Weighing iz Believing
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Weighing iz Believing
out and about with Synthia & Tin Hut
The Caravan + Contents are @1170Kg
Which is 130Kg below Citroen's stated limit of 1300Kg .
I can , and sometimes do go up to 1270Kg , but I have 30+ years experience of being frightened witless by rogue cross winds ...
Posted in wrong section - sorry - should be in towing weight question - Mods to the rescue ???
The Caravan + Contents are @1170Kg
Which is 130Kg below Citroen's stated limit of 1300Kg .
I can , and sometimes do go up to 1270Kg , but I have 30+ years experience of being frightened witless by rogue cross winds ...
Posted in wrong section - sorry - should be in towing weight question - Mods to the rescue ???
Lunar Solar 505 , 505 Centimetres being the appx' internal floor lenghth.DickieG wrote:I don't noe niffink abart dem van fings, literally! Lunar what?Dippy wrote:Cheeky Bugger - It's a Lunar !
It just surprised me how large it is yet still within the weight limit IIRC for my estate.
Any of your listed here vehicles would lope along with it . no worries .
If the " experts " are listened to , my Syn is rubbish with only 90 ish ponies.
But, a Van / Mpv makes a big hole in the air and you tend not to suffer the " who tossed the parachute out ? " effect common to lower roofed vehicles when driving into wind .
e.g - this months Caravan Club mag ' rates a 138 ponies HDI engine as " average" in pulling power - Oh really !
It's not that long since my 406 2.1 XUD Estate won towcar of the year competition , and my BX 1.7 DTR Estate before it .
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I think they're as guilty as most people driving new car's they don't pay for, I see it regularly at work myself.Dippy wrote:Journo's live in an Effluent Society
Despite driving LGV's (artic's) I think I've only once briefly driven a car towing a caravan, is your caravan light in weight as it looks very large to me being a non caravanner.
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14 BMW 535D Tourer
19 BMW i3s
06 C3 Desire 1.4
72 DS 21 EFi Pallas BVH
Sounds like some spoiled little barstewards are writing these articles.!!e.g - this months Caravan Club mag ' rates a 138 ponies HDI engine as " average" in pulling power - Oh really !
I towed the old 16ft Sprite Major around with a 75BHP Rover 2000 P6 . I went on to the 3.5 v8 Rover and Triumph 2.5pi after that.............but boy did you pay the fuel when towing
Citroen C5 1.6 HDI 110bhp Estate 06 plate
French Mistresses gone.
Citroen C5 HDI Mk 1 hatchback
Vel Satis 3.5 v6
ZX 1.9D Est.
ZX 1.9DHatch
Xantia 1.9td est.
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Xantia V6 MK1
Xantia V6 MK 2
French Mistresses gone.
Citroen C5 HDI Mk 1 hatchback
Vel Satis 3.5 v6
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The only good caravan is a scrapped one !
There is always one !!!
I have a tiny caravan compared to dippys van, An Avondale 390 but it gives us cheap and fun holidays !
There is always one !!!
I have a tiny caravan compared to dippys van, An Avondale 390 but it gives us cheap and fun holidays !
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1999 Xantia exclusive 110BHP !! Now RIP !!
2002 C5 estate 110 hdi, Happily sold on !!!
2002 C5 estate 110 hdi, Happily sold on !!!
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And endless misery for the rest of us Yes, it's true, I hate them with a vengence
Now using '00 Xantia LX HDI, pov spec
My past Citroens :-
'00 Xantia SX HDI, now dead due to accident
'99 Xantia HDI 110 Exclusive, RIP
'97 Xantia TD SX
'96 Xantia TD LX
'96 ZX TD
'89 BX TD
'88 AX GT
'79 CX2400 Pallas (scrapped )
& a couple of Peugeots !
My past Citroens :-
'00 Xantia SX HDI, now dead due to accident
'99 Xantia HDI 110 Exclusive, RIP
'97 Xantia TD SX
'96 Xantia TD LX
'96 ZX TD
'89 BX TD
'88 AX GT
'79 CX2400 Pallas (scrapped )
& a couple of Peugeots !