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I had towed with a variety of 4x4s since 2006 and whilst enjoying the additional towing ability I was find ing it increasingly difficult to justify to myself the amount of cash I was spending week in week out on fuel.

Well, at the end of last summer I switched cars and got a 2008 Mondeo 2.0tdi.  Although having towed many miles cross country with it I had not towed any sort of distance on the motorway until recently.

I set the onboard computer to zero before we left for Devon, and waited till we got past Taunton to take a look at its calculations.  The Mondeo is very good on juice when solo, but I was astounded  looking at the readout of 36mpg (towing a van weighing approx 1420kg).

I was lucky to get 22mpg out of my Shogun!

Quote: Originally posted by bev+jon on 03/8/2012

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youve done very well !!
last two trips i averaged 30 mpg bang on then 31.5 mpg with same engined vehicle towing roughly same weight as you.

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I know.  I was very carefull with my right foot and was able to keep rolling at a steady 55 to 60 mph.  There were no stops or significant slowing down that needed me to pull away again.

I checked the accuracy on the on board computer in the Mondeo by using the fill to the brim method and it's pretty accurate.