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I have to say I have largely ignored tyre pressures up until now. I won't be doing so again as I felt the Octy was far more sure footed towing with the increased pressures.

Well it was a figure of speech. With 1250 kg on the back it is always going to let you know it is there. The Octavia Estate towed it beautifully though. It was fairly stress free.

I only had one passenger in the rear but was fully loaded with luggage, food, etc. I put 35 in front and 45 in rear and nose weight was at 76kg. I also had a roof box on with about 30 kg in weight. The car towed beautifully all the way. In fact I hardly knew caravan was on the back. Only when white van man went past at 80 mph did I get the odd twitch and not much I can do about that. 😁

It is a 2.0 Octavia Elegance Estate with DSG box. Tyres are 225/45/17's.

I have everything weighed, nose weight large heavy items low down and tyre pressures at recommend pressures. They say the Octavia Estate should have 45 psi in rear when towing or fully Laden and 36 psi in front. I did my last journey towing with 35 psi all round and while it was ok, I do feel it could have been better given that the Octavia is such a highly rated tow car. So, we shall see....😁

Just checked. Looks like they are extra load. I did tell the tyre place I tow a caravan.

Thanks both. I omitted I will be putting 45 psi in rear tyres. 👍

I have inflated the caravan tyres to the correct 60 psi and have a nose weight of 75kg with all the heavier items in the van over the rear axle packed low down. Heavier item in car go over rear axle. The van is well serviced with new tyres.

It is a single axle van. It is actually loaded up to about 1250kg and I would say my Octavia Estate is about 1600kg fully loaded. I will inflate the front tyres to 36psi as recommended and the rear to psi. Thanks.

Says 2.5 front and 3.2 rear so I will inflate to this even though only one passenger in back as it will have luggage etc in there.

Does anyone tow a caravan with a mark lll Octavia Estate. If so, what tyre pressure do you run with in front and rear? My caravan is 1300 kg fully loaded. Thanks

Great. Thanks very much. Now I just need to find out if the mark ll and mark lll used the same size springs? I will notify my insurance company before I fit them.

Much appreciated. 👍 Another question. Do I have to notify my insurance company?

I'm not. Was going to ask the local mechanic to do it for a fee.

Thanks for this. I can't afford to buy both. I think I am going to run down to my local back street tyre place and ask them to Jack it up as high as they can and measure the gap for a fee.