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Subject Topic: Would like to know if this will work!!! Post Reply Post New Topic
Personkostas1
14/7/2012 at 7:06pm
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Hi

We have a  2011 Vauxhall Astra 1.6 SRI 16v petrol, we are looking at purchasing a tourer, We have our hearts set on the Coachman Amara 380 two berth,

Would like to know if this combination would work?  We havent got much idea, or understanding of the technical data just yet! We would like to know if its possible before we start to persue our dream!

Thanks

Kostas


PersonHolster
14/7/2012 at 7:45pm
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Hi

The answer to your question depends on a number of factors:

  1. Towing capacity of your vehicle
  2. Towing weight limit of your tow hitch
  3. Weight of the caravan (with no accessories)
  4. Weight of accessories (e.g. food, beer, bedding, bikes, mugs, knives etc)


There are a number of useful guides which help explain the different terms, here is one I have found that may be of interest: The Caravan Towing Guide

Hope this helps

Steve

p.s. I have a tent, but possibly looking to upgrade to a caravan in a few years time

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Personkostas1
14/7/2012 at 8:01pm
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aww thanks Steve for your help, cant seem to open the link tho!

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Personjg73
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Try http://whattowcar.com/ You can enter your car and caravan details to see if it's a good match.


Personkostas1
14/7/2012 at 9:29pm
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thanks

 


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Personjanus
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Coachman Amarra 380/2. 2011 model weighs in at 1107kg as it stands and has a maximum allowable weight of 1235kg

The Astra has a kerbweight of 1195kg and a towing capacity of 1200kg.

Without knowing the weights that are plated on the car or whether your driving licence is dated before or after 01/01/1997 we can not be precise about whether the combination is legal or not. However, with a caravan max weight which is greater than the cars unladen weight it would be a very unwise thing to do.

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Bill

For a licence dated 1997 or later you must add together the plated max weight of the caravan and trailer, if the total is 3500 or less you can tow it. You may even tow a caravan with a MAM greater than the cars unladen mass the restriction was removed in 2013

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Personneil and lena
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Quote: Originally posted by kostas1 on 14/7/2012

Hi

We have a  2011 Vauxhall Astra 1.6 SRI 16v petrol, we are looking at purchasing a tourer, We have our hearts set on the Coachman Amara 380 two berth,

Would like to know if this combination would work?  We havent got much idea, or understanding of the technical data just yet! We would like to know if its possible before we start to persue our dream!

Thanks

Kostas


You really need a heavier car or consider a lighter 2 berth van as your car is not suitable to safely tow and be able to stop with 1235kgs behind it

Post last edited on 15/07/2012 09:06:09


PersonHolster
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Hi Kostas,

Sorry about the link, try this one The Caravan Towing Guide

Best regards

Steve

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Personstuart1955
15/7/2012 at 4:25pm
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With out looking in to detail I would think the Astra wouldn' t be upto the job. We brought an amara 380 and love it but had to change towcars, I had a 1.8 petrol seat Toledo which would have been just legal but wanted to change car anyway but had a limited budget as I didn't want to take on finance, was after a passat or mondeo but because of my budget settled for a 2006 2.0 diesel Kia magentis and very pleased with it,have put MAD suspension on back as original like most big saloons was a bit spongy and rode a bit low, well worth the money and have also fitted a diesel tuning box from energy tuning which has improved mpg and makes a much nicer drive


Personkostas1
16/7/2012 at 9:36am
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Thanks Guys

We have decided to leave it until we are able purchase a new car, and do our research then

cheers

Kostas.



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