Towing
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Maycott

Original Poster:

586 posts

266 months

Wednesday 5th October 2005
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Does anyone use a 156 to tow?

If so, how stable are they?

Alos, does anyone have any good tales of 156 ownership?

I'm thinking about either a V6 or a 2.4jtd

number 46

1,019 posts

264 months

Thursday 6th October 2005
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Use a V6 to tow a Sprint Shuttle with FF2000 in and it's ok, plenty of power, but if there are passengers in the Alfa as well it sits quite low at the back and then its right on the towing limit for the Alfa (1400 kgs?), so sometimes the rear wheels touch the rear wheel arches over bumps!! Also the towbar is quite low, generally the heavier the tow car the more stable it is, range rovers as best as they are very big and heavy, but the're so big you might as well get a truck!!!

wombat rick

14,090 posts

260 months

Friday 7th October 2005
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Never towed with mine, but the 2.4 JTD has oodles of low down torque, which the V6 doesn't.

wombat rick

14,090 posts

260 months

Friday 7th October 2005
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Forgot this bit.


Maycott said:
Alos, does anyone have any good tales of 156 ownership?


Yes thank you!

Maycott

Original Poster:

586 posts

266 months

Friday 7th October 2005
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Come on then Wombat ..... share them!!

I really want to change the Volvo (also incidentally a really low tow bar mount) for a 156 sportwagon but I need to hear some good stories rather than the unremitting tales of woe we get on here.

To the point about the rear suspension compressing...do any of them have self levelling?

planman350i

599 posts

269 months

Friday 7th October 2005
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2.4 jtd - feels reasonably light and sporty for a saloon, very responsive seering, 40mpg plus easy, very very gutsy, does not sound like a normal diesel, looks like no other saloon inside and out - still catch myself looking back at it in the car park after 12 months.

Negatives - brakes are very average (compared to a 147), hard ride in veloce spec, poor storage inside (small point I know but annoying if you do a lot of driving). Had a few minor loose trim problems fixed under warranty.

Thats about it. No experience of towing.