£1500 tow vehicle
Discussion
I'm going to need a tow vehicle for the race car next year, so in the best PH tradition, what do you guys recommend, ideally it's diesel and could be used as a daily driver too?
On the 4x4 front I'm thinking early '90s Trooper/Patrol type thing or a 3 door Disco 200TDi
Or a Transit-esque van, not so good on the daily driver front, image-wise anyway, or commercial Disco.
Or large saloon/estate?
Regards
Iain
On the 4x4 front I'm thinking early '90s Trooper/Patrol type thing or a 3 door Disco 200TDi
Or a Transit-esque van, not so good on the daily driver front, image-wise anyway, or commercial Disco.
Or large saloon/estate?
Regards
Iain
punto1986 said:
try this
http://motors.ebay.co.uk/
hope you find something
...erm thanks...let me guess, I'll be trying www.autotrader.co.uk as well right?
Regards
Iain
chassis 33 said:
try this
<a href="http://motors.ebay.co.uk/">http://motors.ebay.co.uk/</a>
hope you find something
...erm thanks...let me guess, I'll be trying www.autotrader.co.uk as well right?
Regards
Iain
Could try a Ford Scorpio... although they can be a bit long in the tooth. Volvo V70's seem to come up fairly cheaply... or even a Pug 605...?
dern said:
What are you going to tow? Our v6 mondeo towed an mgbgt on a double axled trailer at 80 and it was perfectly stable but I wouldn't want to tow anything heavier (apart from anything else it would go over the max towing weight).
Mark
Sorry, should of added that
, it will be a Chimaera, that i reckon will be weighing in at 1200kg ish (road trim, 1060kg offically plus cage and other safety gear), plus spares, tools, kit either on trailer or in the tow vehicle and with one possibly two passengers. Regards
Iain
planetdave said:I forgot I was towing something
What are you going to tow? Our v6 mondeo towed an mgbgt on a double axled trailer at 80 and it was perfectly stable but I wouldn't want to tow anything heavier (apart from anything else it would go over the max towing weight).
Mark
Lost for words on this one.
chassis 33 said:You need to find out the weight of the trailer and factor that in to the towed weight. If you can put the tools, spare tyres etc in the back of the car (estate?) then you have more room to play and it'll probably all be more stable.
Sorry, should of added that
Mark
Podie said:
punto1986 said:
try this
<a href="http://motors.ebay.co.uk/"><a href="http://motors.ebay.co.uk/">http://motors.ebay.co.uk/</a></a>
hope you find something
...erm thanks...let me guess, I'll be trying <a href="www.autotrader.co.uk">www.autotrader.co.uk</a> as well right?
Regards
Iain
Could try a Ford Scorpio... although they can be a bit long in the tooth. Volvo V70's seem to come up fairly cheaply... or even a Pug 605...?
you can pick up a ford scorpio for quite cheap
chassis 33 said:
try this
<a href="http://motors.ebay.co.uk/">http://motors.ebay.co.uk/</a>
hope you find something
...erm thanks...let me guess, I'll be trying www.autotrader.co.uk as well right?
Regards
Iain
Iain
Steven - I see you joined on Friday and have posted 140 posts since then!! That's gotta be some kind of record!!
Was your weekend spent
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Hope you still find time for 
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!! In a lot of ways a transit is quite usefull, although you want either petrol or turbo D the NA diesel is painfull even without a load.
It also gives you somewhere to hide if the weather is bad and you can sleep in it.
A big factor will be insurance. WHilst big old estates can be cheap to buy they can be a mare to insure.
Transits are also quite fun to drive, but you want pas.
A good place for insurance is competition car insurance as they do service barges..
Discos are good and early ones are quite cheap. classic rangies are the cheapest but tend to be v8 and auto..
the commercial discos tend to be more expensive to buy, and can be more hammered and all will be diesel.
G
It also gives you somewhere to hide if the weather is bad and you can sleep in it.
A big factor will be insurance. WHilst big old estates can be cheap to buy they can be a mare to insure.
Transits are also quite fun to drive, but you want pas.
A good place for insurance is competition car insurance as they do service barges..
Discos are good and early ones are quite cheap. classic rangies are the cheapest but tend to be v8 and auto..
the commercial discos tend to be more expensive to buy, and can be more hammered and all will be diesel.
G
dern said:
dern said:
What are you going to tow? Our v6 mondeo towed an mgbgt on a double axled trailer at 80 and it was perfectly stable but I wouldn't want to tow anything heavier (apart from anything else it would go over the max towing weight).
Mark
Lost for words on this one.
I forgot I was towing something
May I respectfully point out that it's not stability that worries me but emergency braking. Even with a braked trailer the potential for jacknifing is huge and a roll + innocent bystanders getting mullered high. Every time it is done you might 'get away with it'. Just like the trucker that was adjusting his radio - except the time when he killed my mate and his fiance.
Rant over.
Iain, my uncle does offroad biking and runs a central heating business during the week and tows using a Tranny van.
He has never had anything major go wrong with it, it just depends if you want the relative luxury of a car or whether a van will do!
We used to have a BMW 525e (E28 shape) and if you can find one they are superb tow cars. Very powerful 2.7 and Auto box to boot.
He has never had anything major go wrong with it, it just depends if you want the relative luxury of a car or whether a van will do!
We used to have a BMW 525e (E28 shape) and if you can find one they are superb tow cars. Very powerful 2.7 and Auto box to boot.
Or perhaps rather than spending 1500 on a towing vehicle with all the complications of insuring it, taxing it, MOTing it, storing it, paying for parts for it, why don't you consider hiring a transit van for the weekends you need it for; budget, put that money aside and then I bet you'll have almost a grand to spend on the car and the races itself?
Just a thought. Perhaps you could approach a hire firm and a cut a sponsorship deal whereby they give you the van free or at a very competitive rate in return for stickers and publicity on the side of your car?
Just a thought. Perhaps you could approach a hire firm and a cut a sponsorship deal whereby they give you the van free or at a very competitive rate in return for stickers and publicity on the side of your car?
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