Towing Cars

[Jeremy Fry]

I have towed my 6M Zodiac Medline (total set up with full tank about 1500 kg) very successfully with a 2001 Range Rover. It has never missed a beat pulling the boat up slipways, and back home.

However, my family has got smaller (my 18 year old son would rather eat his own toenails than come with us now), so I am now looking at alternatives, as living near the centre of Bristol does give some practical problems with a Range Rover.

Who out there in Ribster land uses anything other than a 4X4 or a double cab set up to pull a +6M RIB?

I would be very interested to get a flavour of the possibilities.

Here's looking forward to the season.

Jeremy Fry

[Sailshots]

Just got myself a BMW 325d
Towing capacity 1800 kgs
MPG without towing near 55mpg (motorways)

[K&S]

Hi, we use a Kia Sedona 2.9d with no problems its a big heavy car and has given us no problems towing a 6.5m rib and a 6m Hardy Pilot.
We do carry a 'just in case box' with turfer winch and rope

[nik]

Hi, I tow a humber 6.5 diesel with a passat

[blinddog]

Passat TDI 130
We had ours for 3 years and towed a phantom 20 with a 225 yam from Edinburgh to Southampton often,
Put a set of RS4 alloys on to sport it up, brilliant cars and good on the juice too.

[paul holder]

for towing on the road most moderm cars with equal weights & a braked trailer no problem.BUT if you are going of a beach for get it .if off a slip with any angle or slime for get it .i use an old lr for just that piont you cant beat a dif box when it all goes wrong stick with your RR

[Nos4r2]

Just buy a short wheelbase equivalent (yes I know you can't buy a SWB RR) but there are SWB 4x4 out there. They'll tow a 6.5m no problem and most SWB are a similar length to a Vectra.

[Hightower]

I love my Kia Sportage, not the new one but a 1996 model. Braked trailer weight is a little on the low side but mine tow a 6.2 with no probs.

[codprawn]

You could get what Clarkson reckoned should be tow car of the year - the Bentley Turbo R!!!

Seriously though what's wrong with a RR in the middle of Bristol - my Discovery seems to manage well enough...............