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Having gotten a bit fed up with Tent camping, specifically the putting a wet tent away bit! -  I am exploring the possibility of getting a small caravan,

My Car has a kerbweight of 1352 kg and a max tow weight of 1200kg.

So is it 85% of 1352kg which is 1150kg or is it 85% of 1200kg which is 1020kg

Also, if I bought a caravan which had, for example, a max weight of 1200kg which is within the max tow limit, but an unladen weight of 900kg, could I load it carefully with 100kg of gear to make it 1000kg (which is within the 1020kg 85%) and be OK or do I need a caravan which has a max weight of less than the 85% to be safe - bearing in mind I am the sort of person who weighed all my camping gear to make sure I wasn't overloading the car/trailer!!

Does that make sense!?

I have done plenty of towing, and a lot of very fine manouvering while towing but it has mostly been very big bits of equipment on airports so I am very happy manouvering, reversing etc, just not towed anything over about 450kg at speed on the road.

I am looking at spending £1500 - £2000 to start with to see if we get on with it. I would like a 3 berth minimum or a light 4 berth. Can I get something semi OK for that? Any tips on good older vans?

Any advice gratefully recieved.

Thanks everyone.

The car is a C3 Piccasso 1.6 HDi 110hp.