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Post by jfrench78 on Oct 31, 2014 20:04:08 GMT
How important is it to have an all year round car that has a Towbar. I'm coming to the point that I have to replace my all weather car but the replacements that I would prefer seem to not to want to do tow bars. It seems that large scale car builders don't want to see their better cars pulling (i'm guessing) caravans so they don't make that an option.
My question is how important is it to tow your MEV to a track day or do some people drive theirs their. Would driving their with a breakdown that tows to anywhere in the UK be an option or do these policies not cover race tracks.
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Post by airforceone on Oct 31, 2014 20:22:20 GMT
There are always options for fitting a tow bar, just because the manufacturer doesn't
offer it as an option shouldn't stop you fitting one. If you find a half decent garage
they should be able to fit one, even Halfords will fit one for you.
Ideally you want a diesel car for towing as the torque is very useful and the
MPG keeps the costs down.
With these kits beig so light even with a trailer I doubt the total weight would be more than
750Kg so just do a search for tow bar kits that can handle this and you should be ok.
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Post by jfrench78 on Oct 31, 2014 21:02:21 GMT
If the manufacturer doesn't type approve the car does fitting a towbar not invalidate insurance which I do not want to do. Diesel and MPG is not my main focus as I was looking at an S3 which has ample torque but for some annoying reason Audi only type approved the LHD version for towing and not the RHD version, presumably down to expected sales volume.
Also for Green reasons my company limit me to a 2.2l engine which limits things somewhat.
My top choice for a car with a Towbar is the 428. But i think that it might be a bit too GT for me.
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Post by airforceone on Oct 31, 2014 21:34:38 GMT
To be honest I wouldn't buy a car purely for it's ability for towing.
Buy the car you want and just pick up something like Suzuki vitara/Rav4 4x4 for £1000 that's
more than enough for towing or better still just hire a suitable car when you need to tow
for a track day or show. Your only looking at a weekend hire so £200-300. unless you are planning
on loads of track days buy the Suzuki.
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Post by jfrench78 on Oct 31, 2014 22:28:34 GMT
Don't have room for a third car but I hadn't considered the occasional hire. I might even be able to persuade my brother to install a tow bar on his car for some drives.
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Post by andy7b on Oct 31, 2014 22:57:13 GMT
Call me old fashioned but I like to drive my MEV to any type of show/track day. I can assure you an S3 would tow just fine as my wife has one for her every day car and it mainly does school runs, I don't think Audi are bothered about loosing sales by not approving a tow bar. It's not really the sort of car that's built for towing stuff irrelevant of if its capable or not.
Andy
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Post by kiwicanfly on Oct 31, 2014 23:36:20 GMT
To be honest I wouldn't buy a car purely for it's ability for towing. Buy the car you want and just pick up something like Suzuki vitara/Rav4 4x4 for £1000 that's more than enough for towing or better still just hire a suitable car when you need to tow for a track day or show. Your only looking at a weekend hire so £200-300. unless you are planning on loads of track days buy the Suzuki. I always find it amusing that some people drive big four wheel drives around as an everyday car with the justification of needing to tow a caravan for the annual family summer holiday. The money saved using a regular car for the rest of the time would often pay for the hire of a bigger car when required. Mind you I guess that anyone who builds a Rocket looses out in any justification argument  |
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Post by jfrench78 on Nov 1, 2014 0:09:20 GMT
My stand point is just because I have an extra fun Mev for part of the year I dont want to have a dull car for the rest of the year, I'm looking for a funish car for the rest of the time also.
Technicaly I could register the sonic as my company car as it will be brand new so under 5 years old, 0 miles(under 120K) and less than 2l so it fits the criteria.
If only I could afford an Alfa 4C.
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Post by welshy1 on Nov 8, 2014 20:08:44 GMT
My daily car is an mx5 which doubles up as the weekend car, my exocet is the track day car was planned to put on the road but costs prohibits that so converting to track only. Will be getting a pick up with a covered back with a good trailer so I can tow it to tracks and not worrying about crashing it if the worst does happen. Also the covered back end is a good use to store parts/tyres/tools and can be locked if im staying overnight etc.
I also buy cars so need it for towing heavier cars it will be my dads car though as im not allowed to tow.
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