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01/1/2017 at 5:36pm
 Location: wiltshire
 Outfit: Bailey Unicorn Madrid & Nissan XTRail
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Been looking at one of these on 57 plate
It has the EGC (Electrical Gearbox Change)
Any body any experience with towing with this gearbox?


01/1/2017 at 6:11pm
 Location: Sheffield
 Outfit: Lunar Quasar 534
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We have a 08 plate 2.0 hdi VTR+.Our caravan has max weigh of 1495kg usually weighing about 1420.The car tow it superbly.I set the cruise control to 57 mph and usually get between 27 & 33 mpg on the motorway.
I would guess the 1.6 would struggle a bit.
Good luck in what you decide


01/1/2017 at 6:30pm
 Location: Royal Forest of Dean
 Outfit:  Swift Major 4SB
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Which engine are you thinking of? The 1.6 HDI EGS has a very low towing weight which will limit your choice of caravan.

Rob


01/1/2017 at 6:38pm
 Location: wiltshire
 Outfit: Bailey Unicorn Madrid & Nissan XTRail
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It's the 2 litre diesel but what concerns me most is the automatic/manual electronic gearbox. How will that cope with towing?


01/1/2017 at 6:52pm
 Location: Royal Forest of Dean
 Outfit:  Swift Major 4SB
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We had the 1.6 but we only towed a folding camper, the gearbox was fine but it's not the best auto box in the world at the best of times. The gear changes always felt rather jerky and nothing like as smooth as other automatics.

After the Picasso we had a Galaxy 2.0 diesel auto which had a much nicer gearbox and the whole car felt much more solid. We would love another Galaxy as it just got on and did the job without any problems.


Rob


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02/1/2017 at 9:33am
 Location: Hedon East Yorkshire
 Outfit:  Rollerteam T-Line T740
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We had the 2.0 auto, and found it coped very well.

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Paul



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