Anybody tow with a petrol engined car

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I am just about to order my new Co Car and really want a change from diesel, and with the new ED on the BMW’s it means a 320 petrol is cheaper on tax than a 320 diesel

I will be using the car to tow my MR2 racer and wondered it anyone else uses a petrol for towing, and have you had any issues. I guess off the line it will be slower as it won’t have the torque of the diesel but apart from that I can’t see any issues

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Graham said:

I used to tow with a v8 discovery and these days i've got a td5. towing with the v8 was much easier and more refined. A lot of modern diesels have bugger all torque until the turbo kicks in..

I guess a V8 petrol has a bit more go than the BMW 320

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Thanks for the feedback, just been up to BMW and may now go for the diesel but also popped in and looked at the Merc C Class Estate Sport on the way back, that has a much bigger boot for tools etc so even though I left the house thinking I was going for the BMW - now I can't decide

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Well I have gone full circle again, I will be putting in an order tomorrow for the petrol 320 - mpg not a major issue as it is a company car

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TorqueRacing said:

V10 Tdi Toureg works well for us when towing our MR2 - you can pick one up easily for 320i money. It does 22mpg towing, 25mpg on its own and has 550 lb/ft torque.

You can also sleep in it

Has to be new as it will be a company car otherwise I would have something like the Toureg

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dellow said:

Don't laugh, but what about a Skoda Superb estate 2.0 TDI CR 4x4 170bhp 6spd £25,045 otr

Braked trailer towing weight 2000 kg, Unbraked 750 kg

To be honest I have thought about it, but this will get me shot down in flames.........I am just too much of a badge snob to have one I know they are much better than they used to be and my head says ‘get one’ but my heart ‘says no’

Since one of our neighbours bought a bog standard Octavia a few years ago, both myself and my next door neighbour have used that fact to take the ‘mick’ out of him at every gathering we have – all in pure jest, and if I turned up and parked a new Skoda on my drive - I would never live it down

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The Moose said:

Doesn't have any issues with MY MR2.

How come everyone on this thread has MR2s?!?!

Cheers

The Moose

Moose, are you out at Mallory this weekend