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Quote: Originally posted by jg73 on 04/8/2013

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We're due to pick up a Focus tdci 1.6 115bhp tomorrow so I hope it performs as well.

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I don't know if you were towing your Amara with the Focus but the Amara is considerably heavier than our Sprite. As for reversing we have a motor mover and tend to use that rather than make the car do the work.

Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 12/8/2013

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I used to tow with a Focus 1.6 diesel estate and although it was extremely good on fuel getting 38 mpg. towing and 70 mpg. solo the real down side was reversing onto a pitch. The clutch was a real stinker for hours afterwards that's why I changed to a Volvo 2.4 diesel which is built on a Focus chassis. Now I can reverse without the sniff of any clutch slip at all as it's much more of a work horse than the 1.6 diesel Focus is. In comparison to other 1.6 diesels on the market it's a damn good car but not really in the category for towing purposes.

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Quote: Originally posted by jg73 on 13/8/2013

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We've been on a test run with the car today and so far so good. We drove up some fairly steep hills and the car pulled the caravan with ease, much better than our Vectra did. The real test will obviously be our trip to France. I'll report back in due course.

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Quote: Originally posted by jg73 on 29/9/2013

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Well we're now back from our holidays and I can report the car performed excellently. We did just over 200 miles and averaged 30mpg towing. Fuel costs are considerably lower than with our old petrol Vectra.

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Quote: Originally posted by jg73 on 30/9/2013

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Ours is only £20 road tax :-), once again better than the Vectra which was £260!

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