Impressed

[robnw67]

Well I just used my Surf as Toyota Hilux's were intended - as a truck!!

Yesterday I shifted a full size cement mixer.

Today, I got 15 bags of ballast, 20 bags of sand and 3 bags of cement - all in all 950kg of material. I guess close to the Hilux truck limit of 1 tonne.

The car drove pretty normally - a little slower but nothing noticeable in town traffic. The only negative thing was a slight body roll on corners - but I just popped it on 'Hard' damper setting and that soon got rid of that.

All in all - very impressed. I'm not sure my Fiesta would have coped!!

Rob

[kitesurf_phil]

My Surf coped with 30 18"x18" patio slabs and 12 bags of sharp sand. Funnily enough it handled much better than my Peugeot 306 did with that kind of payload!

[Guest]

My Surf coped with 30 18"x18" patio slabs and 12 bags of sharp sand. Funnily enough it handled much better than my Peugeot 306 did with that kind of payload!

No S**t Phil, now theres a surprise.

Thats the reason I got the Surf, Did that kind of thing with my old Renault Espace a few years ago, 250 slabs over 4 runs, handled it no problem but trashed the interior - lucky it was a company car.

Didn't even dare with my Galaxy cos it was too nice inside and the seats were a pain to remove and store.

Surf is the perfect comfortable van for DIY use.

Cheers