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We have the above car looking to get a smallish caravan nothing big and fancy as this will be a first for little lad but until a few years ago have had caravans for years Does anyone have any experience towing with one not intrested in its only a small car etc comments only want comments with...

Has anyone had any experience with the above car as a tow car? Didn't intend on buying as a tow car but vauxhall give a max towing weight of approx 1300kg which would pull anything i need, iknow all about the recommended 85% etc and have experience of towing caravans hore boxes and drive...

Both cars are more than capable of towing our van around 82% but I'm after comments from people that have actually towed with these vehicles they both start run drive fine in fact the Vectra has been more troublesome ( nothing serious) thanks

I have both of the above one must go does anyone have any experience with either both are petrol same 138bhp the Renault is a top of range privilege with all toys glass roof genuine 40k, Vectra base model but newer with 91k on iIto prefer facts from people that have had experience towing with...

This has prob been covered a hundred times or more but i cannot find anything useing the search bar!! Anyways we have just aquired a 95 swift 520 with onboard fresh water tank having never had one of these before am i ok to travel with it full or do i need to empty it brfoe traveling? Thanks

Could somebody tell me how to adjust the window blinds they are the type that have the flyscreen and blind, the fly screens work fine but the blinds are very lazy and a couple of them wont even go up they have what look like 2 red screw fittings on the top left side ( the van is a 1994 swift...

Hi ive just bought the above caravan it has a on board water tank how do you fill it it has a inline water pump there is an electrical fitting above the water inlet should it have had another fitting? as the only othere way to fill it would be with a hose thanks

What is this info based on? my experience based on 20 yrs in the haulage industry past 2 as a fleet manager says that the reason most hauliers change every 3 years is because most hgvs are on lease from the manufacturer and after 3-4 years the vehicle is paid for, So then when they sell on...

Hi ive just bought a picasso 1.8 having already sold caravan and mondeo i didnt intend on buying a car for towing (but to be honest i miss going away) has anyone towed with one of these? what are they like any probs etc?

Hi could anyone recommend what the best product is for removing algae and sap from the exterior, brought the van out of storage and what a mess tried allsorts to remove it but seems as tho its welded on you cant see the roof for it and the front and rear panels are also covered tho not quite as...

As already said keep it and see whan happens in the better weather i had a speedboat (was my pride and joy ) the weather had been bad and i hadnt been able to use it so i sold it i regreted it as it pulled off the drive but i had convinsed myself it was what i wanted to do same as yourself my...

As already said keep it and see whan happens in the better weather i had a speedboat (was my pride and joy ) the weather had been bad and i hadnt been able to use it so i sold it i regreted it as it pulled off the drive but i had convinsed myself it was what i wanted to do same as yourself my...

Hi i used to have a vectra well quite a few then i got talked into getting a mondeo tdci what a beast i got the 130 tdci yes they still have the odd prob but what car doesnt my only prob is holding it back i have a 23ft avondale max weight 1200kg and fully loaded it will pull away quite rapidly...

Hi there are 2 main things that rattle on the rear of the mondeo 1st is the subframe bushes and also esp as youve had youre springs changed it is prob youre drop link if you check out www.fmoc.co.uk you will find loads of info on these carl

Hi i had the disco approx 2 yrs it was a 300 tdi over the time i had it had all new rear shocks springs poly bushes etc it was a 97 p reg with approx 127k ( dont qiute know why that matters) it didnt appear to have had a hard life certanly no damage from off roading underneath, all tyres were...