ratrunner
Member Since: 20 Nov 2015
Location: cotswolds
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Travelling down the M6 in the company car a twin axle caravan being towed by ssanyong overtook me, must have been doing at least 75mph or more ...crazy if you ask me 
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 6th May 2018 1:34 pm |
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sean 471
Member Since: 26 Apr 2011
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2990
 
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I have seen it a few times
Complete madness
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| 6th May 2018 1:36 pm |
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peter.green
Member Since: 26 Aug 2015
Location: South killingholme Lincolnshire
Posts: 148
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I astounds me the stupidity of some caravan owners. mind you once was over taken by a Nisan Micra towing a caravan on the M8  thing was swinging between 2 lanes thankfully plod was behind him blues and two's going and pulled him over hope they banned him for life. Land Rovers don't leak they just mark there spot
1973 Land Rover Series 3 110 safari Gone but not forgotten
1990 Discovery 200Tdi Gone thank god
1996 Discovery 300Tdi sadly missed (still going strong but not with me)
2003 Discovery TD5 Gone to LR heaven
2004 Discovery TD5 Gone to Aberdeen hope it likes it there
2005 RRS HSE Rimini Red (my Disco 3 in a posh frock)
Think I see a pattern here
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| 6th May 2018 2:48 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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Towing a caravan with a D3 at 60mph is fast enough for me... in a split second things can go very wrong
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| 6th May 2018 3:27 pm |
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deanslandy
Member Since: 17 Jan 2015
Location: nuneaton
Posts: 651
 
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Indeed  Belts, oil pump casing and water pump by Flack
Transmission flush by Geoff
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| 6th May 2018 3:51 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8243
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Examining my caravan and starting to prepare it after winter storage, it still had the legs down and had not been moved, I heard a “pop” and what sounded like a tyre going down fast, on investigation I found the centre part of the valve the part that a pump is connected to had blown out and let the tyre down in seconds, had this have happened on a motorway at 60 I dread to think what the result would have been. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 6th May 2018 5:01 pm |
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mz mini
Member Since: 02 Jul 2014
Location: Sunny Devon
Posts: 1759
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Well its that time of year again in the South West the M5/A38 will be like Beirut from Friday through Saturday onto Sunday normal caused by an overturned caravans on Telegraph or Haldon Hill
great fun !!!!! Land Rover 90 - deceased 
Discovery 3 - deceased
Discovery 4 2013
Mini Cooper S 1964 Mk1 - International Rally winner red & white
Mini Cooper s 1964 Mk1 - Road Rally champion green & white
Mini Cooper S 1971 Mk3 - original and unrestored 
Porsche 911 997
Porsche Boxster 3.4S
VW Polo 1.2
Citroen Xsara Picasso - shed/run around
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| 6th May 2018 5:14 pm |
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peter.green
Member Since: 26 Aug 2015
Location: South killingholme Lincolnshire
Posts: 148
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NickJ wrote:Towing a caravan with a D3 at 60mph is fast enough for me... in a split second things can go very wrong
Had a blowout rear tyre of my TD5 4 years ago only doing 50 mph wrote the car and my Vanmaster caravan off  . Brown trouser moment without a doubt Land Rovers don't leak they just mark there spot
1973 Land Rover Series 3 110 safari Gone but not forgotten
1990 Discovery 200Tdi Gone thank god
1996 Discovery 300Tdi sadly missed (still going strong but not with me)
2003 Discovery TD5 Gone to LR heaven
2004 Discovery TD5 Gone to Aberdeen hope it likes it there
2005 RRS HSE Rimini Red (my Disco 3 in a posh frock)
Think I see a pattern here
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| 6th May 2018 5:23 pm |
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DrLex
Member Since: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Ciderspace [Oi be in Zummerset]
Posts: 4863
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^ yup- had to go to North Oxford on Friday afternoon, so made sure that my route back was cross-country to keep moving, avoid the queues, and enjoy a far more interesting drive. Happy just to keep it local for three days. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Member of Club Med Sucks
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| 6th May 2018 5:26 pm |
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D4mation
Member Since: 29 Jul 2011
Location: Ruralshire
Posts: 593
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You can tow a caravan on French motorways at 80 mph  MY12 D4 HSE Ipanema Sand
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| 7th May 2018 9:44 am |
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dantheman
Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Essex
Posts: 1739
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^ not with a Disco you cant due to the gross weight. Stupid thing is a lighter outfit and arguably less stable is legally allowed to tow faster. Madness!! Today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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| 7th May 2018 9:56 am |
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Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
Posts: 1509
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I was passed out on a motorway once by a large merc towing the smallest trailer you could get. I was doing about 75-80mph and he was easily doing well over 90mph. One or other of the wheels was in the air the whole time I often wondered if he had forgotten he had it on as he wouldn’t have been able to see it in any of his mirrors
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| 7th May 2018 11:33 am |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1359
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Having been involved with tow car testing for the past eleven years, part of the test is towing on a dual-carriageway (test track at MIRA) at 60 mph. If the outfit feels stable at 60, it is suggested that we do the return at 70 mph. Most things there are stable at 60 mph (perfectly ballasted caravans for each individual car, with ideal noseweights, and perfectly flat roads with no other traffic), but it’s amazing how much instability creeps in between 60 and 70. There are some VERY popular tow cars that IMHO are downright dangerous at 70!
Even the D5 isn’t as stable as the D4 was (evidenced by live data from the caravan ATC system monitored by an engineer from Al-Ko), but the ONLY cars that I’ve taken above 70 (for the hell of it - but remember it’s on test tracks!) are the D4, D5, RR Sport (old and new), FFRR (old and new) and latterly the Velar.
There are some very good tow cars made by other manufacturers, but without being biased, the best is the D4!
I generally tow at 55-60 with my own, after all, we’re on holiday so what’s the rush?
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| 7th May 2018 1:10 pm |
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mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2531
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Where the D4 really excells is in the overtake im always happier when towing to do an overtake on an uphill incline as the unit always feels rock solid the power of the D4.allows a contolled uphill overtake without dropping any speed ..the downhill overtake is always more lively especially passing a coach or lorry MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
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| 7th May 2018 2:04 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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+1 uphill is where really shows it’s ability, but you can find you’re being naughty if you’re not careful. I have to say I find towing at 55-60 far more dangerous than keeping a steady 65-70 in good conditions as it keeps you up with the traffic and out of the clutches of the hgvs. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 7th May 2018 5:39 pm |
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