If you use the rule of 5's in Europe you could expect to do $5000 in fuel!!


I tow my cobra trailer (ASW27) behind an Audi A6. When I was younger and
could not afford big cars, or more to the point insure big cars, I towed
happily with a Peugot 306. Just modify your speed for suitable to the size
of the tow car. I will tow at speeds in the A6 that I would never have
dream t of with the the 306!


Years ago, I once towed my glider trailer with a VW Golf (manual) and it
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s only once - it scared me so much I bought a larger, heavier vehicle
strai=
ght away.

There seems to be this strange contest, especially in Europe, to see how
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all a tow vehicle one can get away with. In my view, there is no
substitut=
e for power and mass. Power to get you out of trouble and climb those
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s and mass to control the weight of the combination. Small vehicles just
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on't have enough braking power. =20

I have a rule of fives - a tow vehicle of at least 5,000 pounds mass with
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5 liter engine!

Mike