Hi to you all out there. I hope that me return to the fold
has not been with an OTT topic. Having moved from West Lancashire up-to
Northumberland and a couple of health issues has caused serious
prioritising of time usage.
Here we go. Recently on another forum
there was reference to Tow-cars and testing and also to Caravans and
testing and the somewhat skewed results tat were being presented for our
digestion and above all OUR INTELLIGENCE.
There was a reference
to a 2007 Volvo V70 D5 SE and I recalled the Practical Caravan Magazine
had conducted a TOWCAR AWARDS 2007 and had included the Volvo V70 D5 SE
as a Class Winner. The class category was 1425kgs-1574kgs,Oh
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. See my point .... 5).
I searched through my old archives of potential tow-cars and found the very test in question.
It
does not define whether the test car was manual or auto or even
auto/geartronic but I believe from the image that it was manual.
Indeed the interior is the same as that of mine even down-to the built in Volvo telephone system.
Now to the point,or indeed several of them.
1).
You have the car listed as Kerbweight 1561kg, Mine, albeit a 163 bhp
2005(05) and geartronic is 1777kgs off a VOSA spec Dynamic Axle
Weighbridge.
2). You have the test car entered into the
1425kg-1574kg class,that is three classes below the true weight of the
car,it is hardly surprising that it is a class winner. Is it?
3).
You say that it pulled an 85% match, but 85% of you quoted figure of
1561 would have meant that the caravan was circa 1326kgs,no wonder it
was so quick from 30mph-60mph.What would it have been if it had have
been more accurately circa 1510kgs.
4). You even included the
stable-mate 2.0ltr V50 in the class category test,this could not
possibly have been a fair comparative,a much smaller and less powerful
car even if it had an 85% match to the weight of it.
5). I have
read very recently that your tests are done at the MIRA testing grounds
and that all of the cars are weighed on their weighbridge prior to
undergoing the TOWCAR AWARDS. How therefore can the car be listed as
having a kerbweight of 1561kgs when my car albeit a 2005 (05) model but
with Geartronic option not the Manual option be 1777kgs on a VOSA spec'
Dynamic Axle Weighbridge ? That is a difference of 216kgs !!!!
I assume that the kerbweight is as per your own slightly modified published definition of :-
.......the
car or other vehicle's weight with a 90% full fuel tank,all necessary
fluids,68kgs for the driver and 7kg luggage. This is the figure used to
calculate a towcar match.
Ignorance, can be Bliss,It is No Defence & not an
excuse,Stupidity can be expensive and when combined, they can be
disastrous.
has not been with an OTT topic. Having moved from West Lancashire up-to
Northumberland and a couple of health issues has caused serious
prioritising of time usage.
Here we go. Recently on another forum
there was reference to Tow-cars and testing and also to Caravans and
testing and the somewhat skewed results tat were being presented for our
digestion and above all OUR INTELLIGENCE.
There was a reference
to a 2007 Volvo V70 D5 SE and I recalled the Practical Caravan Magazine
had conducted a TOWCAR AWARDS 2007 and had included the Volvo V70 D5 SE
as a Class Winner. The class category was 1425kgs-1574kgs,Oh
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. See my point .... 5).
I searched through my old archives of potential tow-cars and found the very test in question.
It
does not define whether the test car was manual or auto or even
auto/geartronic but I believe from the image that it was manual.
Indeed the interior is the same as that of mine even down-to the built in Volvo telephone system.
Now to the point,or indeed several of them.
1).
You have the car listed as Kerbweight 1561kg, Mine, albeit a 163 bhp
2005(05) and geartronic is 1777kgs off a VOSA spec Dynamic Axle
Weighbridge.
2). You have the test car entered into the
1425kg-1574kg class,that is three classes below the true weight of the
car,it is hardly surprising that it is a class winner. Is it?
3).
You say that it pulled an 85% match, but 85% of you quoted figure of
1561 would have meant that the caravan was circa 1326kgs,no wonder it
was so quick from 30mph-60mph.What would it have been if it had have
been more accurately circa 1510kgs.
4). You even included the
stable-mate 2.0ltr V50 in the class category test,this could not
possibly have been a fair comparative,a much smaller and less powerful
car even if it had an 85% match to the weight of it.
5). I have
read very recently that your tests are done at the MIRA testing grounds
and that all of the cars are weighed on their weighbridge prior to
undergoing the TOWCAR AWARDS. How therefore can the car be listed as
having a kerbweight of 1561kgs when my car albeit a 2005 (05) model but
with Geartronic option not the Manual option be 1777kgs on a VOSA spec'
Dynamic Axle Weighbridge ? That is a difference of 216kgs !!!!
I assume that the kerbweight is as per your own slightly modified published definition of :-
.......the
car or other vehicle's weight with a 90% full fuel tank,all necessary
fluids,68kgs for the driver and 7kg luggage. This is the figure used to
calculate a towcar match.
Ignorance, can be Bliss,It is No Defence & not an
excuse,Stupidity can be expensive and when combined, they can be
disastrous.