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Subject Topic: Freelander Td4 died. 4x4 or estate?
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08/4/2018 at 9:46am
 Location: essex
 Outfit: Bailey Pegasus 534 Kuga 2.0 3x tents
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Been towing since 2009, first a 2 berth Elddis now 4 berth Swift Barnwell 1315kg, all towed with our 2004 Landrover, not spent a lot on it and nothing major broken but now it's died and seems to be beyond economical repair, with holidays booked, already had to sacrifice 2 weekends away, we need a new tow car!

7 months towing, 5 months town car, so was thinking of trying a diesel estate car rather than 4x4, the tax had crept up to £305 on Freelander.

Has anyone gone from 4x4 to estate car and been happy towing or have you missed the all wheel drive?





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08/4/2018 at 10:20am
 Location: Wigan
 Outfit: VWSharan. Sport 442.
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Think you will only miss the AWD if you need it.

If you don't caravan in fields, you will probably never need AWD.
We have only needed AWD once in over 10 years, and the motor mover would have got us out of that problem.
We now have a motor mover.

It's volume we need to cart all the stuff we carry: hence the VW Sharan.


08/4/2018 at 10:36am
 Location: flint north wales
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mondeo 2.0 litre TDCI good all rounder .unfortunately they are to low for the wife so we have just gone the other way to a Kia Sportage 4wd


08/4/2018 at 12:39pm
 Location: Derbyshire
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Ford Mondeo estate 2litre diesel. Good tow car and all rounder. Tax £135 a year. Loads of room and towing capacity 1800kg. Our caravan weighs 1427 max and pulls it just fine though we do have an ix35 that we use mostly for towing that is 2 litre diesel 4x4 with towing capacity of 2000kg but the tax is a little bit higher. Fuel consumption is not as good as the Mondeo but still reasonable. Also it will depend on your budget as to what you get but there are bargains out there.

Keiron


08/4/2018 at 3:05pm
 Location: Harrogate Yorkshire.
 Outfit: Skoda Octavia 4x4 & Compass Omega 482
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We use 5 van sites, rallies and Temporary Holiday Sites most of the time and these are on grass. Our caravan has a mtplm of 1,318kg (88% ratio) and pull it with a Skoda Octavia Estate 2.0Tdi 4x4, Haldex traction is very good on wet grass and mud, plenty of load / carry space in back, when towing depending on road and speed 33-37 mpg, solo around 65mpg. Road tax £145.
Now you have another choice, estate 4x4, not forgetting the Superb which is larger with more weight




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Skoda Octavia Estate 2.0TDi 4x4 (2012) towing a Compass Omega 482 (2014)


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08/4/2018 at 4:42pm
 Location: essex
 Outfit: Bailey Pegasus 534 Kuga 2.0 3x tents
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Hi thanks for your replies so far, just back from looking at garages, not seen much other than Vauxhall insignia estate and 4x4's that are out of our price range.

Will give to hubby to read but interesting about the Octavia.

Malkeiron - does your 4x4 give better height than the Mondeo when attached to towbar?


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08/4/2018 at 7:48pm
 Location: Derbyshire
 Outfit: Swift Challenger 570 Hyundai ix35
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Malkeiron - does your 4x4 give better height than the Mondeo when attached to towbar?

Hi Deb ,Not sure what you mean by better height as towball height on both cars are the same height from the
ground unless you mean does the caravan sit level when attached then yes both cars sit level and I get no sagging on either of them.

Hope this helps

Keiron


08/4/2018 at 8:05pm
 Location: essex
 Outfit: Swift Challenger 570
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Have a look at a Citroen C5 estate 160bhp kerb weight around 1600 kg and tow weight 1800kg huge car loads of space and toys and chesp to buy and run, they use the same running gear as a mondeo too. and if you read owner reviews they all seem to like them. I don't have one but it is on the possible list for when we do change

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10/4/2018 at 10:07am
 Location: essex
 Outfit: Bailey Pegasus 534 Kuga 2.0 3x tents
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Thanks for your replies, we have bought a Vauxhall Insignia estate, 2.0 diesel, 2012 ecoflex £30 tax, need to pick up and get towbar fitted ready for early and late May journeys.

The car has stop/start feature and electric handbrake that we will have to get used to, fingers crossed.

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10/4/2018 at 11:59am
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Too right regarding the handbrake. Unlike a manual handbrake you have no idea if it is losing effectiveness.

Always ensure you pump the footbrake before applying, apply it twice, leave in gear and turn the wheels if parked on a hill.

Too many stories of these things letting go including to a friend who was lucky not to be crushed and killed by his Vauxhall Antara. It rolled back seconds after he had closed the garage door the car hit, yet the car had been parked for over 10 minutes so he didn't forget to put it on. The impact wrote off an 18 month old car.

We recently had a Mercedes courtesy car and the ehb wasn't right, it kept sticking on.   I was glad to hand it back.


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10/4/2018 at 12:20pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Swift charisma Skoda Scout 4x4
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Skoda superb 2 ltr diesel SE 150 bhp £30 RFL up to 2015


10/4/2018 at 12:22pm
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Now you will have trouble, with the vauxhall


10/4/2018 at 2:06pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 10/4/2018
Skoda superb 2 ltr diesel SE 150 bhp £30 RFL up to 2015





Why would you recommend a car when they have already bought one.

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10/4/2018 at 8:20pm
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You should be able to switch the stop/start off, I am on my second car with it and hate it.

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10/4/2018 at 10:17pm
 Location: essex
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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 10/4/2018
Now you will have trouble, with the vauxhall



Nothing wrong with a Vauxhall
hope you enjoy your new car


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14/4/2018 at 9:52pm
 Location: Staffs
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I had a Honda CR-V and changed to a Skoda Superb Estate, tows better than the CR-V loads of room in it. Never looked back.

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