Car trailer hire

[AndrewD]

It would be nice to visit my favourite UK roads so I'm toying with the idea of towing the SV back to UK rather than driving it (missus is getting a Toerag).

Does anybody know anywhere to hire a covered car trailer?

[ChrisMCoupe]

You mean that wasn't on the SV option list?

How cheap

I'm just wondering whether Lambo or any other Supercar company have a delivery facilty for new cars that they are able to use for existing customers cars?

[smilerbaker]

out of the kindness of my heart, I'll volunteer to drive it to and back the uk for you.

no need to thank me, I like to help

[WelshBoyo]

I can share the driving with smilerbaker, honestly I don't mind.

[abels]

I have used these guys in the past. You have to book in advance to get a covered trailer

[AndrewD]

abels said:

I have used these guys in the past. You have to book in advance to get a covered trailer

Thanks very much!

All these offers to drive the car are politely declined

[smilerbaker]

I'll even bung it through a carwash in the uk for you, can't say fairer then that

[ChrisMCoupe]

smilerbaker said:

I'll even bung it through a carwash in the uk for you, can't say fairer then that

No no no, surely paying a bunch of albanion sponge droppers £7 to do a more thorough job would be more of a deal breaker?

[smilerbaker]

ChrisMCoupe said:

smilerbaker said:

I'll even bung it through a carwash in the uk for you, can't say fairer then that

No no no, surely paying a bunch of albanion sponge droppers £7 to do a more thorough job would be more of a deal breaker?

and leave em the keys so they can do the inside as well, while I pop into poundland

[smilerbaker]

being serious now (for once) towing a car that size and weight all the way to the uk isn't going to be fun, I had to trailer a car from kent to birmingham and it was a right pita, even though it was a great big nissan 4x4 thing doing the towing, and the trailer had brakes, It was touch and go a couple of times if we where going to stop, then of course it takes an age to get going again, and only going 50. Not somthing I'd want to do again.

[ChrisMCoupe]

So the offers of driving are back on the table?

Another serious point is... If you weight up the costs of hiring a trailer, extra petrol driving, extra pain in the ass driving etc, it might work out cheaper to hire a supercar for the weekend in the UK. Obviously not quite as nice as being in your own SV but less hassle.

[WelshBoyo]

Also check ur Swiss Driving licence you can actually tow a trailer. UK driving licence to Swiss conversions seem to have it, but a few friends have only car Swiss licences. They also dropped my standard 4.5T UK licence to only 3.5T unless I did a test?

[AndrewD]

WelshBoyo said:

Also check ur Swiss Driving licence you can actually tow a trailer. UK driving licence to Swiss conversions seem to have it, but a few friends have only car Swiss licences. They also dropped my standard 4.5T UK licence to only 3.5T unless I did a test?

Ah good point!

Car is large but doesn't weigh *that* much (I think c. 1550kg). What would it be with a trailer, 2500kg tops?

It is such a boring drive I was thinking SWMBO could do the towing and I'd fly

PS. We've towed relatively long distances before, eg. when I had my Radical we'd regularly go to/from Spa from UK. So she's used to it

Edited by AndrewD on Friday 12th February 19:23

[RainerM]

Hallo Andrew
it might be cheaper in the end to have it transported by professionals without probs reg. your insurance,trailer probs, or trailing-car
probs:

see here, some friends of mine have used them in the past to transport their cars, if I remember right and had them collected afterwards

http://www.galliker.com/dienstleistungen/car-logis...

sorry here in English

http://www.galliker.com/english/services/car-logis...

or:
with some nice cars :-))

http://www.kfz-trans.de/fuhrpark.htm

or here

http://www.cws-logistic.eu/

or here:

http://www.exmodtransport.com/

Most of them with English Links.

Have a nice sunday all of you.

Rainer

[AndrewD]

Hi Rainer, that is unbelievably helpful, thank you!
If you like beer, I have a couple of cases of Peroni waiting for you - perhaps when you are looking for the oldtimer you can drop in?

Andrew