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ammer



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To or to buy with a tow bar

Gents

Should i be concerned about buying a FL2 with a tow bar?

Your comments please

Post #126826 9th Jan 2012 10:48 pm
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npinks



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Manual or auto gearbox?

Post #126827 9th Jan 2012 10:50 pm
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ammer



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auto

Post #126828 9th Jan 2012 10:54 pm
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Do it!

Post #126829 9th Jan 2012 10:57 pm
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Speedway



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No problem. Gone, 2007 TD4 SE Auto Baltic blue, clear side repeaters, full sized alloy spare.

English by birth..... Yorkshire by the grace of God.

Post #126830 9th Jan 2012 11:06 pm
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iain cooper



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Re: To or to buy with a tow bar

ammer wrote:
Gents

Should i be concerned about buying a FL2 with a tow bar?

Your comments please


best to find out what it has been used for towing.

Iain

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ebygum32



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Good bumper protection for car parks or the swmbo reversing into the doctors car park and because she could not see anything dispite the rear parking sensors going off still kept going back until she hits the dwaf barrier Big Cry

Post #126843 10th Jan 2012 8:39 am
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npinks



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less chance with an auto that things have burnt out or worn when towing than if it was manual

So go for it Thumbs Up

Post #126851 10th Jan 2012 9:30 am
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Should i be concerned about buying a FL2 with a tow bar?

Only if it's bent Whistle

as said, no probs if it's an Auto

Post #126852 10th Jan 2012 9:31 am
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Reeventu



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It is what it was made for , work not just school runs.

I tow approx 1500kg with my auto about 25% of the time without any issues, why should there be ??


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Post #126861 10th Jan 2012 10:10 am
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ebygum32 wrote:
Good bumper protection for car parks or the swmbo reversing into the doctors car park and because she could not see anything dispite the rear parking sensors going off still kept going back until she hits the dwaf barrier Big Cry


Good job she hit the ' dwaf ' barrier and not the tardis though or he would be on here moaning !! Rolling with laughter

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if it has done an amount of towing especially high sided wind steered box type 'trailers' then the rear suspension will have taken a beating, If so the the front suspension , drive shafts and engine will also have aged beyond their mileage. Avoid


Also think on that the driver often emptied his caravans chemical portaloo just before climbing in the car and putting his hand all over the cars steering wheel, just something to ponder Whistle At work
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Post #126878 10th Jan 2012 11:54 am
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Or worse still, could have been owned by a Farmer, up to his knees in Censored no toilet facilities down the field so he will have been p Censored g up the side of it Rolling Eyes

Post #126882 10th Jan 2012 12:18 pm
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which reminds me of the time TOP GEAR did forensic sampling on the seats of second hand cars, farmers with mucky hands were the least of the problems Laughing 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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ad210358 wrote:
he will have been p Censored g up the side of it Rolling Eyes




Did you notice I gave your wheels an extra 'clean' at Halewood, that weak LR coffee ensured I was able to powerwash all the wheels and the drivers door handle Whistle At work
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