Hobbit

Are we allowed to talk 'vans' on here :D :D It's a Knaus Starclass 550. We have had German vans for the last few years, and although it is not quite the build quality of our previous Hymer, it is really superb. We are so looking forward to getting our rx400 which will be with us in the first week of September.

Oh excellent, I had forgotten about that. We decided to take the plunge and order one today, my wife got her way and we are having a silver. I suppose it will stay cleaner looking longer. Thanks again folks for all your help.

Many thanks John, that it really what I wanted to hear. Great news. Mike

Thanks for that guys. I really wanted some caravan towing info as well though. We changed our caravan earlier this year and have found that my 535 is not so happy with it. Power wise the BMW is more than up for it, but we had a bit of a 'tank slapper' coming back from a short break recently. Admittedly I was doing nearly 70 (but the van was not overloaded etc etc) but it did shake me up a bit. We are not contemplating buying the rx400 just for towing, it will probably only be used four or five times a year for shortish runs with the van, but the other issues of reasonable performance with 'reasonable' economy, a lovely relaxing drive and loads of extras thrown in for good measure. Like I said before, our local (?) dealer was more than helpfull and offerd us the extended test drive. We only went into the dealers because my wife liked the look of it and we were window shoppingso to speak.

Hi, newbie here. Just on the verge (maybe tomorrow) of purchasing an RX400. The car will take the place of our 535 Touring (which we love) but I have test driven the Lexus and was VERY much more than pleasantly suprised. The car will be used mainly by my wife for town work but we will also use it for towing our fairly heavy caravan. My question, does anyone have (or will admit to!!) experience of towing with the rx400. If so what sort of mileage can I expect and how does it handle with the wheeled shed on the back? If possible I would love to hear from somebody before tomorrow morning.