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bambi68 Member Since: 01 Jul 2012 Location: Rotherham Posts: 261 |
Hi y'all, I'm towing the van on our hols, having checked everything over I checked the tyre pressure sticker on the door pillar and there is no increase for the extra load when towing and fully loaded,
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1st Aug 2013 9:38 pm |
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bambi68 Member Since: 01 Jul 2012 Location: Rotherham Posts: 261 |
That's good then, I was a little concerned . My11 freelander 2, xs, Manual, 18" hse sparkles, sidesteps, privacy, zermatt silver metallic, almond nutmeg alacantra, twin electric towbar
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1st Aug 2013 9:55 pm |
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decho Member Since: 10 Mar 2011 Location: Fife Posts: 113 |
Just another plus point about the freelander...no faffing about when you want to tow! And it's a great towcar to boot |
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2nd Aug 2013 7:02 am |
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freedieselauto Member Since: 24 Feb 2011 Location: West Sussex Posts: 284 |
Last week I towed a small sailing yacht 70 miles home - the first time I have towed anything substantial in the Freelander. It was fantastic - rock steady and little loss of power. It's the safest I have felt towing in any car. Mind you, amny years ago I did once tow a very small sprite caravan( 10 feet) with the whole family plus awning across shap in a 1300cc Vauxhall Astra, with much stirring of its poor wee gearbox! - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
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2nd Aug 2013 11:22 am |
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fredastaire Member Since: 03 Dec 2012 Location: Holbrook Posts: 721 |
we have done quite a bit of caravan towing over different parts of UK of late, the FL behaves very stable and still also having plenty of grunt for difficult sections. One observation I would share with others is that on hilly sections its better in sport mode and using the command shift to keep engine revs say about 2K. if you leave the auto to itself it does try say 1600 revs and uses more fuel, I guess that the turbo isn't efficient at 1600 but comes on form for 2K. They really are a super tow tug!
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2nd Aug 2013 9:25 pm |
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