Maz's done it again! Ive just brought a V8 range rover!!!
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How on EARTH are you going to tow a V8 range rover? And yes, it will need to be taxed and insured if you wish to tow it along behind something else unless its on a trailer.
Seriously dude, no offence, but do you EVER sit down and think anything through? It seems every one of your 4 car purchases now in your short driving career have been unsuitable impulse buys which ended in disaster.
A V8 Range Rover with no MOT - I didn't think it was possible to buy a bigger money pit than your last Vectra but you've prove me wrong
How did you get this MOT-less uninsured V8 Range Rover home from Birmingham, by the way?
Seriously dude, no offence, but do you EVER sit down and think anything through? It seems every one of your 4 car purchases now in your short driving career have been unsuitable impulse buys which ended in disaster.
A V8 Range Rover with no MOT - I didn't think it was possible to buy a bigger money pit than your last Vectra but you've prove me wrong
How did you get this MOT-less uninsured V8 Range Rover home from Birmingham, by the way?
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Oh gawd, i dont think towing will be an option really. I expect its over the towing weight your Vectra!?
mazza7282 said:
Isn't that a contradiction?
Anyway - towing a V8 Range Rover. Unless you have access to another V8 Range Rover, or something like my Olds, then it'll be a bugger to tow. And to reiterate what Fox said, I believe you need it taxed and MOTed.
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It seems that its illegal to tow a vehicle over the weight of towing vehicle. Might be worth checking this out...
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/ww...category=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200601219948168
Is that the one?
It actually looks reasonably nice, if its capable then get an MOT for it and get some form of insurance for it, then you will be able to use it properly
Is that the one?
It actually looks reasonably nice, if its capable then get an MOT for it and get some form of insurance for it, then you will be able to use it properly
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<--- someone who's done more miles with a trailer behind him than 50% of this board have driven in thier lives....
DO NOT tow a Range Rover with ANY car!! The towing vehicle MUST weigh 25% MORE than the towed vehicle, have brakes big enough to handle stopping BOTH vehicles, and have a rated hitch that can support TWICE the towed vehicles weight.
As far as I know there is only one car in existence that meets the above criteria and that's a 1980 - 1988 AMC Eagle 4X4 station wagon. It weighed in at just shy of 3,500lbs, but with the full tow package pushed it a little over 4,000. It was the ONLY passenger car to ever be certified in the US for a class 3 receiver hitch.
Now, if you can find one over there, good on you for being able to afford its thirsty engine, as that was the car design's demise.
Either that or you're going to need something bigger than my truck, as it's only certified for 2,500lbs towing. And it's a 3,800lb 1/2 ton 4X4 pickup truck.
Personally, if you're still insistant on TRYING to tow it with a car, let me be the first to say I'm VERY glad I live on the other side of an OCEAN from you and will thereby be ZERO chance of you killing me!! You may get lucky and make the trip a couple times with no incident, but you WILL rather quickly burn the clutch, tranny, and CV joints out of your car and you WILL cause a MAJOR accident that will most likely involve loss of life. Several lives.
Your car does not have the weight to be able to make anyhting resembling an emergency maneuver (let alone a panic stop) when it's pulling a V8 4X4 SUV behind it. Turning a corner whilst under braking is going to end in disaster as the SUV will push your car in a straight line.
If you have ANY respect for my opinion on these forums AT ALL, please heed me now as this whole thing sounds like it's going to end in disaster, most likely with someone DEAD!!!
P.S. I just showed my wife a picture of both vehicles and told her what was going to tow what. Her response?
Wife : "Wait a minute. You've got that backwards!!"
Me : "Nope, he's going to tow the SUV with the car."
Wife : "Tell him I'm a WOMAN and even I know better than that!!!"
DO NOT tow a Range Rover with ANY car!! The towing vehicle MUST weigh 25% MORE than the towed vehicle, have brakes big enough to handle stopping BOTH vehicles, and have a rated hitch that can support TWICE the towed vehicles weight.
As far as I know there is only one car in existence that meets the above criteria and that's a 1980 - 1988 AMC Eagle 4X4 station wagon. It weighed in at just shy of 3,500lbs, but with the full tow package pushed it a little over 4,000. It was the ONLY passenger car to ever be certified in the US for a class 3 receiver hitch.
Now, if you can find one over there, good on you for being able to afford its thirsty engine, as that was the car design's demise.
Either that or you're going to need something bigger than my truck, as it's only certified for 2,500lbs towing. And it's a 3,800lb 1/2 ton 4X4 pickup truck.
Personally, if you're still insistant on TRYING to tow it with a car, let me be the first to say I'm VERY glad I live on the other side of an OCEAN from you and will thereby be ZERO chance of you killing me!! You may get lucky and make the trip a couple times with no incident, but you WILL rather quickly burn the clutch, tranny, and CV joints out of your car and you WILL cause a MAJOR accident that will most likely involve loss of life. Several lives.
Your car does not have the weight to be able to make anyhting resembling an emergency maneuver (let alone a panic stop) when it's pulling a V8 4X4 SUV behind it. Turning a corner whilst under braking is going to end in disaster as the SUV will push your car in a straight line.
If you have ANY respect for my opinion on these forums AT ALL, please heed me now as this whole thing sounds like it's going to end in disaster, most likely with someone DEAD!!!
P.S. I just showed my wife a picture of both vehicles and told her what was going to tow what. Her response?
Wife : "Wait a minute. You've got that backwards!!"
Me : "Nope, he's going to tow the SUV with the car."
Wife : "Tell him I'm a WOMAN and even I know better than that!!!"
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Also, just looked at the advert, if it is that one - that range rover's an automatic, so you can't tow it more than a mile really,anyway, if at all - you'll tear the autobox to bits.
You may have not been aware of this.
A car that's being towed has to be T&T'd as far as I know, as well as insured. This might not be the case.
Shame it's the 3.5EFI, I always find those a little lacking. Prefer the crossbolted blocks....at least you've got more potential from there on. Not a bad first one, I guess mind
You may have not been aware of this.
A car that's being towed has to be T&T'd as far as I know, as well as insured. This might not be the case.
Shame it's the 3.5EFI, I always find those a little lacking. Prefer the crossbolted blocks....at least you've got more potential from there on. Not a bad first one, I guess mind
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Lashout_UK said:
If it's got a full transfer case, he can shift it into Neutral and this will separate the transmission from the driveline entirely.
If it's a full time 4WD, then you are comlpetely correct and it will HAVE to go on a trailer.
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when my auto mini was towed, i just shifted it into neutral and left the engine running
mazza7282 said:
Ring up on the spot and insure it? Do you not think of the consequences of what would have happeend if you had crashed and written off another car on the road, or worse seriously injured or killed someone? After all you aren't used to driving this type of vehicle, that was also unroadworthy by the sound of things
