Kia Sorento diesel - fuel consumption when not towing???

[Martin24]

It unfortunately is a case of if you want or need a guzzling 4x4 you have to pay the price of that luxury. We just have to make a choice of car and then keep filling it up. We knew what the likely mpg was going to be with our new car and luckily she's doing better than we expected and exceeding the official data provided by LR but it still hurts with every top up! Until the peeps have flown the nest we prefer to have the size and spec of van that we have and as a consequence are lumbered with expensive running costs, having said that the choice of towcar was hardly limited so all at our own expense. I would still have a fairly large car even if we didn't tow and it would probably be no cheaper to run that what we have at the moment.

 

[Parksy]

I'm really surprised at the you got almost 19 mpg and 22 mpg if you are in a winter fuel blend area on the highway at 80 and 70. I might do around 20 mpg on a long haul in the summer with my truck that is similar except it is 4x4. I usually average around 12 mpg in the summer towing in the 60-65 range. I just topped off my tank with a mix of highway and town driving with winter fuel and averaged about 12-13 mpg with no towing.

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I'm surprised that you haven't been done for speeding if you tow on a 'highway at 80 and 70'
There again you would have no idea what the national speed limit for towing vehicles is here in the UK.
Obviously '12-13 mpg with no towing' is pretty average in the land of cheap fuel and excessive consumption where you come from so I suggest that you stick to Yank forums when posting spam in future.