Recent content by Zafiral

I discounted a DS5 for weak tow weights as all Citroen quoted ones are driver only. May explain lack of answers...... My van is 1482kg mtplm & when the car was loaded I don't think I could tow that.

A empty lorry is susceptible to side winds hence why some curtain siders run open when empty. Most caravans run relatively empty (you would not think it seeing what comes out of some of them on site!!!) so in my opinion a greater percentage of weight has to be kept lower down.

John This would again raise the C of G so would not benefit stability. Individual caravan manufacturers don't have the economy of scale to make such a step change. Making the whole structure load bearing is a huge change. Perhaps new materials would increase production costs, but cars...

I agree with all the above views, however there ae still discrepancies within the tow tests that really should be addressed. Cars in the same class can weigh upto 10% difference to other cars in the same class then as all cars are ballasted to 85% where possible, there is a 10% difference in...

As I said about the Caravan Club's test when the Jetta won, it is time to either reassess the 85% guide for modern ESP equipped cars with low centre of gravities or stop making such light cars overall winners. Class winner is fine, but an overall winner for a car that under test has only had a...

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With that mileage, I would avoid a diesel too. Modern turbo petrols give plenty of torque, but can be thirsty is you drive them quickly. however at 6000 miles a year that will be less of an issue for you that with my 25000 a year. What size is your van? Mondeo turbo petrols are much cheaper...

I have just bought 2 calor lite cylinders & a pig tail so that is another about £70 of dead money :(

We live nr. Rochester & for short weekends away we choose Daleacres CC site.

Re Seacroft CC site we are returning in May for our 4th visit. Some of the pitches on the top field can be a bit small, but apart from that the site is hard to fault. The food / entertainment at the club house were good. One reason for us to go back now is the dog friendly beach less than 10...

The fuel costs could help the uk economy as I am sure I am not the only person who has chosen to stay in the uk rather than tow to Europe for the summer. One concession I have taken is to buy a 2nd hand Clio dCi to commute in rather than the 4x4. 60mpg rather than 37mpg on my 62 mile daily travel.

Update. After phoning my insurance company to complain that it should have been made clear when I took my insurance policy including full european usage out I was not informed there was a posibility that I would not be fully covered in a large part of Europe, they investigated further and...

Good thinking there Prof, the only issue is if you need the car it is very annoying to have it sitting there, but not able to be used unless the insurance & tax is sorted. Currently my Renault is awaiting a fix so I am having to use the 4x4 to get to work, if the Peugeut was sorn'd then I would...

Sedo That is exactly what we have done by buying a 3rd car for me to use as a commuter car. As we are doing over 10000 miles in each of our cars we are not paying over the odds to get the cars serviced, the Clio is £30 road tax and the extra insurance using Admiral multicar is less than £200...

Flash used to produce a hose attachment for car washing that include a water softener cartridge. It was brilliant - I could even get away with air drying a black car!!!! unfortunately they released it just as half of England had a hose pipe ban for many months. I guess as it did not reach...