Tow Bars?

[dirtyharry7717]

Just wandering , how many people have them on there is200`s and what do you tow, and whats the weight these cars will tow..

you see me and my mucker bought a speed boat to mess about with in the summer.. (

) , but at the moment my mate tows it with his 110. the problem i have is if hes away offroading i cant go boating :( , and the wife will not let me buy a rangey you know how it is....

[deckie77]

Never seen a tow bar on a 200??

Here's what i found:

With brake 1200 kg

Without brake450 kg

I bought myself one of these for towing,

doesn't tow any thing very fast but great fun, cheap & reliable, and it keeps the miles off the Lex

[dirtyharry7717]

lol yeh i was thinking about a we jeep to run around in , but my 2000 lex has only got 62`000 miles on her, all proven. , look like back to nagging the wife lol .. oh dear thats not gonna end well lol

[lexynik]

Mine has a towbar fitted-previous owner used to tow a tiny single wheel trailor and a light dinghy type thing on occasions - no autobox cooler fitted as far as im aware though - i havent towed anything with it at all but i used to have burger vans in the past and these i believe fully laden would count as being quite heavy-got the opposite lock rreversing and pinpoint placing down to a fine art by the time i sold up - dirty harry is yours manual or auto - i found a manual car best for towing by miles

[deckie77]

Does the boat exceed 1250kg?? or does the trailer not have brakes??

[dirtyharry7717]

lexynik mines is manual

and deckie77 yes trailer has breaks, not sure on total weight ill have to check .

[lexynik]

Hello mate-i looked at mine in case this thread came back and its made by Witter - HERE are a few pics it can be seen in so you can see how it looks on my car

[dirtyharry7717]

:) cheers lexynik looks good

[lexynik]

Cheers mate - im not overly attached to it if youll excuse the pun and really so far have only found it comes in handy as a "parking distance control" device in a crude but effective way - if by any chance you have trouble finding one let me know and ill have a chat with the wife as to if you could have ours