Thinking about changing from v6 to dti

[xena_wales]

Hi, looking for some thoughts and opinions.

I've had my 3.2 V6 for over 3 years now - good car I use it mainly for towing my horse trailer (think 2000kg of horses and trailer) which involves some pretty steep hills around here. I also used it to commute to work (40 mile round trip) until that stared getting too expensive, so I bought a Megane diesel for the commute and the Fronty got relegated to towing duties only. But now that it's standing around more, it seems to be giving me some reliability issues...

I'm thinking of flogging the V6 and the Megane and getting a 2.2 dTi which I will use for both towing and commuting. Good plan or not? Will I hate towing with it after the v6?

Many thanks in advance

[Drift]

Most Frontera's I see towing vans are 2.2dti's and the seem pretty big vans, I noticed dozens on my trip to Cornwall this year.

To be honest I would got for the tdi for fuel efficacy

[xena_wales]

The tdi? Is that a typo or do you mean the older 2.8? I want to stay as new as poss (had a mk1 before and prefer the mk2), so I'd be looking for a 2000 model to avoid the tax.

Also, having looked further into it, I see the 2.2dti Sport would be capable of towing the trailer too as the trailer is rated at 2340kg and the towing capacity of the Sport is 2400kg.

Why has the Sport got 400kg less towing capacity than the LWB at 2800kg? The kerbweight of the cars is not much different at 1762 and 1791kg? Should I consider a Sport or stick with the LWB?

Many thanks again, I do appeciate all opinions and thank you for your time taken to reply

[Drift]

dti typo

The lwb will be your best best as it will tow more, unfortunately I dont have the specifications to hand, but some one will be along shortly to help

[alex]

The LWB has a better stability and I would say that is why its got the extra 400kg. 2.2dti I would say would be a good compromise, its the only model ive no experience with, but would want to have a real good poke around the 2.2dti section to see what can go wrong before going out to purchase.

[bobbinsjob]

I use my 2.2dti Sport rs to tow my fully laden, 25ft caravan and the missus has to remind me that it's there cos i keep going too fast It pulls like a shire and i have had no problems with stability. Also the fuel consumption is pretty good, 300+ miles, caravanned up, on £40 in bank holiday traffic

Hope this helps

Ian