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Subject Topic: Need to go again!
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Personsaz121299
21/8/2013 at 11:44am
 Location: Sherston Wilts
 Outfit: Lunar Clubman 460-4 1988 View saz121299's Profile View Profile   Reply to saz121299 Reply   Quote saz121299 Quote  
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Really enjoyed our first holiday in our new old girl last week, am desperste to head out again but work commitments, school and buying a cheap banger that happilly tows her are unavoidable obstacles preventing another trip soon.
Our truck (a 2.5 Ford Maverick Petrol) which we used last week was gutless and struggled and in fact my 1.8 focus saloon towed her better the day we picked her up....money is extremely tight at the moment so it looks like we wont be taking her out again until next year Need another holiday!!!

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Personacesup1504
21/8/2013 at 11:48am
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Have a look at some of the Haven Sites for October, the ones fairly close to me are pricing around £40 for 3 nights. So could be a cheap get away.

We are using our focus 1.6tcdi and had no problems towing. Had to reduce speed somewhat on the climb out of conway back towards Liverpool but just tucked in behind a lorry doing a similar speed


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PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 11:48am
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Can you not sell the old maverick and use the focus.
giving you some ££ to go away again

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She may be old, she may be rough around the edges but she is our home from home and we love it.


Personsaz121299
21/8/2013 at 11:57am
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Thanks acesup :-)
Ace we have sold the Maverick and are looking to buy something else (we need two cars as partner works and uses a car and i need my car, the focus, to get the girls here, there & everywhere) people on here said that towing my caravan with our focus would be illegal which is why we sold my partners little van to buy the Maverick which turned out to be a crap towing car, complicated i know but thats just how life is panning out at the moment, the laden weight of the caravan is 1250 and i have no idea about the weights of my focus, cant find details anywhere in any paperwork but thats just one of the reasons we cant go again this year, like i said work and school get in the way grrr xxx

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PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 12:08pm
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Have a look at your vin plate either inside the bonnet or on one of the door post there should be a small metal plate that should have the details

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PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 12:28pm
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My friend has the 2.5 diesel maverick and he says that tow well but i have aslo herd good thing regarding towing with a Daihatsu Fourtrak.
like this one
But i think diesel is the best was to go.four trak

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She may be old, she may be rough around the edges but she is our home from home and we love it.


Personsaz121299
21/8/2013 at 12:35pm
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Thanks Ace :-)
Im going to aim to go away in the October half term :-)

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Enjoyed trailer-tenting,
Now loving caravanning 😊😊


PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 12:46pm
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No worrys. Due to wife current work load we can only take long weekends which is fine but means not worth travelling to far. We have decided to join CC&C so looking at some of there near by sites for this weekend but alot are packed as its bank hols

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She may be old, she may be rough around the edges but she is our home from home and we love it.


PersonGrampian91
21/8/2013 at 8:17pm
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1998 - 2004 petrol saloon 1130kg kerbweight and a max tow of 1200kg so you dont want to be towing with that again.


Personlunarvenus
21/8/2013 at 9:45pm
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Its a light van mind, 1250kgs, it shouldn't take a massive engine to pull it just need a car heavy enough. A Mondeo, vectra, a4, should be big enough. Diesel is better though as they have more torque for the hills.


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Personsaz121299
21/8/2013 at 10:24pm
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We have just bought a VW Passat 1.9 SE TDI Estate...... fingers crossed someone on here will say something along the lines of 'Ahaaaaaaa yes!!!, that will pull it, no problem'.... (waits patiently)....

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Enjoyed tenting,
Enjoyed trailer-tenting,
Now loving caravanning 😊😊


PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 10:25pm
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I have sure seen plenty of passats towing BIG caravans so you should be onto a winner.

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She may be old, she may be rough around the edges but she is our home from home and we love it.


Personsaz121299
21/8/2013 at 10:30pm
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Thanks AceMarauders, Lunarvenus & Grampian91 for help & advice, hopefully we are of sound outfit now.....

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Enjoyed tenting,
Enjoyed trailer-tenting,
Now loving caravanning 😊😊


PersonAceMarauders
21/8/2013 at 11:18pm
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I quiet fancy a passat or scirocco but at the moment cars going good and liking the 76mpg. my pocket certainly notice a nice diffrence after having a 2.0ltr petrol automatic picasso

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She may be old, she may be rough around the edges but she is our home from home and we love it.


Personacesup1504
22/8/2013 at 8:12am
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AceMarauder, what car you driving to get 76mpg?


PersonPagsUK
22/8/2013 at 8:57am
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I'm getting 70+mpg on motorway runs in my Golf. It's a 2.0ltr Tdi GT Bluemotion model - careful right foot acheives this at average 70mph even with some traffic. Am getting 50+ around town and about 40 towing a 1250kg (fully laiden) van.

With careful driving it handles the van very well - much improved once I'd fitted a Winterhoff stabiliser - although I wouldn't want to go any heavier or bigger.



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