Hi there, we've ordered a new Triton in silver to go with our silver VWT5 campervan. It arrives in February and we are new to caravans, so I am reading up on things I need to know about towing/caravanning/Eriba ownership! We tour a lot across Europe and there are limits to a T5 when you tour for months on end (much as we love our T5), so we bought an Eriba!

Hi Blueyonder, welcome to Eribafolk!
We towed a 420GT with a T5 for a couple of years. The T5 was a long wheel based Bilbos Nexa 2010.
We thought it would be the ideal combination and indeed it towed beautifully!
We had a detatchable Westphalia towbar fitted and there was no problem with the height of the towball. We used the combination all over the UK and in Europe.
However it was hard to reconcile pulling an extra bedroom, kitchen and toilet around! We decided to revert to a car and Eriba.
If you had any specific questions then please ask. Perhaps this should be in the towing thread.
TonyP

don't forget to post some pictures of your Silver Triton when you get it......

.....and the T5!

February!!! so exciting welcome to the forum

Wow, T5 and Eriba to come, you lucky devils. We hope to get a T5 eventually to tow our Familia as we could do with the extra bed and mainly because we love the vw vans. Welcome to the forum, some of us are slightly mad but all are good fun. Hope to see your silver Triton at a future meet and there's a chance we may just bring your van home by mistake!!!! . Ellen

Hi, didn't I just see this post on the Eriba Forum
What a really nice outfit!

Thanks for the welcome guys :) I have been reading lots of useful info on here but be patient if I have stoopid questions ;) I'll work out how to post pics and put some up when ours arrives :)

I thought I'd upload a pic of our towing vehicle (principally to see if I could work out how to!). I'll post a pic of it with the new silver Triton behind it when we've got it!

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I've enjoyed reading all the posts here. In the last couple of days I've had the odd cup of coffee with the Eriba Manual.... hmmm, methinks the old man will have to have an arrival/departure checklist for a while! We don't pick up until February, but I look forward to participating more when we are actually Eriba owners (well, as we've paid I guess we are the owners, but its still at the factory!).