Towcar of the Year winner announced

The standard that you are referring to is not a regulation, so compliance is not mandatory. Besides, the standard only says which pin is reserved for what purpose, but that doesn't mean that all pins necessarily have to be connected.

That's very strange, I contacted Skoda helpline and after a conversation with the technical dept, they confirmed that pins 10-11 are NOT connected on the Kodiaq, I then spoke to the dealer who spoke to Skoda again through the dealer network and again it was confirmed that the two pins are not connected.

The way to check if they are wired up is to connect the car and turn on the interior lights with the ignition off, the lights and fridge light should work, then start the car, the interior lights and fridge light should then go out, if they don't pin 10-11 and associated relay are not present or at least not working

My tow car of the year when we bought the caravan in 2015 was a Mercedes Benz W221 S350L with an aftermarket OEM tow bar and electrics. Correctly wired so as everything worked as it should on a 13 pin socket, with a 7 pin adaptor for non caravan items that connected i.e. a small trailer and bike carrier, and back up box and rack. Did wot it said on the tin.

In 2016 it was my tow car of the year again.

In 2017 my tow car of the year is a Mercedes Benz W166 GLE350 AMG Line with factory fitted electric deployed tow bar with 13 pin socket correctly wired to power the caravan, or with adaptor a small trailer and Thule Velo Compact 3 bike carrier work.

How bizarre a CAMC TCOTY would give concerns to prospective buyers about the ability to power or not an attached caravan.

A quick question of just how many pins are connected should give a prospective buyer the confidence to know it is truly a TCOTY. BTW it ain't all 13 pins!!

Must get around to changing the avatar pic to the current TCOTY in our case.

My towcar of the year involves a very muddy field, leaves boot free for carrying three dogs and reliably tows out others with vehicles that get stuck! 

Do like Skodas though, but not for towing.

I am looking at upgrading from my Antara 2.2 SE Nav, and upto now,

I like the look of the Jeep Cherokee, but not even in the list ?? Why is that ?

Only cars entered by the manufacturers are considered in the competition. It’s industry driven.

Reading the mag today testing the Skoda, I got the impression the tester didn't rate the dsg box, hesitation setting off and hunting between gears.

Hardly what I would call TCOTY.

OK, did'nt realise that. No edit option, so does anyone know how to remove my comments ?

Anyone know how to edit my comment, as i am told no advertising allowed. I did not realise, otherwise would not have posted. 

Cheers

Moderator Comment - Mark whilst I have edited your original post to remove the detail you asked re advertising unfortunately due to the quirks of the forum it still remains in the quoted post!!! We will have to live with that.

David

Strange indeed, that you should have been told that.

I have double-checked (to be sure) with my own outfit and confirm the socket is all wired to support the fridge with engine running.