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Quote: Originally posted by Petemate on 22/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by SimonBattersby on 22/8/2013

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Our Mondeo 163 power shift got 27mpg from cornwall to Warrington with the cruise control set to 60 all the way back. Iv'e had up to 32mpg going up to the lakes with less luggage on board.

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Simon - I have seen some VERY optimistic figures on here! Yours is about on a par with our Saab. 150 bhp, Sentronic 'box (has the 'slush' torque converter so some loss there) we get between 25 & 30 to the gallon towing depending on the wind direction, cruise set to 65 as soon as we are on open roads. Solo can get as high as 51-52 but that is driving like Miss Daisy, ie at about 65mph. Solo with cruise set at 80 gives us about 45-47.
I am happy with the towing figure, although the previous Saab, a manual, used to give us about 33-34. However, I just love the relaxed driving with the auto quite apart from the benefit for me (bad arthritis left ankle)
Pete

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Quote: Originally posted by SimonBattersby on 22/8/2013

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Our Mondeo 163 power shift got 27mpg from cornwall to Warrington with the cruise control set to 60 all the way back. Iv'e had up to 32mpg going up to the lakes with less luggage on board.

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Quote: Originally posted by SimonBattersby on 22/8/2013

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Our Mondeo 163 power shift got 27mpg from cornwall to Warrington with the cruise control set to 60 all the way back. Iv'e had up to 32mpg going up to the lakes with less luggage on board.

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Quote: Originally posted by robert/julie on 22/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by Petemate on 22/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by SimonBattersby on 22/8/2013

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Our Mondeo 163 power shift got 27mpg from cornwall to Warrington with the cruise control set to 60 all the way back. Iv'e had up to 32mpg going up to the lakes with less luggage on board.

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Simon - I have seen some VERY optimistic figures on here! Yours is about on a par with our Saab. 150 bhp, Sentronic 'box (has the 'slush' torque converter so some loss there) we get between 25 & 30 to the gallon towing depending on the wind direction, cruise set to 65 as soon as we are on open roads. Solo can get as high as 51-52 but that is driving like Miss Daisy, ie at about 65mph. Solo with cruise set at 80 gives us about 45-47.
I am happy with the towing figure, although the previous Saab, a manual, used to give us about 33-34. However, I just love the relaxed driving with the auto quite apart from the benefit for me (bad arthritis left ankle)
Pete

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Pete  you do know the speed limits for towing don't you.  You have stated cruise set to 65 when we hit the open road  towing on a motorway the legal speed for towing is 60 and for normal  roads it's 50

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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 23/8/2013

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Do you use 6th gear at 60mph? Dont.

Leave it in 5th and your MPG will improve. Although it pulls fine in 6th gear your actually using more fuel than 5th.

The required torque isnt quite enough for the best economy at 60mph. So it uses a touch more fuel.

Sounds mad but trust me it works.

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I get 24mpg towing a Challenger sport (quite heavy) car fully loaded with cider and real ale

Towing with an X-Trail 2.2.

We will be changing the car soon - probably for a Kia Sorrento.

The Mitsubishi Outlanders look quite interesting - the 2.2 to 2.5 versions - not the 2ltr.  Not powerful enough.

Anyone had one of these ?

Quote: Originally posted by gould300 on 23/8/2013Indicated 40mpg when towing the Conway Crusader FC (approx 1000kg) down to 29mpg now we have the Elddis (approx 1200kg). That's with a Skoda Superb 170 DSG. My normal commute gets me 35mpg though that's a lot of city traffic.

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It's the change in height that's made the big difference - the FC was slightly lower than the car and only a gnat's wider so didn't present much frontage to the wind.

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Quote: Originally posted by gould300 on 24/8/2013

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It's the estate (or 'Combi' in Skoda speak). We had never even thought of towing anything, I just really wanted a Superb estate when they were announced. It just so happened that some months later we bought the FC.

The combination of the DSG box and cruise control is great and makes towing effortless, especially when dealing with steep downhill gradients. The car will automatically drop down through the gears to maintain the set speed without having to apply the brakes.

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Quote: Originally posted by PagsUK on 22/8/2013I'm getting about 40 towing a 1250kg (fully laiden) van in my Golf. It's a 2.0ltr Tdi GT Bluemotion model.

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When not towing getting 70+mpg on motorway runs - careful right foot acheives this at average 70mph even with some traffic. Am getting 50+ around town.

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Mondeo 2 ltr 140 tdci towing 1500KG 31 mpg

Bessie

Golf is no doubt a good car - the important tech details when chosing a car

1) The caravan should be no more that 85% the weight of the car

2) The tech detail to look out for is the torque - NOT the BHP.

For example - Our caravan is about 1550kg - I'm looking for a torque of over 250 lbs in a car. The Kia Sorento is 285 - which is excelent.  The Landrover Frelander is 295. But a bit heavy on juice.

Look for a car where the torque is no less that 210 lbs for your van.