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I THOUGHT I HAD COME UP WITH THE PERFECT COMPANY CAR,THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR WORK AND GOOD FOR TOWING THUS ALLOWING ME TO OFF LOAD MY LAND CRUISER,

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD MADE UP MY MIND ,I THEN READ THE CARAVAN CLUB REPORT  AND THEY GIVE IT A BIT OF A  SLATING AS A TOW CAR,MY VAN IS A TWIN AXLE BAILEY WEIGHING 1280 UNLADEN  1550 MAX

ANY BODY USING AN S MAX ???FEED BACK WANTED   THANKS

I have the 2 ltr tdci 140 bhp.

Kerb weight 1731

max towable 1750

All the reports i have read state that it's a class leader, The bench mark for future people carriers i havent heard or seen the caravan club report. It's even won the european  car of the year award.

To set the record straight i personally think it's a very good towcar, i only tow at 1300 but intend to upgrade to a caravan with a max of around 1500 i would say this car is more than capable, we used to have a mondeo tdci before this car which i though it was the muts nuts the s max is just the same only bigger better and more powerful + the extra seats are handy.

What do the reports say about the new Galaxy ???? thats got the same engine and same floorpan infact the new transit van has the same engine.

Rgds

Bessie 500       

I TRIED THE SEAT ALHAMBRA AND THOUGHT ALTHOUGH IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A GREAT TOW CAR,THE WIFE THOUGHT IT WAS BOUNCY,I ALSO TRAVEL AROUND 30000 MILES A YEAR THROUGH WORK AND THOUGHT AS A DAY TO DAY CAR IT WOULD GET UNCOMFORTABLE,WHICH LED ME TO THINK S MAX ,UNLESS PEOPLE CAN TELL ME THE NEW GALAXY IS A BETTER RIDE

THE S MAX WORKS OUT AT 90% WHICH I THINK WILL BE OK,GALAXY NO PROB WEIGHT WISE

We have the c-max 2,0 tdci, regularly tow a fully loaded double axle trailer with a weight of approx 1500, and it definately dosen.t grumble.  Have thought about updgrading to the s-max but not sure if the heavier body will impair the fantastic performance that we have with the c-max.

Quote: Originally posted by richard63 on 09/7/2007

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I TRIED THE SEAT ALHAMBRA AND THOUGHT ALTHOUGH IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A GREAT TOW CAR,THE WIFE THOUGHT IT WAS BOUNCY,I ALSO TRAVEL AROUND 30000 MILES A YEAR THROUGH WORK AND THOUGHT AS A DAY TO DAY CAR IT WOULD GET UNCOMFORTABLE,WHICH LED ME TO THINK S MAX ,UNLESS PEOPLE CAN TELL ME THE NEW GALAXY IS A BETTER RIDE

 

THE S MAX WORKS OUT AT 90% WHICH I THINK WILL BE OK,GALAXY NO PROB WEIGHT WISE

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Richard, capital letters are considered to be shouting. My ears are ringing now!