towing a cayman

[2Hooky]

Hi All,
I am in the process of purchasing a house in Nice and planning to take my Cayman (LHD) down there and leave it for when we fly in as the property has a garage. The issue I have is whether I trailer it down (my other half wont drive it!) or can I "tow it" with one of those frames attached to the car and towed by my Defender? Not sure how much it would be with a third party taking it down on a truck? The trailer would be a pain having to drive back with it to the UK!
Thanks

[Burrow01]

Towing with an A-Frame is a grey area (or illegal depending on who you ask)

Weight of a Cayman would be pretty high for an A-Frame I would have thought

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/overseas-holidays/us...

[H6CJF]

Drive it down and fly back.. nice weekend away!

[braddo]

H6CJF said:

Drive it down and fly back.. nice weekend away!

If you want to share the driving you could take a mate with you. Autoroute to Grenoble, then the Route Napoleon down to Nice.

That is a much, much more pleasurable way to spend time than towing a car down there and driving all the way back with a trailer (a trailer which the French might deem illegal anyway).

[HorneyMX5]

Cover my costs and I'll drive it down for you and flay back.

[elan362]

Surely just drive it down, leave it and fly back home.
Jobs a good 'uni!

[2Hooky]

many thanks for all responses! I think with the solid suspension my back will be pretty knackered driving it all the way ! Also moving a large van of furniture as well so isnt straight forward !

[Simon_GH]

I watched a Harry’s Garage video and he had his vehicles trailered to the continent for a road trip. I can’t remember the maths but it was pretty reasonable all considered. If you can afford the one-off cost then why endure a trailer / a frame if you don’t enjoy towing.