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Originally Posted by m30rmf
Yup passed in 94, the weight is 1200kg of the van, dealer worked it all out for me and said will tow no problems...
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I think ( I'm almost certain ) you will find that that 1200KG is the ( MIRO ) unladen weight as the MTPLM ( max laden weight ) of my Charisma 230 2 berth is 1215 KG - and that's a much smaller van.
If the dealer worked it all out for you they should have been using the MTPLM to compare against your car's towing ability and not the ( MIRO ) unladen weight - I'd therefore
be wary they were just after a sale regardless of suitable matching.
AIUI some caravan dealers are prone to this deception to encourage a sale to someone who is not familiar with towing weight matching.
On saying all of that, the Charisma is quite a nice mid market van and we are pleased with ours.
Beware of that dealer though and do your own research using the
MTPLM weight of the van.
This doesn't necessarily mean your car isn't capable of towing the MTPLM of that caravan - but DO check it yourself.
I've read quite a few accounts over the years where a dealer said to a novice that a car was suitable to tow the caravan they were selling.
Sometimes people have had to change their car following caravan purchase and after relying on the dealer check.
In my mind the main theme here is the dealer not being totally open and taking advantage of ignorance of the buyer.
Colin