Coming back from West Wales in bad weather last week I came upon an unexpectedly steep hill, so couldn't 'pace myself' up it. The car (an Astra petrol auto) was quickly labouring in 2nd gear, and changing to first pushed the revs up, but made the car seem really unstable and slippery on the road. It was impossible to get to any kind of steady pull, but I got to the top somehow.
This was my sixth trip with the caravan and I have checked the tyre pressures and pack following advice from the forum, the CC etc. The caravan is a Freedom and only weighs 750 kg, so isn't anywhere near 85%, even for the not very wonderful towcar. I've driven autos for about 10 years so do know how to change gear and so on, and drive them efficiently.
I would really appreciate any advice or ideas about what went wrong and how I can avoid it happening again. It was horrible!
Lz
This was my sixth trip with the caravan and I have checked the tyre pressures and pack following advice from the forum, the CC etc. The caravan is a Freedom and only weighs 750 kg, so isn't anywhere near 85%, even for the not very wonderful towcar. I've driven autos for about 10 years so do know how to change gear and so on, and drive them efficiently.
I would really appreciate any advice or ideas about what went wrong and how I can avoid it happening again. It was horrible!
Lz