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Dont think anybody mentioned towing speed limits.
How big (heavy) is your tintent, as a Disco and big UK twinaxle will be over 3.5T gross train weight, so you are limited to 90KPH max speed limit (or try not to get caught ) Damn difficut to go that slow towing with a D3 or D4 on nice smooth French autoroutes.
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27th Jan 2015 8:41 pm
geoffsnook
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Where does that limit apply in the local towns i hope as i'm there in june Discovery 3 se gone
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27th Jan 2015 8:49 pm
dubbs
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I find much quicker and the jetboils falls off the dashboard and wakes me
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27th Jan 2015 8:58 pm
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We did 110kph... Stick to standard tin tent speed limits and very unlikely they'll bother with you.
90km/h is bloody impossible.MY15 DIY Black Pack (Better than factory and half the price!)
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27th Jan 2015 9:00 pm
al cope
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90KPH on motorways/dual carriageways, 80kph on single carriageways.
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27th Jan 2015 9:02 pm
geoffsnook
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Been back and for to france for longer than i care to remember but never with a discovery 3 and a twin axle over here i always find the speed creeping up with the tintent on the back Discovery 3 se gone
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27th Jan 2015 9:04 pm
geoffsnook
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Christ even home delivery vans go faster than that Discovery 3 se gone
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27th Jan 2015 9:05 pm
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I drove at the same speed as the lighter caravans (ie 110kph) and no one batted an eyelid. I had police passing me and giving me the thumbs up sign as they admired the rig. I did this all over France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. I slowed in areas where caravans had to slow but the rest of the time I just did as lighter caravans were meant to. No problems at all.FFRR 2017 4.4SDV8 Autobiography. Cost so much I must be mad!
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27th Jan 2015 9:06 pm
geoffsnook
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I remember one year passing my brother-in-law with his van on the back as well as me having mine as i had the sat nav i went to the front getting closer to where we were going and being passed by someone on the outside who was being passed by him on his outside and it was only a 3 lane road but as in france when the french get in a car they have to be somewhere yesterday all the timeDiscovery 3 se gone
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27th Jan 2015 9:15 pm
al cope
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Guys - I'm no saint, and 90khp is a right pain. Year before last, coming out of Calais, me and another chap with a D4, both of us with twin axle 'vans tried it. It lasted about 20mins before we both decided enough was enough, and pushed up to 110kph (and a bit above )
The opening question was "towing in france" and request for tips/info - and now you know about towing speed limits
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28th Jan 2015 8:10 am
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I'm pretending I still don't know... 8)MY15 DIY Black Pack (Better than factory and half the price!)
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28th Jan 2015 10:12 am
al cope
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whats the old saying - ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law - or something mumbo jumbo like that.
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My brother did it last year and said how dangerous it was with the hgv's thundering past.
Will be my first time abroad in May and ours is a twin axle so will see how 55mph is but I expect it won't last long on the A26 and A1D4 2010 HSE Santorini Black
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28th Jan 2015 2:24 pm
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28th Jan 2015 3:23 pm
maplecottage
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The 90 kmph limit is a right pain - can't even get it into 6th. We push on just enough to keep her rolling comfortably, 110 is just about right.
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) Damn difficut to go that slow towing with a D3 or D4 on nice smooth French autoroutes.
