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Originally Posted by LANDGIRL
Any probs to look out for? will have to be diesel.
Will it tow a caravan off a wet field?
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If uphill, the short answer is no
but the same for any two wheel drive car.
The question is how much time do you spend towing?
I used to caravan a lot but only approx 5% of mileage. I bought a 4x4 and drove around at 24mpg for the other 95% of mileage as well which proved costly. If you are a member of the caravan club or camping club you will find them as helpfull as us. If you get stuck on a campsite there will always be a helpfull member to pull you onto the road so dont worry about this.
The ability to pull a caravan on wet grass once every 2 years is not a good reason to turn down a good safe handling car and buy a big heavy truck that will not handle or corner as safely on a wet road the rest of the time.
The diesels are great and as said can be tuned to give almost the same performance as the 2.5 petrols with a lot more torque. I have had 2 diesel 75s
and now have the 2.5 ZT [which uses as much fuel as a 4x4]
go for the
ZTT 135 cdti, fit the roverron tuning box and you have the ultimate towing machine.
Dave