Subject: kuga towing Author: tony seabrook Date: January 19, 2010 at 17:58
kuga 2.0 diesel awd(136) towing Bailey Pageant S7 Burgandy
Mass Weight total 1445 kg. This apparantly gives me a match of 88% but other reviews are confusing.Could you confirm this to be a suitable match
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Author: Bert Date: January 20, 2010 at 00:12
Hi Tony,
An 88% match would imply that the Kuga has a kerb weight of 1642 kg. Which other review is / are confusing? Or i.o.w. what do you mean? In general 88% could be a good match when the general recommendation is 80 - 100%. But lighter is better... ;-)
Author: tony seabrook Date: January 20, 2010 at 17:11
thanks f or your reply. My confusion stems from reviews in outfit match and reviews in forum for user reviews for ford kuga the same 4 users appear in both reports but the same caravan against the same car differ by percentage in each listing.
Jerry is 66% or 79% Mark is 78% or 91%
Ken is 71% or 84% Phil is 80% or 93%
Our Bailey pageant is 1225 unloaded and 1430 loaded and the kerbweight of the kuga is 1613 so heaviest caravan and car without driver or fuel gives us 88% - would you agree - looking forward to your reply
Author: Bert Date: January 20, 2010 at 21:54
Ah, I see what you mean. The reviews underneath an outfit match state a lower percentage than in the reviews section. The latter is according the UK bases method (the towing code). The first is - like our star rating system and colouring - a result of mixing several European recommendations, or better methods incl. the British.
Empty weight van / empty weight car
Loaded w. van / loaded w. car
Loaded w. van / kerb weight car
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