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    Posted: 10 Apr 06 at 1:21pm

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Saw a very snotty Porsche Dealer on Saturday

The conversation went thus:

"How much for a tow bar to be fitted?"

"Sir, you can't fit tow bars to any Porsche - not even the Cayenne!!"

 

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What is the legal speed limit for towing a boat in the UK? I don't tend to drive any slower when i have the boat as the beast copes with it just fine. Perfectly balanced trailer means i have to keep looking in the rear view mirror to check the boat is still there as it is so hard to tell!
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I think it's 50 mph...but yeah like we do that!

To be honest the one that catches people out is towing in lane 3 of a motorway (tut  tut) or not actually having a trailer entitlement on your license if you only passed your test in the past few years.
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hmmmm, trailer entitlement? I'd better keep the beard so that I look a bit more vintage in the eyes of the old bill then just in case!

I've been known to have achieved more than a tonne with the cherub in tow... it was only to prove a point when overtaking an idiot in a bodykitted nova though so I think that makes it legal. 
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You don't need the trailer entitlement to tow a dinghy, provided it's under 750kg! The limit when towing is 60 on dual carriageway/motorway and 50 on single carriageway.
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Originally posted by timnoyce

hmmmm, trailer entitlement? I'd better keep the beard so that I look a bit more vintage in the eyes of the old bill then just in case!

I've been known to have achieved more than a tonne with the cherub in tow... it was only to prove a point when overtaking an idiot in a bodykitted nova though so I think that makes it legal. 

 

I've outdragged Saxo's etc away from the lights in the Impreza with the boat on the back just to prove a point....should have seen their eyes....   And his chavvy Girlfriend in the back was giggling her head off when her "cool" boyfriend, in his "cool" car, was made to look an idiot....

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you deserve a medal for being able to humiliate chavs like that
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amazing how many of these fantastic efforts are out there... just 'cos you stuck a big spoiler on it mate, it's still a crappy nova underneath, just like big bass speakers in the back shelf - cool if you've got a car you want to have people look at you in, not cool if you're crusing the high street in a badly bodged fiesta



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Originally posted by BBSCFaithfull

Ok, Whats the most extreme car thing people have seen towing boats?

One bloke i know used to pull a hurricane 5.9 behind a Fiat punto

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