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Hi. Keen to take up caravanning But don’t know where to start tbh. Am starting my new research as I will be buying a tow car and a caravan. people have suggested I look at something like a VW Passat estate due to their awards. What kind of mileage is too high ? Looking at spending approx £10k total on van and car (needs to be automatic) But some people are saying I don’t even need to spend that much and upgrade later. ideas welcomed PS is anyone in South Wales that could give me practical help ? Steve
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As I said in a previous post I have been looking at VW Touareg's and I picked up my beast on Friday gone. Touareg 3,0 TDI R-line with fold away factory tow bar, memory front seats for driver and passenger and air suspension. The latter is nifty to lower the car well below operating height and reverse under the caravan with the reversing camera and then to raise the car to it's full 300mm ground clearance off-road height to hook the van up! Pure theatre but I love it! Fuel consumption will be a bit more than I'm used to with the Yeti but then I don't drive much or use it to commute living in London as I do. So driving to the supplying dealer in Blackburn from London, the Yeti gave me 49,0 mpg. The Touareg coming down the same A1 gave me 36,2 mpg. But I was going a fair clip faster than with the Yeti. It's an awesome car. Understated yet classy and going up I counted Yetis, Touaregs and Discoveries (3 and 4). I thought the Yeti was scarce but I counted 39 Yetis, 14 Touaregs and 49 Discos. So now I have an even scarcer car than what the Yeti was! A car I will miss dearly. But the sheer quality of the Touareg is amazing. And the power from 262 hp with a good six cylinder roar is awesome. That roar is the main reason I discounted a new Skoda Kodiaq or any form of micro-engined Volvo. I went to tow my classic old Lunar around the block to see how it goes and as expected the caravan is not level. At least it is not as ridiculously angled as it was on my Yeti. The standard Yeti removable factory tow bar is silly high. I replaced the hook with that from a Tiguan and that sits much lower and my Lunar towed level. I can't change the tow bar so easy on the Touareg though since it folds out with a button in the boot. It's a small worry since next on the list is a new caravan as I said before. So I'm not too worried about the angle. The Touareg is VERY wide. So wide you see past the caravan without towing mirrors. I fitted them anyway for an even better view. And on my street when parked normal to the kerb the wheels overhang the line on the other side! The Yeti hardly knew the Lunar was there with a mere 140 horses. So the 262 in the Touareg really makes a mere ton of caravan appear like nothing. I look forward to many happy towing miles with it.
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Link below has some information about, and pictures of, the new VW Tiguan. http://tiguan. volkswagen. com/uk/en/home. html?page=home
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After 50 years I've about got it and now . .......................... http://www. caravanchannel. co. uk/videos?vid=727
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