THE NINETEENTH HOLE
Travel has its relaxing moments but isn’t inherently relaxing. Many of us arrive at camp in a state of voluptuous restfulness, ready to unwind a tapestry of undemanding hours spent reading, planning, messaging relatives and listening to the radio. But this calmness balances on a delicate membrane of worn-out tempers and can easily be shattered by a complex setup or a convoluted lay-out.
The Golf Tourer 650 strikes me as a van that’ll make evening hours just as enjoyable as daylight adventures. Its welcoming interior is bound to corral your mood in the right direction and, given the van is capable enough to be unlimiting during the day, you know you’re onto a winner.
“Even after you’ve loaded in 600kg to reach the 2870kg ATM, the van will remain comfortably within the 3t-3.5t towing limit of most modern wagons and utes”
WEIGHTS AND SIZES
For a tandem axle van with a body length of 6.5m (21ft 4in), the 2270kg tare is excitingly low. Even after you’ve loaded 600kg to reach the 2870kg ATM, it will remain comfortably within the 3t–3.5t towing limit of most modern wagons and utes.
The ball weight, at tare, is by design less than 10 per cent at 160kg — the less weight there is levering down the vehicle’s rear end, the better contact and steering the tow vehicle’s front tyres will have. With the Tourer, I’m glad to see this bias exercised in moderation. As with all vans, when loading the front you can easily increase the ball weight, but
