Browsing through the forum it occured to me that practical caravan web forum are in a perfect position to start an owners towcar database with headings under car manufacturers/models and sub headings under caravan models. This way users of the forum could build up a database of actual owners figures for fuel consumption and comments on their car as a towcar. This way a better general picture would emerge of towcars and their performence and abilities. While I understand that two different people using the same towcar/caravan outfit would arrive at different figures, It would help to produce a fairly good source of information.
For my own Part I towed an abbey 14'GTS with Two different Vectra 2Ltr Diesel Estates giving around 50 MPG Solo and around 35 MPG Towing. The resuls when changing my van to a Abbey Expression 15' Was slightly less towing about 32 MPG.
I have changed my car to a Jaguar 2.2 Diesel Sport Est while the solo consumption figures have improved to around 55 MPG the towing figure while pulling my Expression has dropped to 24 MPG on a 530 Mile trip to Scotland. I expect these figures could be improved on as I do have a heavy right foot. I would be interested in forum users opinions.
Ron
For my own Part I towed an abbey 14'GTS with Two different Vectra 2Ltr Diesel Estates giving around 50 MPG Solo and around 35 MPG Towing. The resuls when changing my van to a Abbey Expression 15' Was slightly less towing about 32 MPG.
I have changed my car to a Jaguar 2.2 Diesel Sport Est while the solo consumption figures have improved to around 55 MPG the towing figure while pulling my Expression has dropped to 24 MPG on a 530 Mile trip to Scotland. I expect these figures could be improved on as I do have a heavy right foot. I would be interested in forum users opinions.
Ron