Towing with petrol ???

[otherclive]

Thanks all
don't think its going to be the shock to the system that I first thought!

You could put your outfit details into Towcar.info. I’ve found it gives a pretty good assessment, particularly when I went to a
2 litre non turbo petrol Subaru. Good on two diesels too.

 

[GaryB]

This was my first Volvo tow car, a 1997 940 LPT, 2.3 petrol turbo, 135bhp, 230Nm (169 ft/lbs) torque and 5 speed manual. I got it at 6 months old (I was 27, my mates thought I was mad!), it had a 1600kg towing limit and towed a 1300kgs caravan and a heavily laden car transporter (not at the same time......) all over the country with ease.

 

[otherclive]

This was my first Volvo tow car, a 1997 940 LPT, 2.3 petrol turbo, 135bhp, 230Nm (169 ft/lbs) torque and 5 speed manual. I got it at 6 months old (I was 27, my mates thought I was mad!), it had a 1600kg towing limit and towed a 1300kgs caravan and a heavily laden car transporter (not at the same time......) all over the country with ease.View attachment 7696

My first was a 245 GLE auto estate, and I got all the cow and sharp needle jokes going. 😂

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I towed with petrol vehicles for many, many years and always decried diesels. The best of which was a Ford Zodiac with a gorgeous straight 6 motor.
Since switching across to 1 of those horrible, dirty, polluting diesel vehicles there's no way I'd go back to towing with petrol.

 

[ProfJohnL]

I towed with petrol vehicles for many, many years and always decried diesels. The best of which was a Ford Zodiac with a gorgeous straight 6 motor.
Since switching across to 1 of those horrible, dirty, polluting diesel vehicles there's no way I'd go back to towing with petrol.

I'm hardly surprised that a modern diesel outshines a 1960's petrol vehicle. Not a fair comparison. But most smaller displacement modern petrols with a Turbo would also probably out perform a 1960's vehicle.

 

[Buckman]

I towed with petrol vehicles for many, many years and always decried diesels. The best of which was a Ford Zodiac with a gorgeous straight 6 motor.
Since switching across to 1 of those horrible, dirty, polluting diesel vehicles there's no way I'd go back to towing with petrol.

Same here!

 

[izzy]

You could put your outfit details into Towcar.info. I’ve found it gives a pretty good assessment, particularly when I went to a
2 litre non turbo petrol Subaru. Good on two diesels too.

Just done that, don't know why I didn't before.
According to them the car is a perfect match to our caravan in every way and weight wise is even better than our Seat.
So thats it, going to order one!!

 

[Dustydog]

Just done that, don't know why I didn't before.
According to them the car is a perfect match to our caravan in every way and weight wise is even better than our Seat.
So thats it, going to order one!!

Is that one like Gary’s Volvo or Clive’s Subaru🤪