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Hi All,
First posting. Not new to VW. Had three Mk1 Golfs including two 1.8 GTi's in the past (best car I have ever had for fun and driving!) and a Sharan. Great family car but sold it as it was the 90bhp Tdi engine and not powerful enough to tow a horse trailer.
Anyway, my wife was given before Christmas (I know, very lucky!) her Dad's 2014 3.0 V6 Diesel R-Line Auto as he bought a new car. We didn't need it. Our 2007 Hyundai Terracan did everything that we wanted it to. However, my wife couldn't sell a gift, so the Terracan sadly had to go. It went last week.
We have just tried to get the horse trailer from our field to load. It has been raining here for a few days and the Touareg just slid about. We reversed back (slight downward incline) to a non driven on spot and tried again. No luck, so decided to forget it. Unhitched and I even had to push to get the Touareg to move off.
Now, we have never had this problem before. The Terracan stuck once in very deep mud towing several tons of hardcore. After I changed to Toyo All Terrain tyres, with Hankook Winter tyres when required, it has never happened. Could it be that it had more choice when in 4 wheel drive, low ratio etc?
Due to the low profile of the tyres (275/45/20), I'm assuming that no off road tyre is made for that size.
Can anyone advise what size wheel I should downsize to with the appropriate size off road tyre?
I had a spare set of wheels for the Terracan and am happy to do it for the Touareg, if appropriate.
The final point would be whether this is a suitable car for our needs? If not, we could change it for that reason.
Cheers. Looking forward to your replies.
Paul
First posting. Not new to VW. Had three Mk1 Golfs including two 1.8 GTi's in the past (best car I have ever had for fun and driving!) and a Sharan. Great family car but sold it as it was the 90bhp Tdi engine and not powerful enough to tow a horse trailer.
Anyway, my wife was given before Christmas (I know, very lucky!) her Dad's 2014 3.0 V6 Diesel R-Line Auto as he bought a new car. We didn't need it. Our 2007 Hyundai Terracan did everything that we wanted it to. However, my wife couldn't sell a gift, so the Terracan sadly had to go. It went last week.
We have just tried to get the horse trailer from our field to load. It has been raining here for a few days and the Touareg just slid about. We reversed back (slight downward incline) to a non driven on spot and tried again. No luck, so decided to forget it. Unhitched and I even had to push to get the Touareg to move off.
Now, we have never had this problem before. The Terracan stuck once in very deep mud towing several tons of hardcore. After I changed to Toyo All Terrain tyres, with Hankook Winter tyres when required, it has never happened. Could it be that it had more choice when in 4 wheel drive, low ratio etc?
Due to the low profile of the tyres (275/45/20), I'm assuming that no off road tyre is made for that size.
Can anyone advise what size wheel I should downsize to with the appropriate size off road tyre?
I had a spare set of wheels for the Terracan and am happy to do it for the Touareg, if appropriate.
The final point would be whether this is a suitable car for our needs? If not, we could change it for that reason.
Cheers. Looking forward to your replies.
Paul