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Old 07-25-2010, 03:13 PM   #617 (permalink)
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I suspect Britian's biggest problem with a caravan is the lack of good pulling vehicles. You almost never see anything in the US pulling any sort of trailer unless it has at least a 4L V-6. I pulled a flatbed 16'x8' trailer with my Explorer once, and my dad thought I would tear up the truck in the process!

Isn't there a system in the UK stating a vehicle can only pull a certain amount of weight? Most of my vehicles are rated only up to 2200 lbs, and these are vehicles with over 150 hp. So anything pulling a 2 ton brick with less than 100 hp is preposterous to the American way of thinking!
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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