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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 17/9/2012

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Parking sensors are for lazy folk who dont know how to set and use there mirrors correctly

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And of course we must bow down to your superior knowledge of all people who drive and their particular circumstances..................................

As a genuine response to the OP, could the answer be the detachable flange towbar from Witter I have fitted to my C70. I find it easy to use and you can still use bike carriers, etc.

Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 16/9/2012What happened to the Mondeo idea?

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The Octavia is much smaller than the mondeo with a MUCH lower towing limit.

I thought you wanted to tow over 1300kg?

MK1 Octavia cannot, You need to look as Passat sized cars.

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Quote: Originally posted by les8366 on 17/9/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 17/9/2012Parking sensors are for lazy folk who dont know how to set and use there mirrors correctly

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And of course we must bow down to your superior knowledge of all people who drive and their particular circumstances..................................

As a genuine response to the OP, could the answer be the detachable flange towbar from Witter I have fitted to my C70. I find it easy to use and you can still use bike carriers, etc.

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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 17/9/2012

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Detachable bars are safe and usually have a locking key. How many variations they have or secure no idea?

Personally no thanks. I would prefer a flanged or fixed swan neck bar.

Theft or damage and how long does it take to get a replacement?

What about the weight issue with the vans you wanted being over 1300kg?

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 17/9/2012

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It's not the actual towball that the reversing sensors pick up, it's where the 12 volt electrical sockets are positioned that actually affects the sensors. If you have a car with sensors already fitted they should fit the socket horizontally to the towbar below the bumper disregard whether it's a detachable ball or not but if the car doesn't have any reversing sensors they will normally fit the sockets offset to the left, vertical (up & down). Therefore, anyone that is having a towbar fitted before the reversing sensors, the advice is to tell the fitter this so that the sockets will be installed in the correct place otherwise you will have to pay again to have the twin sockets re-positioned accordingly and this also applies to the single 13 pin socket too. The last 4 cars I have had have all had reversing sensors to which the first towbar being a detachable cost around another £200 more only to find out afterwards by a towbar fitter that it's the actual sockets and not the ball that affects the sensors. The last 3 cars I have had have all had reversing sensors but with fixed flange towbars fitted afterwards with the sockets placed horizontally as mentioned without any problem so you can save yourself a lot of money simply because of the confusion like I found out.

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