Member Since: 18 Feb 2008
Location: South East
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Disco 3 caravan towing
Hi everyone
I am on the verge of purchasing a Disco 3 HSE and don't want to end up in the same situation that I had with my TD5. I had a bad experience towing a single axle caravan with a TD5 which had A.C.E. suspension which used to pick up caravan twitches whilst travelling on the motorway and exaggerate these until you were in a fully blown snake! Does the disco 3 have any similar computerised system that would cause the same problem?
Has anybody had good or bad experiences towing a single axle caravan with the Disco 3?Regards
Andy
Never had a moments worry albeit with twin axle. Mind you, my TD5 before was brilliant also.
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18th Feb 2008 11:21 am
hudsondoglets
Member Since: 18 Feb 2008
Location: South East
Posts: 4
Hi Martin
Did your TD5 have ACE suspension? I understand that TD5's without ACE weren't a problem.Regards
Andy
18th Feb 2008 11:28 am
AndrewW
Member Since: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
Posts: 2302
I have followed my brother in his D2 + caravan for 000's of miles in England, Ireland and France. Hundreds of times he had problems with "truck ruts" etc which never once gave my D3+caravan a problem.
His difficulties were so great he has splashed out on the new Alko electronic stability unit - me? I have a D32006 D3 finally swapped for a 2016 D4 Graphite in Graphite grey. No mods
18th Feb 2008 11:29 am
AndrewW
Member Since: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
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This is the same kit as the Alko one, I understand
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My parents tow a Avondale Osprey and have never had a problem in nearly 3 years with a D3, they didn't with D2 with ACE either but tell me the difference is huge.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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18th Feb 2008 11:43 am
wolster
Member Since: 07 Dec 2007
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My D2 with ACE used to tow my 3500kg twin axle trailer without drama.
Not tried the D3 yet but am expecting great things!What if the "Hokey Cokey" really is what it's all about?
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18th Feb 2008 11:46 am
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
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There was a well known problem with D2 s that had the air suspension on the rear and ACE. If I remember correctly when towing for some strange reason, probably because the D2 had air suspension at the back and coils at the front the ACE system caused a lot of instability problems. Nobody seemed to know why, as without a trailer the car behaved perfectly.
The D3 has either coils all round or more commonly, air all round and there have been no reports nationally of any instability problems ( within the Caravan Club nationally) whereas there was with D2 + air + ACE.
Hope this helps.
18th Feb 2008 11:55 am
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
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Sorry, just remembered. Tyre type and pressures were also a contributing factor.
18th Feb 2008 11:56 am
tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
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i towed with a td5 with ace and rear air and thought it was a brill tow car, but it doesn't come close to the d3 for just towing and ability Tintenter
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18th Feb 2008 12:02 pm
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
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I think that was the problem, not all cars fitted with that combination were affected. But those that were affected were a nightmare. They appeared very sensitive to the make of tyre fitted and more critically, the tyre pressures
18th Feb 2008 12:11 pm
pko
Member Since: 06 Apr 2006
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speed warning
For what it's worth I always engage the "speed warning" when towing as it is such a superb tow car it is easy not to notice how the speed creeps up.never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
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prev. cars TD5
3 Ford Explorers
2 Ford Mavericks
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Did your TD5 have ACE suspension? I understand that TD5's without ACE weren't a problem.
Yes it did (fantastic system that I miss in this car)! I did find that the car needed as big a noseweight as was legal though!
Martin W07MY TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey + Alpaca
No ugly kid glass!
Side steps (one with dent!)
BIG GRIN (although turned down at the edges)
Extremely empty wallet
As mensioned the ruts where a problem with the D2, not noticable with a D3
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18th Feb 2008 2:06 pm
Andy
Member Since: 30 Jan 2006
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 12
I assume that you will be getting an auto. as it is a HSE. Mine is a manual gearbox and i have mentioned before that i get a problem with clutch burning when reversing my trailer around a corner. The dealer tested the car by driving it without a trailer and said that the clutch didn't slip so there wasn't a problem. I towed the same trailer with my D2 and never had a problem with the clutch. The trailer is 1000KG fully loaded.
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