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I'm not sure whether I have owned a D3 long enough or racked up enough miles to qualify an answer for you - but here goes.
We have an '06 HSE auto with 62k on the clock. We bought it last summer with 56k.
We tow a twin-axle 1750kgs caravan and our first trip last year (a week after collecting the car and one day after having the towbar fitted) was a 320 mile haul down to Cornwall. The car is fully laden with three adults, one teenager, two Labradors + kit.
I can't describe the sheer ease with which it pulled the 'van. I hate cliche's, but 'You don't know that the 'van's on the back' does, I'm afraid, spring to mind! At one stage on our return journey, I said to Mrs 'D' 'Look at this - how easy it's pulling' as we overtook a 'heavie'. (Not a situation we had often found ourself in previously when towing with our old Defender). She looked up from her book and said something like 'and'! I replied 'and! we're on a hill and we're still accelerating'! 'Are we she said'? 'On a hill'? 'It doesn't feel like it'! It was a long, fairly steep hill too.
Touch wood, no problems yet. Electronic handbrake ok. Only issue has been the front and rear windscreen have been replaced. The rear, because by some fluke, the strimmer caught a stone when tidying up the garden after our trip and smashed the rear screen and the front screen because a small amount of rainwater ingressed and the dealer identified a windscreen problem. When they took the old 'screen off, they found that this too had been a replacement and had been stuck back in using the bare minimum of adhesive, in blobs rather than a permanent seal.
We selected a vehicle that had full service history and unless something drastic occurs, have resigned ourself to the fact that although parts/servicing may be higher than on other vehicles, the sheer pleasure we derive from using it for towing is a trade-off that we were prepared to accept.
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