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Defender

29/4/2017 at 11:21pm
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I tow with a Land Rover 110 V8 3.5 petrol and average 13mpg. Thinking of adding a 4.4L or 5.0L Range Rover to our 'fleet' of cars. Doubt that the mpg will improve much but the journey should be quicker!

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Discovery 2 V8, petrol or LPG.

Lowest we've seen was about 11mpg with the 3500kg trailer behind us in hilly country.

Off to Europe with it on the 2nd June.

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Tow with a Rav4 Hybrid. Towing around 22mpg, solo around 50mpg.
Very nice and good tow due to batteries giving car a low centre of gravity.

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02/5/2017 at 4:03pm
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I tow with a Volvo v50 2.5 auto estate. No problems. Just over 20mpg.
Gear box is switchable so can switch to gears if needed.Latest van is a little Abbey Iona so I don't know it's on the back!

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We tow with a Shogun LWB 3.2 diesel. 1800kg Adria Thames van that's 2.5m wide. We get between 16 - 18 mpg fully loaded with the van. Very stable towing, just thirsty. Been over the Alps and back no worries😀.

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07/5/2017 at 8:30pm
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No one's saying what 'weights' they're towing with their petrol tugs....?

Just with all this hoo hah over diesels...

Is it possible to still tow a decent sized (heavier) van with a petrol...?

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Mrs. Bonce

08/5/2017 at 7:40am
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Probably, we used to with a 4 litre Chevvy, the fuel consumption was horrendous.

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Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 07/5/2017

No one's saying what 'weights' they're towing with their petrol tugs....?

Just with all this hoo hah over diesels...

Is it possible to still tow a decent sized (heavier) van with a petrol...?

I would say that it was perfectly possible, as I used to tow some very heavy trailer loads with my Mk2 Cortina. Often considerably heavier than the car. However, fuel consumption will be very much worse than with a comparable diesel.

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GCMS2012

08/5/2017 at 7:00pm
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Not that I've looked (yet) Colin, but what's out there that would tow 1800kgs...?

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Turbo petrol Volvo XC90 should be a good large caravan tug. Why buy one though when the diesel version uses less fuel?

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08/5/2017 at 11:07pm
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Just 'thinking ahead' in a way, just in case this diesel tax goes mad....

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