Recent content by colvmbo

Hi Prof John...sounds like you know an awful lots about vehicles and towing =) I'd essentially be driving 40 miles up the motorway, collect my 1300kg trailer, tow it 2 miles across town and at the end of the day do the reverse. 1st option is to buy a capable estate car (VW Passat) that I could...

So when you say late 1.9..what year is that and when you say late 2 CR,..what year would that be.. By the way, you mentioned some VW experts on here. Any ideas on how I can nail down with them what 'specific' Passat models are the ones I should be looking at (the range is vast in 1.9 and 2's)

Thanks so much for this. I wonder why they cap the HP. Never did get the difference between torque and bhp but by the sound of things it's the torque that counts. Do they make a 2.0 PD engine or is it that the 1.9 is better, more reliable anyway? Any ideas on what year to look at?

Just really put off diesels for the repair costs associated with EGR, Injectors, DMF, DPF etc

Hi there, My license dates from 1995 so I think I can tow up to 7.5 (not that I'd want to go anywhere near that) I'm in the market for a tow car and haven't a clue what to get. I think an estate powerful enough to pull a trailer weighing 1300kg comfortably. But also not so juicy to make it...

Cheers for this... If I were to go for a petrol car, what sort of power and engine size do you think I'd need as a minimum to pull a 1300kg trailer?

Hi All, I just purchased a food trailer (1300kg gvw) that lives 40 miles up the motor way from my home. The trailer would then be towed a couple of miles across town to the site from which we trade. At the end of the day we will do the reverse trip. I was advised that diesels make much better...