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12/5/2023 at 6:32pm
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Quote: Originally posted by bigtimz on 12/5/2023
Thanks for your replies!
The instability has been my concern. I had an Audi A6 sportline estate a few tears ago towing the caravan mentioned. Every trip , no matter what I did was stressful due to swaying .
I moved onto a mk3 Honda Crv then to the XC90 both of which I would recommend. I don't know if it's because they break the airflow in front of the caravan but they are both great tow cars.
My best towcar ( but only upto 1300kg) was a 2007 Citroën Xsara Picasso.
Thanks!
Strangely, my current car is a 2017 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, and it's an amazingly good tow car. I bought it new before I'd decided to get a caravan, so certainly not chosen for it's towing qualities, all the numbers are pushed quite close to the limits, a 1.2 litre petrol (and only 3 cylinder at that!) engine hardly seems adequate for a 4 berth 1310Kg MPTLM caravan, but it absolutely shines, and after nearly 5 years and many thousands of miles I've pushed it hard dragging the van all over the country, and it's never disappointed or given concern. It's VERY eager to push on, and I've hit well over 70mph when attention has slipped yet it's still rock solid. I think if anything it more than proves that you just can't tell until you try!
I think TrigGLX's comment about the rear overhang of his Insignia may have a point, my C4GP is quite lightweight (lots of plastic and aluminium panels) but pretty much has a wheel on each corner and is very wide, so the caravan has less influence on it.
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Nothing to do with an insignia but more a general remark about towcars and a repeat of what trigGLX said, we had a 3 litre diesel BMW X3, which is classed as a great towcar and a 1600KG Swift Celeste, the numbers were great on paper, nose weight, 85% rule, everything, but in reality I found it an awful match, even at 55mph towing through France, it just felt really unstable every time a lorry went past us, it always felt like it was on the verge of snaking, no matter what we did with the weight in the caravan, it obviously has an end bed and we were towing with nothing under the bed, it was terrible
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