Re: Towing economy ? V6 Petrol 120 series
On our recent trip with 5 people in the car and the camper trailer weighing around 800kgs, I averaged 17.6L/100k that was with the ac on also. Ours is a 4 speed auto, its worth noting though that fuel economy will increase quite significantly when doing 110 instead of a 100.
I also used the cruise control when possible and found that at 100 I had to take over in hilly areas, as it had a tendancy to drop gears trying to not wash off a couple of ks. By letting it drop 5 or so ks up the larger hills off cruise control it cruised up nicely in top gear.
On our recent trip with 5 people in the car and the camper trailer weighing around 800kgs, I averaged 17.6L/100k that was with the ac on also. Ours is a 4 speed auto, its worth noting though that fuel economy will increase quite significantly when doing 110 instead of a 100.
I also used the cruise control when possible and found that at 100 I had to take over in hilly areas, as it had a tendancy to drop gears trying to not wash off a couple of ks. By letting it drop 5 or so ks up the larger hills off cruise control it cruised up nicely in top gear.
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