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It has cast off mitsubishi parts from their pick up range it does not have permanent 4wd like the shogun. Great value for money though.

Big automatics are fine eg 4x4 or merc but little 2 litre cars auto boxes are just not made for towing and will fail especially PSA

4 x 4 is from the army description 4 wheels of which 4 can be driven. It does not have to mean that it can be used in 4 WD drive on the road. AWD has come to mean all wheel drive in which all wheels become driven on the road without driver input. All AWD are 4x4 but not all 4x4 are AWD The...

Anyone out there want to get a group together to get Swift to replace these, mine are full of holes after 2 holidays. jamesfrost99@hotmail.com

Abbey and Swift sides are the same sandwitch construction. Swift's outer layer is aluminium , Abbey's is GPR. If you damage an aluminium panel a new sheet of aluminium can be bonded over by you're local workshop, if you damage GPR your caravan has to go back to the factory for a new side...

I bought the 2.0 diesel because it has a max tow of 1500KG, unfortunately the 2.2 diesel has a max tow of 1200Kg. Weird I know, but unfortunately the VIN plates capture this data. So unfortunately unless I'm wrong you need a lighter caravan.

AA will only recover 7M Max. caravan, that is how long their truck beds are. And yes they do adhere to this rule.

C Max figures below taken from Ford website. Have towed with a Focus estate before, that was the worst tow car I have ever used.

Both types fit the bracket. Scissor jack not very user frendly, side lift not very stable tends to bend. My advice get a workshop to make up a pad that bolts on to where the jack would attach and use a trolly jack on the pad. If you need clearance for jack drive punctured wheel onto leveling...

I bet I'm not alone in my horror at reading in this forum people asking if they can tow heavy caravans with little cars. Surely on the layout section of this website there should be the rough rule of thumb . Max tow Family car = 2 berth or light 4 berth. Heavy car = 4 berth. 4wd = twin axle...

Just do it. The Caravan club sells a guide to campites in Europe written by its members. Also the CC offers lots of support just get all their tec. sheets. If you can't do it get a caravan workshop to make you up a reverse polarity conector lead. Remember that it will be the Easter hols. so...

The story so far have owned 4 berth side dinette,parellel front caravans for many years, love the rear bathroom presently have a Challenger 530. Have 3 growing boys and I am now sleeping on the floor between the front bunks on an air bed. Wife is happy with this arrangement I am not. New...

Buy the heaviest car you can afford the C Max has very low max tow 1200-1300 KG. Also go for self levelling suspension in the Modeo

What a brilliant idea someone should move this to another section. Loved the petrol Vectras MPG. Towing 1200KG 1800 Subru Impeza 13/28 MPG. Ford Focus 1.8 TD 18/45 MPG. Towing 1435KG Citroen C5 2.0 diesel auto 25/33. Ford Explorer 4.0 17/22.

Ford C Max manufacturers max tow 1200 KG, Kerb weight 1300 KG, Swift 520, 1433 KG. Simple equation death or prosecution not much of a holiday.