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It contradicts itself because the website is merely just a guide and nothing more. Choose a caravan with a certain car and search the details then compare two different cars (first one the same) and the results are different for the first car that was searched and that's why the website is far from being accurate. I spent hours doing various calculations with different cars and caravans and I found that there are certainly various flaws in the results that's why I don't use that particular website any more. The best policy is to find out your vehicle kerbweight, the BHP and engine torque and then use a percentage calculator to do your own maths, that's the most accurate way of obtaining correct results.

http://www.percentagecalculator.net/

Quote: Originally posted by pompeyjon on 23/6/2013

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Tango55 I get so confused over car V caravan 85% rule . Ive towed a trailer tent for years Upgraded to a tin ten had no probs with my ancient P reg Volvo automatic 850 se . Now i worry i need to do a detaield study on towing ...new to me...swift 2004 caravan with a mtplm of 1230Kgs .. I just confused :(

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You need the Volvo kerbweight first then calculate the caravan's MTPLM of 1230 kgs. with the online calculator (previous post) in relation to the kerbweight and it will give you the exact match. To obtain details of your car try the Auto-Trader website, search for car and when found each tab will give you details of the vehicle.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/