 24-May-2006, 22:01 |
 | Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica | | Posts: 2,527 Join Date: Sep 2004 Mood: 900,900,851,750,750,750, 600,600,450,350,350,250 | |
| Even a light-weight tow-a-van doubles the fuel consumption.
Its not the weight - that only really slows your acceleration - its the frontal area of the bloody things that sucks the juice out of your tank.
We've got a tow-a-van, a horse trailer and a 3-bike trailer and I've towed them all with my car and monitored the fuel consumption (well it has an onboard puter so its easy)
Anyway - I would encourage anyone who is thinking about getting a trailer with a roof to go ahead - they are wonderful when it rains :P
(wouldnt want to p*ss about changing the wheels tho) |