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Personandyjack
14/12/2014 at 1:17pm
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hi is anyone towing with the new 140ps ecoflex engine just asking how you may be finding it


Personsalmong
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Hi andyjack

I tow with the 160BHP ecoflex - this tows fine apart from low gearing which means 5th and 6th gears dont get used that much

My brother in law tows a Bailey Unicorn Vigo with the 140BHP ecoflex and is quite happy with it



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Personsunshinetours
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Quote: Originally posted by salmong on 15/12/2014

Hi andyjack

I tow with the 160BHP ecoflex - this tows fine apart from low gearing which means 5th and 6th gears dont get used that much

My brother in law tows a Bailey Unicorn Vigo with the 140BHP ecoflex and is quite happy with it




Do you mean high gearing?

Our friends tow with 140 and find it ok although lacking a little on long hills although they are towing around 1500kg I think


Person664DaveS
17/12/2014 at 4:54pm
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Must be high geared for economy,which does not make it a very good tug surely? A lot of 6 speed cars can't use 6th, but 5th normally ok.
Can'do a lot for economy when towing.

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Personandyjack
18/12/2014 at 7:27am
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thanks so far for the comments
Looking at it as a family car as well as for towing the van our van is 1450kg fully loaded so no great problems there.
Real interest is the £0 road tax and the excellent fuel figures


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Personsalmong
18/12/2014 at 10:25am
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Yes I meant High Gearing! - but I think you get the gist

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PersonGrampian91
18/12/2014 at 10:50am
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Quote: Originally posted by andyjack on 18/12/2014
thanks so far for the comments
Looking at it as a family car as well as for towing the van our van is 1450kg fully loaded so no great problems there.
Real interest is the £0 road tax and the excellent fuel figures


Dont belive the figures. You wont get that in real life.

Unless your drive to work is in a lab on the rollers with no traffic and wind or hills to affect the economy.

Honest johns website stats a real world figure of 48.4mpg.. Only 63% of the claimed figures.

I have a diesel Mondeo and it will tow fine in 6th gear, But it will use more fuel than it would if i dropped down to 5th gear.


Personandyjack
18/12/2014 at 11:55am
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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 18/12/2014
Quote: Originally posted by andyjack on 18/12/2014thanks so far for the comments
Looking at it as a family car as well as for towing the van our van is 1450kg fully loaded so no great problems there.
Real interest is the £0 road tax and the excellent fuel figures


Dont belive the figures. You wont get that in real life.

Unless your drive to work is in a lab on the rollers with no traffic and wind or hills to affect the economy.

Honest johns website stats a real world figure of 48.4mpg.. Only 63% of the claimed figures.

I have a diesel Mondeo and it will tow fine in 6th gear, But it will use more fuel than it would if i dropped down to 5th gear.



I know I will not get the official figures but have driven one for 2 mths company car and ave 57mpg at the moment although I have seen one come into work showing 73mpg mainly motorway

I am more interested in how it seems to tow in comparison to the 160ps

thanks Andy


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Just for info my Insignia returns on average 53.5 MPG solo, and hovers around 31 MPG when towing - caravan is around the same weight as andjack's

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PersonGrampian91
19/12/2014 at 12:04am
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Yeah came in showing 73mpg. But they may have reset it whilst as speed or not stopped moving.

Ive had a genuine filled up drove gently with little traffic, but roundabouts and quite a few sets of traffic lights and managed 67mpg.

Loaded up round trip i averaged 57mpg. Mostly A roads faily clear run except a fairly long queue into the town centre at the other end. Short trip with heavy traffic to a market up the road from there, and back home again.

If we get some snow i can get it under 30mpg though.

I wont drive off until all my windows are clear.


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19/12/2014 at 10:00am
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Is the insignia a good match for towing my pegasus verona, mtplm 1470. The caravan club says it is not a match.

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Personandyjack
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Opel and Bailey

The towing capability for the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer - 2.0 CDTi Ecoflex
with a Bailey Pegasus GT65 Verona:   



looks good to me ref towcar




84%

1448 kg   1733 kg
85 kg




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