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Sep 11th, 2019, 14:43 | #21 |
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Crikey! Could by 15 - 18 in the T5 then. Something to ponder!
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Sep 11th, 2019, 15:03 | #22 |
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I achieved my 25 mpg when towing up the A1 to Berwick Upon Tweed, around the Dales and North Yorkshire where its more up and down its usually around 22 - 23 mpg.
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Sep 11th, 2019, 15:05 | #23 |
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It is black and red. It is an Alko Chassis and hitch, I don't know of a UK caravan that does not use Alko chassis and hitch.
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Sep 11th, 2019, 15:09 | #24 | |
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It obviously also depends on the weight you are towing, my caravan is 1500kg, plus everything including the kitchen sink.
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Sep 12th, 2019, 19:45 | #25 | |
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It should be remembered that due to a combination of engine and transmission efficiency improvements, todays vehicles are far more efficient than older ones. For instance I had a factory diesel 2.4 litre four cylinder manual Range Rover, many years ago, that output a heady [for the day] 112hp at 4400rpm but absolutely nothing under 2200. There's one steep hill locally that required me to rev to the governor in first in order to keep the engine above 2200 so that second gear could be sustained without having to immediately change back to first. It was a terribly noisy engine and when towing my caravan up moderate but long hills, a close watch was needed on the temperature gauge. It served me reliably for nearly 100,000 miles. Fuel consumption never bettered 26mpg though. Even though it was a good bit smaller and lighter than the Volvo and had a manual gearbox and considering that the Volvo has nearly twice the horses and three times the torque and can run rings around it in performance terms. I get 38mpg on average from the Volvo. Towing is a great leveller. I suspect that if a 2000kg caravan was towed at normal A-road speeds in traffic, there would be little difference in consumption between D4, D5, V60, V90 or XC90. They would all actually use the same amount of power and therefore near enough the same fuel for that job. Some would have more power in reserve but power not used is power not produced and not fuelled for.
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Sep 12th, 2019, 19:57 | #26 |
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The type of work an engine does has a big impact on miles per gallon. Nothing better illustrates this than my 2.2 litre Ford Ranger 6 speed automatic. This is a fairly thirsty engine by today's standards.
On long solo unladen journeys, which it seldom does, it is easily capable of 30mpg. However, my combination of short hard journeys and towing means that it averages between 17gallon tankfuls, how much do you think? 25? 20? No, it varies between 17 and 19mpg. In isolation that sounds terrible, but it does have 150hp and 350Nm torque and an automatic. It also slightly betters the consumption I got for 22 years from a manual Land Rover 110 pickup with a 2.5 non-turbo engine developing all of 67hp doing the same work but m..u..c..h s..l..o..w..e..r. which would only do 25 at best solo unladen long distance.
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Sep 12th, 2019, 20:27 | #27 | |
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On a long motorway cruise I'd typically get 30-32 mpg but around town it was 16-18 mpg. Is this much worse than a T6 in real-world use?
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Sep 12th, 2019, 21:58 | #28 |
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Just for interest, this is my current average mpg if the voc app is reading correctly. I reset it with every fill up,
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Sep 13th, 2019, 15:55 | #29 | |
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Last year I towed caravan from Northumberland to Bavaria and back. 32 mpg on each tankfull which involved 100% towing. Checked brimful to brimful. The last petrol car I towed with was a 1.8 Fiat Tipo, I used to get 18 mpg towing a 900 Kg caravan.
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Sep 27th, 2019, 08:12 | #30 |
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On the Swedish car accessories website, which I believe is a website run by a dealer (don't know which one) there are two tow bar options available. Firstly the neatest solution the foldable which I'm sure is a superb unit. Although I've seen it deployed on YouTube and it's not as impressive as I thought it sort of drops down then man handled into position. I'd assumed it did the lot itself for the price.
Secondly there is a fixed tow bar for £650 fitted not as neat of course (if you care about that). Presume it's tested to work with rear sensors too. https://www.swedishcaraccessories.co...bar-3667-p.asp
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