Poor old Motty. He's trying his best to do the impossible but getting slated when he can't quite manage it.
Any form of car testing is an inexact process, based usually on one reviewer's opinion, which in turn is based on his or her opinions formed on the day and in the conditions that he or she happened to drive it.
For a prime example of how these can vary, look no further than the 'Readers test drive the new Hyundai Santa Fe' blog that appears elsewhere on this website. Most people praised the car for its stability, and yet when I drove it - no differently and certainly no more aggressively to how I normally drive whilst towing, I hasten to add - the caravan got into possibly the worst snake I have ever experienced.
Perhaps this was an 'against all odds' event brought on by a sudden gust of wind that just happened to occur at the same time that I was overtaking a lorry, I don't know. But I'm afraid I don't care if 100 other people thought the car was stable whilst towing; I didn't. The end.
This certainly isn't the first time that my opinion has differed from others'. Based on a test drive last year, there's no way I'd consider spending my hard-earned on the current Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, yet I see hundreds of the damn things. I thought the 2011 Honda Insight was absolutely the worst modern car that I had ever driven, and yet most motoring magazines at the time rated it four stars. And the 2000 Skoda Fabia won What Car magazine's car of the year, which only makes me wonder how on earth they failed to notice that the gear ratios were way, way too close. Driving on the motorway in 5th meant the engine was doing over 3500rpm and unpleasantly loud enough to cause a headache. And off the motorway, the car could be driven quite happily only using 1st, 3rd and 5th gears. I managed this for about 8 miles including town centre traffic, A roads and roundabouts.
None of this is such a problem when you're talking about driving cars solo, because you can go and test drive them yourselves and make up your own mind. But when towing, you can't. I've yet to see a demonstrator at a garage that's even fitted with a tow bar, never mind one that they'll let you take home and hitch a caravan up to. So we have no alternative but to judge based on the reviews of those who have the opportunity.
I can't think of a solution. But since I don't want the reviews to stop, can we cut David a little bit of slack please?