I get about 38mpg solo.
Towing a caravan of about 1.3ton + reasonable 'car/4x4' load I get 20ish+a bit mpg.
Very happy with the first figure does the latter (towing) figure seem reasonable First time I have towed with a diesel so may not have the driving technique quite right. Are there any obvious rules/guidelines for driving a diesel when towing significantly different to petrol engines?.
Richard
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38 is pretty good I reckon. As for towing - the critical question is auto or manual? If an auto, the a smallish diesel is working pretty hard to pull the van and work the box as well - 20 would seem reasonable.
Using a Td4 manual I towed a 1500Kg caravan + load + wife and 2 kids to Barcelona for a two week holiday. I averaged 36.7mpg over 3000 miles. It only broke down twice as well! But impressive mpg!
Stew
manual .... so maybe it is driving technique?
Richard
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