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Subject Topic: No tow car... again! aarrrgghh!!!
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Personsaz121299
02/9/2013 at 9:24am
 Location: Sherston Wilts
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So.... we bought the caravan in July, towed it back with my 1.8 petrol Focus, then the partner bought a 2.5 petrol maverick which we towed our van with when we went away in it last month... towed rubbish so sold it to buy a VW Passat diesel, only to find that the MOT ran oit last year!!! the personal plates on it would take weeks to change back to normal and couldnt be done without an mot so we sold it to a dealer who sold us an astra.... without a towbar and only a 1.6 petrol anyway.... so we are now left wioth a useless astra, my focus, no money, a caravan on the drive and a very upset, miserable and becoming increasingly angry ME!

Insurance company are probably getting rather irritated with me too....its all going wrong and im so upset....

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PersonAceMarauders
02/9/2013 at 10:01am
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Major Bad times I no it possibly not the best place to get one but could you keep an eye out on fleabay see if there anything cheap about in your area that would get you by for 6 months.

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PersonJack+Jon
02/9/2013 at 10:42am
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I don't really understand your op, did you not know the Passat had no mot when you bought it? If it had been off the road for since last yr it must have been Sorn'ed, yes?

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Personferretlady
02/9/2013 at 10:47am
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Oh no, you really aren't having much luck with cars!! You'll get there. Keep your chin up!!!!

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PersonGrampian91
02/9/2013 at 11:22am
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Sell the Focus and buy a Mondeo.

They will all tow your caravan fine. Petrol or Diesel, Similar running costs to the Focus yet cheaper to buy because the market is flooded with them.

I went to a C&CC site a few weeks back. There were enough Mondeo's to start a club.


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Personsaz121299
02/9/2013 at 12:29pm
 Location: Sherston Wilts
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We bought the passat off of a private seller who seemed very lovely & genuine and so i (stupidly) assumed that he was telling the truth when he said it was still MOT'd for a few months yet but he had sent the cert off along with other details needed to change the number plate back.... i am too trusting in people, always have been.
Wasnt until we went to check online to see where it was last MOT'd so we could buy a duplicate that we found out it ran out last year.... i am so annoyed, although, to be frank, the insurance on it was monstrous so i suppose it was a blessing in disguise................

Thanks all, and i will certainly think about buying a Mondea, it will need to be a cheapy though x

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Personflufftec
02/9/2013 at 1:19pm
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My dad towes with a 2001 vectra 2.2 diesel and loves it you can pick these up for less than £1k so might be worth a look

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Personlunarvenus
02/9/2013 at 1:59pm
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Any 2.0L turbo diesel will pull a caravan, just look for a family size diesel car.

Don't forget to check the cars weight, towing weight, rear axle weight and your caravans weight.

E.g my Laguna 1.8 petrol auto is only allowed to tow a trailer up to 700kgs, no good for a caravan.
Your caravan idealy alshouldnt be more than 85% of the cars total weight.
Every car has a maximum rear axle load weight, find it and then add your caravans nose weight, your luggage weight and passenger weight, make sure you don't exceed the max weight as this would be very dangerous.


Personsaz121299
02/9/2013 at 2:33pm
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Thanks... will have a scout about xx

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Personrocky123
02/9/2013 at 4:26pm
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hi saz, sry about your troubles, we,v had to change our car only had it 3 weeks, will be towing with it tomorrow first time, found it on gumtree and pure luck the owner lived in our village and it had a towbar on it, keep your chin up, your luck could change like ours did.
          best wishes angie.

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Personsaz121299
02/9/2013 at 6:46pm
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Thank you Angie xx

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


Personsaz121299
04/9/2013 at 2:45pm
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...............so he goes off in the useless Astra and comes home with.........an MG MGF 1.8I VVC....... hmmmm its up for sale already!

End of my tether is where i'm at!

Laughing about it else i'd cry.

I wonder what we will have next.............hopefully someone will want to swap a bigger car with a bigger engine and a towbar for this sporty little number..... :-)



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Personleon copa
04/9/2013 at 4:40pm
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got 2 tandems if any good lol or you will cry


Personsaz121299
04/9/2013 at 7:04pm
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Hehehe.... someone coming to look at MG tomorrow, then we will be buying something suitable....are now looking for a Mondeo..... men eh?

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Now loving caravanning 😊😊


PersonAceMarauders
04/9/2013 at 9:26pm
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There method in his madness . a little bit of wheeler dealer make a bit of £££ to assist with the buying of the right car.

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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.


Personleon copa
06/9/2013 at 7:54am
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don't buy high miler tdci one unless it has had a new clutch in and the injectors done as there are a fortune if getting a mondeo go for a tddi one



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