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325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:03 pm
by Pikey
How much does an E30 325i Touring weigh?
I'd like to tow my drift car on a trailer with it, but I need to know the weight to see if I need to abandon the idea altogether and get something heavier
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:06 pm
by Gouki
1270kg.
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:36 pm
by Pikey
Really? That's nowhere near heavy enough
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:47 pm
by Brianmoooore
1310Kg for mine, actual weight on a weighbridge, with whatever fuel was in it, plus all the junk that usually lives in it.
I've towed the odd E34 on a trailer behind mine. Doesn't feel all that stable though!
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:00 pm
by Pikey
Hmm ok lets say 1300kg then, plus the stuff that's always going to be in the car when I'm towing - which is me, a heavy jack, two wheels and tyres and a load of tools, so call it 1400kg.
So if I get a trailer that weighs 400kg and my drift car which is ~1000kg I'm right on the limit!
Its looking like I need something bigger isnt it
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:21 pm
by Splondike
I think the recommendation is ideally to tow 75% of the cars weight it is not ?
Re: 325i Touring weight
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:25 pm
by Gouki
according to my BMW bible although this applies to Germany dont know what it states here but trailer load limits:
unbraked 500kg
braked, max gradient 12% (1 in 8.3) 1200kg.