Hi,
New to the forum as my wife and I are in the process of selling our old campervan and hope to soon replace it with a two-berth caravan. However, having done a bit of research it seems my current car (1.4 Astra) is both a bit underpowered and, more importantly, not heavy enough to safely tow the sorts of vans we're looking at.
The sort of thing we're after is something like a Sterling Eccles Sport 382, which has an MTPLM of 1,143kg, so to be safely inside the 85% rule we'd need a car with a kerb weight of around 1,400kg or higher. Budget will be in the £8-10k range.
The other slight complication is that really it will need to be a petrol rather than a diesel: most of our journeys are short local ones and I don't want to run the risk of buying a diesel car and having problems with the DPF.
Having done some initial research, I'm wondering about something like a Honda CR-V. But perhaps there are better alternatives? I'm open to suggestions.
Many thanks in advance,
Rob
New to the forum as my wife and I are in the process of selling our old campervan and hope to soon replace it with a two-berth caravan. However, having done a bit of research it seems my current car (1.4 Astra) is both a bit underpowered and, more importantly, not heavy enough to safely tow the sorts of vans we're looking at.
The sort of thing we're after is something like a Sterling Eccles Sport 382, which has an MTPLM of 1,143kg, so to be safely inside the 85% rule we'd need a car with a kerb weight of around 1,400kg or higher. Budget will be in the £8-10k range.
The other slight complication is that really it will need to be a petrol rather than a diesel: most of our journeys are short local ones and I don't want to run the risk of buying a diesel car and having problems with the DPF.
Having done some initial research, I'm wondering about something like a Honda CR-V. But perhaps there are better alternatives? I'm open to suggestions.
Many thanks in advance,
Rob