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Could anyone help us?  We have a motorhome, but our sister decided after being bitten by the campsite bug that she would love to buy a caravan of her own.  Trouble is, she has a small Peugeot 206 1.4 lx and wants to know if she can safely tow a small caravan with it, since she does not really want to sell her car. She did consider a small motorhome but this would mean she would have to ditch her car since she would not be able to keep two taxable vehicles on the road.  Caravanning would be a more affordable option, but having to get a bigger car would defeat the object.  Can anyone enlighten us?

also check when she past her test,as post 1997 you are limited to what you can tow without taking a B & E test.heres the link.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/CaravansTrailersCommercialVehicles/DG_4022521

It would seem that she could tow a caravan of up to about 900kg fully laden. There are not many modern vans that fall into that category though a Freedom caravan would almost certainly be OK. She could also look around for an early 90's ABI Monza, or a similar age Lunar Meteorite or even a Meteor. Then going up the scale a little I think that such as the early 90's vans such as the Eldis Whirlwind, the Sprite Alpine, or similar would probably just about be under that limit.

Have a look at the freedom range of caravans,We had one as our first van and  we used to tow ours with a little 1.3 Jeep and a 1.3 Suzuki Wagon, Always stable and used to tow all over the country,

They are fairly cheap to buy and also don't get damp

If you google freedom caravans in stafford they always have a large range of stock,

The sunseeker model is a 3/4 berth but has no bathroom, whereas the jetstream models are 2 berth but do have a small wet room , I've even some some fitted with showers and central heating.

Quote: Originally posted by gazmister123 on 29/7/2009

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 hi there,

discovered this forum and it seems a friendly helpful place so thought i d join!  need a bit of advice please!

now , dont laugh but at the min we tow our pennine aztec with a hyundai accent 1500,but it seems we struggle on the hills.? fine on the flat. having to drop to first at times. we never towed before the aztec.is this usual? doesnt seem to have anything in reserve.

 now we got rapido recordmatic folding caravan which is heavier 670kg which again is fine on the flat but we worried about the hills!

recommend different tow car?!!

 

 

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