Sad day, but worth it

G Cherokee
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edited February 2018 in Towcars & Towing #1

So the Jeep Grand Cherokee is off the road, waiting for a spruce up, and put up for sale.

She has been replaced with a Kuga Titanium sport (180) and I totally love it!....

I have really enjoyed my 6 years with the Jeep, its done everything I`ve asked of it.

And with only 82000 miles it sure to make some other owner a happy person.

 

So in memory of the old girl, I shall not be changing my user name. laughing

 

 

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  • lornalou1
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    edited February 2018 #2

    how can you go from a Jeep to a Ford. silly man. haha.

  • G Cherokee
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    edited March 2018 #3

    Jeep:

    Been there done that.

     

  • lornalou1
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    edited March 2018 #4

    Ford

    Been there tried that, got stuck.

  • G Cherokee
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    edited March 2018 #5

    Must have been the driver, 

    I haven't got stuck in this snow yet! 😉

     

  • paul56
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    edited March 2018 #6

    My Kugas only got ordinary road tyres and we've not been stuck yet either.

  • lornalou1
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    edited March 2018 #7

    sorry guys, it was meant as a joke. never owned a kuga and never will.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited March 2018 #8

    surprised 

    One of our neighbour's has just bought a GC SRT. An awesome 6.4 litre V8 beastie. 

  • EmilysDad
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    edited March 2018 #9

    I wish I could justify such a beast ..... sadly I can't  😓

    I wonder what the towing mpg is 😮 .... just about double figures I'd guess

  • lornalou1
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    edited March 2018 #10

    thing is , with all that power, would it even feel anything on the back. double figures if lucky.

  • G Cherokee
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    edited March 2018 #11

    But you cannot fit a towbar on a SRT !!!

    twin centre exhaust pipes dontcha know......laughing

  • EmilysDad
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    edited March 2018 #12

    How about offset? 🤔😉

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited March 2018 #13

    Ha ha, he isn't worried. He bought a nice motorhome last year, and.......he doesn't tow the boat anywhere!

    Such a nice chap, has a serious amount of money. A workaholic as well, we keep telling him to chill out and enjoy himself. 

  • lornalou1
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    edited March 2018 #14

    all work and no play, will end in hospital one day.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited March 2018 #15

    It did! We keep telling him to chill out.

  • G Cherokee
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    edited March 2018 #16

    Offset towbar?????

    How bizarre!  laughing

  • G Cherokee
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    edited May 2018 #17

    Ok, so after a couple of months towing with the Kuga (not constantly!!)

    I`m happy to report that I`m over the moon with the Kuga, a completely different beast to the Jeep, 

    lovin it

  • JVB66
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    edited May 2018 #18

    As our neigbour an AA supervisor has always said the only diference in bad weather like snow and ice between a normal car and a Chelsea tractor is that in an accident with the 4x4 its more spectacular as most are only fitted with normal road tyreswink

  • Freddy55
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    edited May 2018 #19

    I too have a Kuga (180) and am pretty impressed. Bought it last September and towed with it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It pulled the Senator easily. When towing the economy isn’t great, at around 24mpg, but solo I’ve managed to eke out 52mpg on the motorway, which for such a large car with oodles of power is pretty good, I reckon. Well equipped with lots of features coupled with good comfort levels, there’s a lot to like.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited May 2018 #20

    Since swapping to a MH, I do miss my Kuga. Although I like the MH ease of setup, it is hardly a "transport of delight". 

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  • Hoddy
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    edited May 2018 #22

    I have changed  from a Santa Fe to a Kuga 180 Power shift. It seems to pull the 'van just the same and no problem with the reduce power and torque.At the moment travelling around Europe find that the fuel consumption is good. On one trip towing from Croatia to Lake Garda the fuel consumption was around 28 mpg on a trip of 230 miles which to me is quite acceptable. I notices that when towing at 60 mph  in the UK the consumption drops to around 25 mpg but at 50 mph it is around 29 and some times depending on the wind up to 30. So for me was a good move.

  • G Cherokee
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    edited May 2018 #23

    29mpg back up the M5, and its a hoot to drive solo especially in sport mode, left a few Chav`s slack jawed as I disappeared over the horizon.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2018 #24

    They were probably thinking "look at that flipping silly person" or something very similar surprisedfrown

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