Ideal Towing Vehicle?
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Topic: Ideal Towing Vehicle?
Posted By: Jalani
Subject: Ideal Towing Vehicle?
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 10:57am
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I've searched the forums and can't find that anyone's discussed the merits of any particular vehicles for towing. I've been using a 3.2V6 (petrol) Isuzu Trooper for the last 12 years and although it's a good old workhorse, it is VERY thirsty and I am thinking about replacing it. I think my ideal replacement would be a Volvo XC90 with the 5 cylinder turbo diesel - but I don't think I could afford it. So can I just throw open a discussion on 1. What is your present towing vehicle? 2. What would be your ideal towing vehicle and why? I guess that coupled with those questions would be what is realistically the most suitable tow vehicle for Mr Average and if you think you've already got a really good towing vehicle, why? |
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 4:01pm
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I seem to remeber already having a topic similar to this? anyway: 1. Mk4 Vauxhaul Astra 1.6 (ok, stop laughing now...) 2. The VW Toureg would be the best towing vehicle IMO because of its mountains of tourque, but my ideal vehicle would have to be some kind of camper. ------------- |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 4:25pm
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Your not an SB3 sailor are u?!?
and yes we had this topic before!! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 4:28pm
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http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=870&PN=3&TPN=1 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8 70&PN=3&TPN=1 ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 4:47pm
Definantly not... no-where near twitchy enough for me  ------------- |
Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 4:49pm
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Mr Average towing what? Towing a Fireball, an SB3 or a Mumm 30 are three pretty different propositions. |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 5:49pm
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mums mondeo estate 2 litre tdci (turbo diesel with common rail injection for non petrol heads) seems to be able to tow anything gets good fuel economy too. my 1 litre polo tends to struggle a bit. Ideal towing machine has to be a landrover defender ------------- |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 6:07pm
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I DID search for a topic on ideal towing vehicle but for some reason it didn't come up.... However, having had a look at the link posted by Strawberry the thread doesn't seem to have been taken terribly seriously at the time. I'm certainly not going to chop in my fuel guzzling Trooper for some planet-eating V24 monster truck with tyres that take half of Malaysia's annual rubber output and cost about a squillion pounds each! |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 6:11pm
I tow an F16, which at 8' 2" wide requires by a law a vehicle of at least 2 tons to tow it even though it weighs next to nothing. I guess when thinking of Mr Average sailor, I'm thinking 14' to 18' dinghy, probably an RS400 or similar? |
Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 6:53pm
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What about the Volvo V70 D5. Got enough room in the back to put sails
etc, probably the road going version of the XC90 and should be a bit
cheaper.
------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |
Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 11 Sep 05 at 7:31pm
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Almost anything will tow that. The only exceptions I can think of are cars that cannot be fitted with a towbar at all like, I think, the Ka. You certainly don't need to be thinking along 4x4 lines for a dinghy. Things change for keelboats, especially larger ones, since all cars have a maximum specified towing weight for the braked trailers keelboats invariably use but 4x4s usually have a higher limit. I got my Subaru Forester in part because the max towing weight was comfortably above the 1000kg keelboat I owned at the time, whereas a lot of "family-type" 2 litre cars cannot legally tow a boat of that weight, once the trailer, mast etc are taken into account. |
Posted By: Nick Star class
Date Posted: 17 Sep 05 at 10:31pm
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A good boat at a good event is more fun than a good tow car !! HAVE FUN SAILING !! |
my Land Rover Defender V8 3.5L is good fun to drive and will pull !! 
It is runing on LPG all the time . I have a Rover 214
for sale and getting an Audi 80 or A4 TDI for the long trips into europe .
