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10/9/2013 at 4:48pm
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Yeh! Great thread... We've also just bought a 10 plate CR-V and are looking at getting a tow bar fitted...
Is there any benefit to a swan neck towbar, rather than a fixed towbar, (which I would prefer similarly to the OP's husband?).
Just for info, I've had three quotes to do the job so far, £655 (dealer), £525 (Witter), £363 - local company who Witter would use to fit towbar, even if I paid them £525. Bro-in-law who is a mechanic also offered to fit one for me, but cheapest price I've found so far - for a Witter HN62B with vehicle specific wiring loom is £260 - I'd have to drop him some money for fitting it for me - (takes a few hours). I'll probably just use the local fitters, as it'll come with a warranty, and if there are any problems, then I can myther them rather than the bro-in-law. So long as they use Honda parts, it shouldn't effect the extended warranty that we've got with the car.
Must be the season for buying a CR-V :-)
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11/9/2013 at 9:16pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 10/9/2013
Yeh! Great thread... We've also just bought a 10 plate CR-V and are looking at getting a tow bar fitted...
Is there any benefit to a swan neck towbar, rather than a fixed towbar, (which I would prefer similarly to the OP's husband?).
Just for info, I've had three quotes to do the job so far, £655 (dealer), £525 (Witter), £363 - local company who Witter would use to fit towbar, even if I paid them £525. Bro-in-law who is a mechanic also offered to fit one for me, but cheapest price I've found so far - for a Witter HN62B with vehicle specific wiring loom is £260 - I'd have to drop him some money for fitting it for me - (takes a few hours). I'll probably just use the local fitters, as it'll come with a warranty, and if there are any problems, then I can myther them rather than the bro-in-law. So long as they use Honda parts, it shouldn't effect the extended warranty that we've got with the car.
Must be the season for buying a CR-V :-)
Can't wait to collect!
I paid £685 for a detachable towbar fitted to a 2010 CR V this includes car specific loom, fitted by a Honda dealer
,, decided to have a dealer fit it as car was still under warranty (fitted Aug 2012). Towbar is made by Bosal. Time for fitting quoted by Honda is 4 hrs
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13/9/2013 at 9:33pm
Location: Derby
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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 13/9/2013
I have just noticed that you live near to me Alphonso, which dealer did you use? Would you recomend them?
Julia
Hey Romanyy Girl... Collect the CRV tomorrow morning, (sadly, from Leeds rather than the local dealer). Lookers Derby, (local dealer), want £655 for the towbar, whereas Derby Towbar want only £363 and have said they only use genuine Honda parts and connect using the dedicated Honda wiring boom, therefore the car computer should work just as well as Honda fitting it.
I'd love to get the local dealer to fit, but I'm really not sure I can justify nearly £300 extra. I believe Honda fit the towbars themselves, (at the Derby branch), and it's the labour charge that bumps the price up.
Presumably you are based somewhere near to Derby then?
Can't wait to get the CRV tomorrow...
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14/9/2013 at 7:56pm
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Hi Alphonso, im at Belper, so really in the middle of about 4 dealerships, Lookers Derby, the new one at Mansfield, the Chesterfield one, and one at Stockport, just south of Manchester, and probably more if l really looked.
I am starting to wonder if coughing up the extra cash for Honda to fit my towbar would be the better option, as mine would also need some extra wiring done to fit a hoist for my mobility scooter, and im not so sure how this would effect the towing electrics. My last towbar was fitted by Derby branch of Indespention on Ascot Drive, and they did an excellent job, the towbar on my old Jazz was fitted by their Nottingham branch, and indeed they managed to damage some of the body panels and loose a couple of gromets resulting in the rear bumper not sitting entirely level.
At the moment we are thinking of buying the SE diesel model, but does anyone on here tow with the cheaper petrol 4WD version? If so, how do you find it?
Im also going through the big colour debate at the moment, my Dad and my daughter like the white one, but l have mixed feelings about it shoing up every little blemish as the years go by, as im planning to keep this one for several years to come. Both the Cherry red one and the Silver one would go well with the caravan decals, but my last two cars were silver and l rather fancy a change of colour. The one l dont like is the Black one, as they tend to show up every speck of dust and road spray.
So what colours does everyone else have?
The one thing that is certain is that it will be a 4th generation model, 4WD, and a manual gearbox.
Julia
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