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02/7/2020 at 2:33pm
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Outfit: 2019 VW Arteon + 2002 Avondale Dart
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The weight of 1471kg will be either kerb weight or mass in service, which is the weight of the car as it left the factory. Kerb weight includes an allowance for the weight of the driver so is normally slightly higher, but either way 1471kg sounds about right.
The 85% ratio is a crude recommendation based on stability, and is applicable to caravans only. Based on the details you have supplied, if your caravan was fully loaded the ratio would be 1216/1471 * 100, = 82.6%, indicating no cause for concern provided that the caravan is sensibly loaded.
The towing limit (which you have stated to be 1300kg) is arguably of greater importance than the 85% ratio, because you cannot legally tow more than that. Note also that the towing limit is calculated based on the weight that the car can move from a standstill on repeated hill starts. It may therefore be well in excess of the kerb weight particularly if the car is reasonably powerful. However, put simply, the closer you get to the towing limit, the harder the car will have to work.
Judging performance is obviously subjective, but given that the fully loaded weight of your caravan is only 84kg less than the car's towing limit (basically, the equivalent of an extra full-sized adult in the car) I suspect you'll be looking at doing most motorway driving in 5th gear rather than 6th with a fair bit of changing down for uphill sections. That should be fine for short-ish journeys, but if you planned to tow from, say, the Midlands to the Scottish Highlands or the French Alps, you'd probably wish you had something with a bit more power and torque.
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Topic: Towing Question
via mobile 01/7/2020 at 9:33pm
