Hyundai Santa Fe

Well, if you have back trouble then a fixed may be better as you don't have to keep bending/kneeling down to engage and only have to remove the cover on a fixed. watch your shins though till you get used to it being there. nice car for towing and not overkill as will be more stable on the road .

We have you twin, the Kia Sorento and it's great two car and we have a debatable tow bar, it is a little fiddly to put it on and off and agree with above. The actual part that is detectable is quite heavy too. Suggest you try one somehow?

Lousy spelling ..... See me ...... 🙄

you trying playing teacher again, didn't realise you were the spelling police? Oh well if you can't contribute anything to a discussion but cause trouble I suppose it's better than nothing MM?

Actually the words are spelled correctly, just not the right words.

Thanks to everyone for your replies 

I have decided to fit a fixed tow bar which, given my ongoing back problems, will be easier for me to work with, so off to the local sportswear shop for some shinpads 

With back problems I would have thought a fixed towbar.  From time to time I suffer lower back problems so a detachable was a no no.

I have never had a detachable tow bar in nearly 40 years of towing and with arthritis in my spine and elsewhere now is not the time for me to start 

My neighbour has a detachable and has to get his wife to fit it as it is difficult for him to get down to it

A fixed one seems the best decision in your case. We have had them for something over 35 years and I have only caught my shins a couple of times so it has never been a problem.

Good luck with the new car.

My neighbour has a detachable and has to get his wife to fit it ...

Another reason to get a detachable one then?