My words to hubs of "Don't buy anything expensive"

Pippy Louey
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edited July 2017 in Towcars & Towing #1

So we went to the Cotswold Show on Saturday and as we entered the gates my words to hubby were "Don't buy anything expensive!" Within an hour we were on the Ssang Yong stand with him putting a deposit down for a brand new Rexton SE 4x4! Eeek! List price normally £22,495 the offer was for £19k with free tow bar if you are a member of the caravan club (thank you Caravan Club) we wanted something that would tow a twin axle if we made the jump, currently towing a Bailey Pegusus Rimini with a tired 57 plate Honda CRV! The Ssang Yong, of which I have yet to learn to spell without looking it up tows 3.5 tonnes but can I part with my beloved Honda CRV!? Just wondered if anyone else had bought one, and how they were getting on! It looks fab and I will no longer at 6ft tall whack my head on the rear boot lid because it actually lifts above my head!

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  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited July 2017 #2

    Expensive  --  Never  !!  Cheap  at  twice  the  price  !!

    undecided  or  should  that  read  :--    Dear  at  half  the  price  undecided

    Whatever  it  is  or  should  be  --  enjoy  the  trips  out  and  remember  what  you  are  saving  on  aspirins  wink

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited July 2017 #3

    It could've been much worse ..... innocent

    I was in a Merc dealers last year. They had  Go-Faster V8 bi-turbo G Waggon in ..... A mere snip at £140 000 surprised

  • KjellNN
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    edited July 2017 #4

    Looks good, but do not take the towing capability of 3.5 tonnes too literally!  Your kerbweight is around 2.1 tonnes I think, so you should be OK weightwise for a twin axle, but what is the power of the engine?

    We recently swapped our XC90 which was 186 hp for a 3litre diesel Touareg which is 262 hp, and I have really noticed the difference on hills.

    We are towing a twin axle which weighs 1900kg max

  • Spriddler
    Spriddler Forum Participant Posts: 646
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    edited July 2017 #5

    Cuh! Only 140 grand?

     "You couldn't buy the wood for that!" .........as my Dad used to say.

  • Pippy Louey
    Pippy Louey Forum Participant Posts: 39
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    edited July 2017 #6

    Maximum power (PS/rpm) 178/4000
    Maximum torque (Nm/rpm) 400/1400-2800

  • KjellNN
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    edited July 2017 #7

    So less than our XC90.

    Be careful on steep hills if you buy a heavy van.

    Steep hills are not that common in UK, at least not on roads where you would think to tow a caravan.  We were recently in the Black Forest, where steep hills and hairpins are common and  I was very glad of the higher power of the Touareg!

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