Towing a F430

[sealtt]

My girlfriend laughed at me when I had the idea of towing my F430 behind our Range Rover Sport... but as she has a child, we have to drive most places (visiting my parents, friends, etc) in the Range Rover, and often I'd like to have the F430 there - especially next weekend as there is a track day near my parents house.

So my idea was to tow the F430 with us, so we can drive up in the Range Rover but I can still go out in the F430. I have never towed anything (other than a tractor + trailer when i worked on a farm about 7 years ago), so not sure how it is towing a car on the motorway etc.

Anyway, is it a tonne of hassle to take the F430 around like this or is it a realistic idea? The Range Rover should be fine for towing at least. Would be good to hear from anyone who has done this or does it more frequently.

[sealtt]

Do you live in Poole thr32? I've seen a blue M5 with tow hook here and wondered who would tow with it!!

Thanks for the info, it sounds difficult reversing onto the trailer! It is an F1 model. Does make me nervous of not crashing whilst trying to get on the trailer, and being able to secure it down properly.

I will try and stop by a local place with trailers to see how it all looks, certainly the range rover seems fine for towing and adding a tow hook is easy at least. Will let you know SteelySteve if I am going to go down this route to discuss that trailer you have.

[sealtt]

Well after the advice on here I went and looked into it and it seemed like just too much hassle loading the car onto the trailer and driving the trailer around, especially as my parents are in the countryside so that would have been a nightmare trying to navigate the roads there. Trackdays are fine to drive to and so I didn't get as far as considering towing weight.

Anyway, I've now got a great excuse to get a 458 as I need a more comfy car for the long journeys I'll be doing!!

DanoS4 said:

What about just driving the car in convoy? I appreciate you're not all in the same vehicle, but is that a major issue?

She hasn't passed her test yet as we lived in London before so she didn't drive. We'll hopefully be able to do that by next summer though which would be a good workaround actually.