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Quote: Originally posted by Thekilpins on 17/4/2013

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Tyre Wear on a car? Surely that's normal depending on the road surfaces, miles traveled and driving style?

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Quote: Originally posted by petra8315 on 16/4/2013

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thanks for that, now what do i look for, there must be some good towcars out there,

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There is but go for the 1.9 tdi 130 bhp, or if your looking for a much newer one, the 140 tdi CR, we tow our bailey ranger 540/6  with the first one

oh silly me its a nice skoda superb, that does not have a DPF, they are on the newer ones but the 2ltr 140 CR has had them moved nearer the manifold so they work well

Quote: Originally posted by cpd123 on 17/4/2013

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Hi there

I am the one who posted the towing with petrol topic. I have the Mazda 2.2 estate 160hp. As a towcar I cannot really fault it.
The only fault with it and all current diesels is when my wife drives to work, a 6 miles journey twice a day (which was no problem for our 57 plate Passat estate without a dpf) the sump fills up with oil because of the ill thought out dpf. I am getting around this by not letting her drive it to work everyday and when it is driven make sure I am in lower gears to keep the revs above 2000rpm which appears to work. I personally think that having spent 20 odd thousand on a car you should be able to use it as a car and not have to worry that every time you start the engine it could cost you a lot of money! others on the forum appear to think that this is OK and quite reasonable. I should mention that in all the time we have had the car the dpf has never come on so the filter isn't getting blocked I also drive with the current fuel consumption display active as you can then see when a regen is happening the consumption drops noticeably.
Again the Mazda 6 is a great towcar very solid and stable with plenty of power. The lease on ours is up in September which is why I am trying to find a suitable petrol replacement.

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