Petrol Alternatives?

Sandgroper
Sandgroper Forum Participant Posts: 210
edited April 2018 in Towcars & Towing #1

Just wondering if anyone has a view on the Mazda 6 as a tow vehicle. I have a 1300 kg van.

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  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited April 2018 #2

    more info is required to answer your question. what is the Mazda-petrol/diesel. 1.6/2.0/2.2 old/new. what is the van your towing. all this helps.

  • Sandgroper
    Sandgroper Forum Participant Posts: 210
    edited April 2018 #3

    The clue is in the heading 'Petrol Alternatives' the van is a Bailey Olympus 464.

    Reading the runes it looks very much as if the knives are well and truly out to ditch the diesel  whatever. Someone will no doubt re-address the problem of pollution and eventually decide that they are OK after all, but that will be after we have all gone elsewhere.

    Nudging ever closer to my eighties I cannot see me investing massive amounts of cash into a new motor but there are petrol options out there at reasonable prices.

    My existing diesel Mondeo, with 60,000 on the clock only commands a £3000 write off value at eight years old. You might as well burn the money!!!

     

     

  • lornalou1
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    edited April 2018 #4

    I would stick with the Mondeo. why waste money getting a petrol and halving the mpg and costing more to run. give it a dam good service with cambelt change and good for another 60000 miles towing. If you don't mind me saying, I think your doing brilliant still towing at nearly 80 years old so why worry about being green at your time of life. stick with what you've got and enjoy. big thumbs up from me. laughing

  • lornalou1
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    edited April 2018 #5

    another thing is the Mondeo if my guess is correct gives 77% towing match where the mazda petrol  is 20kg lighter than the caravan so illegal to tow. again guessing what year both vehicles are.  

  • flatcoat
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    edited April 2018 #6

    Keep the Mondeo. The biggest cost of car ownership by a huge margin is depreciation and whatever the ill informed politicians and Sunday papers say, diesel will be needed for a long time yet. 

  • Boff
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    edited April 2018 #7

    Just because a caravan weighs more than the tow vehicle it doesn’t neccessarily mean it is illegal to tow.  Depend on the maximum tow weight.

    This is not a recommendation or do I think it is prudent but merely a comment on the legality of the situation. 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2018 #8

    Another vote here for keeping the Mondy. It’s lost most of it’s value already so what’s to lose by keeping it?

  • lornalou1
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    edited April 2018 #9

    sorry, I keep saying illegal and I know it's not. frown

  • Sandgroper
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    edited April 2018 #10

    Hi, Thanks for your views!

     

    As it is I will have the Mondeo MOT'd this month anyway. By next year we will know a bit more about the new anti-diesel tests.

    Can't imagine just how the market will deal with the rush to opt for petrol!

    Regards to all!

     

     

     

     

  • paul56
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    edited April 2018 #11

    We part ex'd a 130bhp Mondeo diesel with 96,000 on the clock when we bought our Kuga. It was still running like a dream and towed our 1450kg Bailey easily. Keep the Mondeo.

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