V12 towing V12!

 

OOOOOOOHHHH that trailer to tow vehicle gross weight looks dodgy.......

 

It got there, 200 miles!
Going to drive the car back though when it is done.

 

No offense, but Jags don't belong at McDonalds.

Probably better power and brakes than half the trucks you could tow with in that price range, with 100x times the comfort lol. idk bout that tow rating though

 

Its a UK or EU thing. Latest laws about size of car, trailer, gross weight and age of driver and license ratings. Has got very complicated . . .

 

Oh I didn't mean the trailer looked sketchy, I mean towing with a car seems sketchy. Then again tons of people seem to use cars for towing and caravaning over there. I just can't see the frame of the XJ being built to handle that kind of pull from the rear.

I can't really tell, but that trailer doesn't look like its braked. Without a brake the XJ12 is suppsed to be around 1700lb, with brakes it is around 3300, so 3900~ for the XJrs is definitely over the limit.

so pulling with the xj is way sketchier than that trailer

 

Check your owners manual; Jags can tow.

 

The trailer is an Ifor Williams, well known over here and it is braked so there was no problem. The V12 X300 handled it with aplomb.
I wasn't actually there but it got back to Norfolk with no problems.

 

Wow my 'little' joke has got serious...........


Flint, yes, most cars can tow. That's not the problem.
In the UK, unlike most of Europe, we just stuck a home made towbar (hitch) and pulled anything from an old caravan chassis with a car on it, to a small 4' x 4' camping trailer behind any car we liked. The Gov. has tightened up the laws on what can be towed and by Whom. Goes on cars and/or trailers max. weights, braked non braked age licence of driver and on and on.........
https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car

 

Ah, I see the confusion here, it wasn't being towed by a car it was being towed by a Jaaag!
It is therefore exempt from all sorts of pettifogging rules and regulations.
Well, it should be in my opinion.