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Personjeff juke
10/3/2014 at 1:11pm
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Does yours match ? Click

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54%, i think its time for a bigger van

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Im new to this please be gentle


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Just tried it with our current car and previous caravan (not got a caravan at present), just to see what it says .......... must not like me ..... it does not have any details of my car or the caravan.


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Yes thanks..If it don't, I'm a Dutchman.


Personblueexpo97
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Great to have a three time member back  

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Persontango55
10/3/2014 at 10:00pm
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I have previously spent hours using this particular website when searching for a towcar to calculate a match which I found can be somewhat inaccurate in certain circumstances. If you do a match with a specific vehicle and caravan then record the findings of just the towcar itself then click on 'Compare Two Cars' using the same identical towcar in the comparison with a different vehicle, on several occasions I have found that the results are not the same providing different match results. Because of these different findings then you wonder which of the two results are correct therefore the website is not reliable enough to find an honest and reliable match. For this reason I always now go with the caravan MTPLM, find out the vehicle details required and then use an online percentage calculator to calculate the match. By doing your own homework this way, the result is just one answer and you know it's correct.


Personmichell8
11/3/2014 at 8:54am
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The website is Dutch, but all these sites do is crunch the numbers, they compare car & caravan specs & come up with results based on the information they have, it is not real life experience of specific car towing specific caravan. If their information is inaccurate then the results will be.

Its not hard to do internet research to find information from more reliable sources such as manufacturer brochures etc.


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12/3/2014 at 7:06am
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Whoops I thought you meant colour....I like things to match!!!

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Personmfdaustrey
24/5/2014 at 9:08am
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I have found the same. Comparing two cars is best. This way you get the correct nose weight. When using just one car it always seems to us 80kg.

The % calculation is very easy but this site gives more. I'm looking to get either a Skoda Yeti of Ford Kuga. They have very similar kerb weights, and searching each one separately you get the same 2* for stability. But, if you do a comparison you get the Kuga with a 100kg nose weight, giving 4*, and the Yeti with a 75kg nose weight, giving 2*. It is doing more than just a simple % test.

The eu version gives the same results, I think, as the comparison version. I've stopped using the uk matching section. Also the eu version gives the % using what is in the caravan and car. Maybe good, maybe not.

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PersonKelper
24/5/2014 at 11:56am
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You are right in your observations about accuracy achieved by using the drop down lists of caravans and/or cars.
However, one of the really good things about this site is the ability to change figures so that you can create an exact match to your situation.
You should not think that the given specs are the only ones that can be applied.
For instance, I have an FC ... now, there are no specifics for Pennine FC's on the site, but by selecting a trailer, and then amending the detail figures to match my specifics, I get a pretty accurate result.


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Persontango55
24/5/2014 at 12:28pm
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Regarding my first post about the innaccurracy of this website I have done a match again today with my car and caravan. Because the Coachman 450/2 only displays newer models with a heavier MIRO and MTPLM, I have to adjust the weights accordingly for a 1999 model which is lighter to obtain a more accurate analysis. However, my car IS listed but when you click on submit details the kerbweight states 100 kgs. less than what it really is so I had to change the details from 1462 to 1562 which proves my point earlier just how innaccurate the details can be. If you know your weights of car and caravan and adjust accordingly it's fine but if you are reliant on just receiving a match without knowing any of the facts then the results can be somewhat misleading. The match after entering the correct details was 83% which I calculated myself by using an online percentage calculator before buying the car. If I don't alter the kerbweight of the car then the result is an 89% match which is a 6% error, therefore I prefer to do my own maths knowing the details are correct.

Post last edited on 24/05/2014 12:35:01



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