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On 12/8/2017 at 10:07 AM, StevepGT3 said:

Rode my bike into my race trailer ONCE , instead of pushing as usual, and came a cropper.

Nice work Steve.

Quick question, I'm now in the market for a tow car as my 335i's tow capacity is too low and the Kia is my wife's ride.  I've been toying with the idea of an Amorok, the up coming X series Merc, and even started looking at Rangers and Hiluxs, but I just can't bring myself to drive them as they are so uninspiring to look at both internally and externally and I'm imagining they're a crap drive too.  So I figured a Macan might tick all the right boxes with a 2,400kg tow capacity (braked).  Few more shekels but at least it's a car that's also good when I'm not towing / lugging stuff around.

So the question is how do they tow?  Anyone here used them for towing?

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Always thought Macan might be a bit marginal at 2400kg.  Have you considered a Cayenne?   I think 3500.  Apparently you should check nose weight too......?

X5 diesel is a cracking tow car.  I've had 3 of them all 30d.  Tow capacity 2.7T.  Towed cars all over the place.  Last year we hauled a 2T caravan to Alice Springs and back.  Up hills at 110 on cruise control blasting past 4 cyl jap diesels labouring away at 80, toot and wave as you pass. 

Moral of the story is euro 6 cylinder diesel all the way.  X series Merc is a Navara in drag.  Yuk.

 

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On 12/13/2017 at 7:20 PM, DJM said:

Always thought Macan might be a bit marginal at 2400kg.  Have you considered a Cayenne?   I think 3500.  Apparently you should check nose weight too......?

X5 diesel is a cracking tow car.  I've had 3 of them all 30d.  Tow capacity 2.7T.  Towed cars all over the place.  Last year we hauled a 2T caravan to Alice Springs and back.  Up hills at 110 on cruise control blasting past 4 cyl jap diesels labouring away at 80, toot and wave as you pass. 

Moral of the story is euro 6 cylinder diesel all the way.  X series Merc is a Navara in drag.  Yuk.

 

Was yours a e70? Any issues with the gearbox? My SD was always playing up but planning on buying another cheap one now.

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I’ve had E53, E70 and now F15, no troubles with any of them, gearbox or otherwise.  The F15 is now 3 years/70,000km old so we’re contemplating trading up again.  But it’s probably worth $65-70k tops so given it’s still in great shape I reckon we’ll hang onto it for a while longer.

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