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antnee
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12th Jan 12 at 23:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You may have seen my comfy car topic, I have been looking for a comfy diesel, under 1k that I can tow my Ibiza with. Now, Im starting to think that a bigger budget would help a lot here as the older diesels tend to be a bit under powered even if it was just another 1000.

So do I;

A, stick with current plan, but end up with something not completely ideal as it lacks power or has loads of miles on so might not be reliable

B, buy something else to run round in thats cheap to buy and run, then when it comes to summer or I start a placement I can save up for a better tow car, but then have the bother of selling a car, and not being able to tow straight away
Generation
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2.0 vectra diesal turbo?
chloe16v
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
2.2 vectra diesal turbo?
Ben G
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13th Jan 12 at 00:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any vectra/mondeo will surely be comfortable compared to what you're used to?

christ, they are used by taxi drivers who do tens of thousands of miles a year. they can't be that uncomfortable.
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13th Jan 12 at 09:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
525TDS E39. Loads of torque so exactly what you need. Seen loads for £1500-£1800
Might be able to pick up a 530D with high ish miles for 2k
[Edited on 13-01-2012 by daymoon]

[Edited on 13-01-2012 by daymoon]
AndyCorsaSport
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Lad at my work bought a Y reg vectra 2.0 dti with 70k for £600.
Colin
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Old volvo estate or something!!
daymoon
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D5 Volvo! Forgot about them!
Colin
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V40 I had thought, bloke down the roads got one, had it from new & thing just goes, never had any bother with it!!
Colin
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Not sure how good it would be at towing a ???900kg car + trailer tho!?
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http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201201439294579/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/diesel/price-to/2000/model/s60/make/volvo/radius/60/page/1/postcode/s352qp?logcode=p
chrisritch
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Can you tow a car trailer on your license?
willay
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13th Jan 12 at 13:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Make sure it can pull whatever you have at the back, most trailers these days with ramps are around the 500kg mark and will carry up to 1.5t. Leaving you with approximately 1.5t for the tow car.

Oh yeah and you'll need B&E.
antnee
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I know about all the rules around towing and licenses.

On normal license, you can tow anything as long as the train weight is below 3.5T, although the MAM of the trailer must be lower than the minimum weight of the tow car. So if you have a trailer MAM of 1.5T you can tow it with a car that has a minimum weight of 1.5-2T
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*IF you passed your test before 1998 or something iirc, else you need to do a separate test for towing!?
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13th Jan 12 at 14:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah 97
antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
*IF you passed your test before 1998 or something iirc, else you need to do a separate test for towing!?


What I put is for people with post 97 licenses. Once you have done the B+E test you can tow much more than a 3.5T train weight.

 
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