duane0001
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Who the F**K does these reviews???
What TowCar.com - All about Tow Cars and Towing Caravans
What TowCar.com - All about Tow Cars and Towing Caravans
What tow car poor review!!!
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vilguy
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Does anyone pay any attention to these stupid estimating things?
Datatek
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Where did they get a 3.5 tonne caravan? Power is not a lot less than a P38 so I would expect a similar towing performance and my P38 tows my Hobby van just fine.
vilguy
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its the 2.5 tonne of stolen cables in the pikey van thats weighing it down
Discovery2TD5
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All the real life reviews in the page are good though....
vilguy
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you actually wasted several minutes of your life reading the opinions of caravanners?
Discovery2TD5
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How do you know they're caravanners if you didn't read them too!?
vilguy
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because its a webpage devoted to towing caravans so i made a somewhat educated guess?
wattfield
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I wonder what they do recommend for a caravan of this weight? At a towing limit of 85% it would have to weigh over 4 tons!
Scania, maybe?
Scania, maybe?
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easye1
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Nah, quality is too poor for European pikey's, they all use Fendt
they got wise over here now, there all using quality motor homes now....
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Well, in some ways it is fair comment, because as we know, the performance is quite leisurely in Defenders. I haven't timed mine with a test weight on, but I'd say the timings probably aren't far off. But then if you want instant throttle response you probably wouldn't be in a Defender
wattfield
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Maybe so,but what car's going to get a good report towing 3500kg?
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wattfield
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chevy suburban 7.4l petrol
I think the mpg figures might let it down a bit!
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yes it would be gallons per mile
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I think it is a calculated review based on mis-information - it says the tow bar limit is 100kg... really... so it couldn't even pull a fat man?
Datatek
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That's trailer nose weight on the tow bar not the weight of the trailer
honolulujoe
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100kg! pah, my suburban - sadly only a 5.7 - has a maximum tongue weight of 250 kg weight carrying and a lot more weight distributing
