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Old 24-May-2006, 22:01
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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)
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