got our RAC Motability form for taking the car abroad, new to their European breakdown insurance is that both the car and caravan will now be rescued.

Phoned the UK RAC and they said that the caravan will now be rescued up to a certain mileage under standard cover.

Are my worries about punctures over?


PersonSurfer01
29/6/2013 at 2:58pm
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Quote: Originally posted by pstuart on 29/6/2013
Occasionally some manufacturers supply parking sensors FOC, but on the whole the car comes as a 'private sale'- some have no room for a spare.

NB just got our RAC Motability form for taking the car abroad, new to their European breakdown insurance is that both the car and caravan will now be rescued.

Phoned the UK RAC and they said that the caravan will now be rescued up to a certain mileage under standard cover.

Are my worries about punctures over?


We were told that in order for the caravan to be recovered, we would need to be C & CC members, but that may be because we have a twin axle caravan. Not sure on punctures with the caravan or whether they do onward cover like Mayday?


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They are the same car, would you prefer a vauxhall badge or a chevy badge. Now if they put a small block chevy V8 in, driving the rear wheels, I would actually desire one


Personpstuart
29/6/2013 at 11:21pm
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Hi Surfer01

I,m talking only about Motability cars and their RAC breakdown cover, who will now, they say, rescue both the car and van up to a certain distance.

We too are about to change our Mondeo and have tried the Kuga and today the Tiguan.
The VW suits us down to the ground - it drives like a car and is much more comfortable over pothold roads (herself grunted in the back seat of the Kuga when we went over poor roads - we were able to use the same test route for both cars.



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