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Top Gear tried about a year ago using a Norris Designs Evo7. Serioulsy powerful car See Here but it blew the engine at some daft speed around 140mph'ish IIRC.
11th May 2006 3:38 pm
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
Albourneboy to apply only the trailer brakes you just operate the manual over ride on the brake controller which retards the trailer and straightens the trailer instantly. do you not use or have brake controllers and electric brakes fitted to your trailers/caravans. this is what I have installed in my vehicle
http://www.tekonsha.com/prodig.html
note at the front bottom the black (partialy obscured) manual overide lever. the brakes work so good on my camper i can even pull the car up without using the car brakes and set it to the max and lockup the camper wheels(1600+ kgs)
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11th May 2006 4:00 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
I believe I'm right in saying ours are over run brakes that as the coupling pushes together the brakes are applied, we have no way of applying the caravans brakes manuallyDS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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Yep, sophisticated trailer brake controllers are like rocking horse droppings in the UK, overrun brakes are the normThe End
11th May 2006 4:15 pm
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
Pelyma according to our laws that is all we reqiure also or an electric system. Obviously the electric system is superior in that it gives the driver total control of the trailer while seated and off road hill descents are easier as you apply the trailer brakes and dont get shoved downhill. It can make descents easier too believe it or not
but my Jensen C-V8 held the 1964 caravan towing speed record, can't remember the figure but I think it was c.110mph.
Anyone know the current record?
evo magazine has an amusing article this month about towing a 4x4 Fiat Panda on a trailer from 0-100 mph. The fierce G-Wagen (AMG or Brabus can't remember) won.
Fastest Caravan tow
A Mercedes Benz S600 driven by Eugene Herbert (South Africa) reached a speed of 223.881 km/h (139.113 mph) towing a standard caravan at Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, on October 24, 2003. The record attempt was arranged by Risk Administrative Consultants.
Rather him than me. I wonder how much longer it'll be before someone tries to beat that using a Taureg V10 diesel Now an ex-D3 owner after 7 happy years. Miss the car but not the big bills
12th May 2006 7:58 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10296
Thats probably no where near as scary as the bloke with the B reg Montego deisel estate and the old Sprite on the back I see every bank holiday on the M5 heading for Weston-s-Mare
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