ChefDJ
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Hi all
In two weeks time I need to help my grandmother move down to her new retirement home in Port Shepstone, from Randburg. She is only taking her double bed (base and mattress), with two side tables, her fridge which is pretty small, her sewing machine (probably the heaviest of the lot, lol) and a few boxes.
She has a 2006 1.6 Ford Fiesta, which someone needs to drive down for her as she can't do the journey herself, so the smaller boxes and suitcases can go in there for the trip.
For the big stuff, we were going to use my uncle's bakkie (GWM double cab) and a rented trailer. However, his bakkie is giving issues with the clutch and so I've dubbed it unreliable for the trip. It won't be repaired within the next two weeks. Also, GWM don't have many good brownie points in my books. I've driven more than one and I felt highly unsafe in all of them. I don't favour making that long a journey in it, nevermind the clutch issue.
Now...
The E39 diesels have a bad reputation with their auto boxes, which is exactly what I have. I've towed with her before, quite effortlessly. The load to go onto a trailer is not that massive and so I thought I'd put an end to grandma's worries and offer to tow with my car. I think taking it slow and doing it in "manual" mode without the gearbox changing when it thinks it needs to should be okay. There's plenty of torque so I can keep the revs lower than, say, a bakkie towing a caravan.
Advice? Thoughts? Concerns? De-motivations?
:ty:
In two weeks time I need to help my grandmother move down to her new retirement home in Port Shepstone, from Randburg. She is only taking her double bed (base and mattress), with two side tables, her fridge which is pretty small, her sewing machine (probably the heaviest of the lot, lol) and a few boxes.
She has a 2006 1.6 Ford Fiesta, which someone needs to drive down for her as she can't do the journey herself, so the smaller boxes and suitcases can go in there for the trip.
For the big stuff, we were going to use my uncle's bakkie (GWM double cab) and a rented trailer. However, his bakkie is giving issues with the clutch and so I've dubbed it unreliable for the trip. It won't be repaired within the next two weeks. Also, GWM don't have many good brownie points in my books. I've driven more than one and I felt highly unsafe in all of them. I don't favour making that long a journey in it, nevermind the clutch issue.
Now...
The E39 diesels have a bad reputation with their auto boxes, which is exactly what I have. I've towed with her before, quite effortlessly. The load to go onto a trailer is not that massive and so I thought I'd put an end to grandma's worries and offer to tow with my car. I think taking it slow and doing it in "manual" mode without the gearbox changing when it thinks it needs to should be okay. There's plenty of torque so I can keep the revs lower than, say, a bakkie towing a caravan.
Advice? Thoughts? Concerns? De-motivations?
:ty:
