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Quote: Originally posted by Joanne1 on 22/7/2009

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thanks mick, we had discounted the x trail as down to problems with turbo's failures?

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We bought an 06 plate CR-V 2.2i CTDI 3 months ago and love it. So far it has only been used to tow a Pennine Pullman (900kgs) but from next week it gets to tow an Elddis Avante. We bought it because our previous vehicle towed like a shopping trolley and was all over the place but was fine solo. Having done the maths we couldn't justify 2 vehicles so traded the old one in and bought the CRv. Current consumption solo in mixed conditions is around 47mpg and towing the Pennine (which is low but well loaded) dropped to about 38mpg. As for boot space, we manage to get everything in and this year even managed to take 2 folding bikes to Wales and bring 3 back (don't ask).

As to the issue of turbo failures you can get them with any vehicle and they reckon a lot of it is due to people stopping after a long high speed run and turning the engine off straight away. I always let it sit and idle for a few seconds when we stop just to let the turbo 'run down'.

Regards

Brian