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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.. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BvEccfZOr8 ) , 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,
[img]http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/deckie77/jeep/pass.jpg[/img]
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 - [url="http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=66426&pid=720070&st=0&#entry720070"]HERE[/url] 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


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