Which towcar for a 1900kg van?
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And there is me thinking we might change the Freelsnder for a Volvo XC60......
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As you like the xc90 stay with it ,the money lost in trade in and money out buying new must be cheaper to keep the car you know .You might buy a lot more problems
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I have been towing a twin axle bessacarr 625 which is in the range of 1900 with an early mercedes ML never had any problems seems well on top of the job. My ml is year 2005 not worth much money wise now but I couldnt better it.
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A very big one especially if you use the 85% guidelines!!!!!
I think we are at 91% at present, I'm happy with that. Been towing on and off since 1971.
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i've been towing a twin axle Crusader mtplm 1950kg with a 2006 Sorento 2.5tdi (kw 2100kg) for 8 years. That's about 93% and its been superb and my best combination yet. Even over the central masif in a gale. All my other outfits were within the 85% but
none were as stable as this. You could probably pick a Sorento MkI or MKII up for less than £10k.Why pay more?
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As you like the xc90 stay with it ,the money lost in trade in and money out buying new must be cheaper to keep the car you know .You might buy a lot more problems
Yes, that is a consideration, and something that we are worrying about.
We will see how it behaves over the summer and review in October.
If we do change, it would be for something new, preferably with a long warranty.
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A 1900 kg caravan limits your choices somewhat. With a new Discovery on the horizon, you should be able to get some very good deals on Demo or New Disco 4's and certainly within the budget you mentioned... You should also expect to get circa £10k off a
VW Touareg. But expect a very low offer on your P/X as they will be trying to limit their losses... Good luck...0 -
Present car (Volvo XC90 D5 2007 model) has had a lot of problems, unusual for a Volvo, but it has had more wrong with it than all our other Volvos added together, and we have been driving Volvos since 1972 .
Thinking we might look to replace it late this year.
So what can we replace it with?
What new cars these days are heavy enough?
Write your comments here...Hello Kjell, I have had a Volvo xc90 for 5 years with 125K kms towing a 1600kg Fendt van and it really is great as a tow car and never a problem. Funny enough I bought the xc90 because the engine of Land Cruiser sw 3.0 td broke
down at 160k and I was touring in Norway. With some difficulty I towed the van back home and had to sell that car.Good luck for your new tug from Italy
Marco
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OH dear, Norway is a very expensive place to get a car repaired....I speak from experience!!
Yes, I think we have been really unlucky with this car, never experienced anything like it before with a Volvo.
At the moment, we have an ongoing problem which I believe is something to do with the gearbox or the 4WD, a vibration every so often, usually when it tries to change gear, feels just like the wheels are losing grip......except that they aren't.
2 different dealers have been unable to diagnose the problem as it is intermittent and never does it when they have it.
Happens both solo and towing.
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Go to a supermarket and buy beer, much more reasonable!
Even better, stock up in Sweden before you get to Norway.
Since the krone has fallen by at least 25-30% against the £ in the last 2 years, its not as expensive as it used to be.
There are huge taxes on alcohol, the government think it will make people drink less.......it doesn't work.
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OH dear, Norway is a very expensive place to get a car repaired....I speak from experience!!
Yes, I think we have been really unlucky with this car, never experienced anything like it before with a Volvo.
At the moment, we have an ongoing problem which I believe is something to do with the gearbox or the 4WD, a vibration every so often, usually when it tries to change gear, feels just like the wheels are losing grip......except that they aren't.
2 different dealers have been unable to diagnose the problem as it is intermittent and never does it when they have it.
Happens both solo and towing.
Some years ago I had an accident in Norway - got shunted by one 40 tonner into the back of another. Fortunately, because their bumpers were so high, only the bonnet, headlights, and the boot were badly smashed. We had the car towed to a dealer and told him
only to do the minimum in order to get us back on the road again - no replacement parts because of the cost in Norway. After flattening the bonnet and boot so that one could at least see over the top we continued our journey back home through Denmark. All
went well until we arrived at the German border. The border guard took one look at the car and refused us permission to drive any further. He notified the police who accompanied us to a dealer in Flensburg where we had new headlamp units fitted, (presumably
the reason for stopping us going any further). We made it back home like that only to find that there was also a slight kink in the roof, too, which made the car a write-off. But at least we got all the stuff in the car home like that without a problem.0
