Towing with the D4

[mowog]

I read this thread guess what I am not going to ask about..

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-zone...sco-3-a-9.html

Have any D4 owners towed a van around the 2000kg mark?

I have a Coromal 615 that towed well behind my Territory but at huge cost in fuel. At around 20-25L/100 I was looking for fuel very often with my 70l tank.

I am curious the hear what kind of fuel use D4 owners with the 3.0L V6 are getting.

[mikeford]

I have towed my 7 metre long 2200kg Jayco caravan from Morphettt Vale to Wilmington with my 3.0 litre D4 and had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure it had not fallen off. Used to tow it with my disco 1 300 tdi auto, chalk and cheese. Trailer stability control is great, hills disapear, fuel economy 15.5 litres per hundred at 95 kilometres an hour. Love this car.

[fun45]

I have towed my 7 metre long 2200kg Jayco caravan from Morphettt Vale to Wilmington with my 3.0 litre D4 and had to keep looking in the mirror to make sure it had not fallen off. Used to tow it with my disco 1 300 tdi auto, chalk and cheese. Trailer stability control is great, hills disapear, fuel economy 15.5 litres per hundred at 95 kilometres an hour. Love this car.

I tow a Lifestyle 610 with my D4 and I would agree with this. At 95k's I would show an average of around 14.5 and sometimes it was better on a trip to Cairns from Brisbane. Once you get into hills or if I wasn't being careful it would go up to 16.

Van was loaded and there are 5 of us in the D4.

[robbotd5]

Mowog.
Fellow AULRO member Family traveller has a D4 and a Retreat Dayderam caravan. I have a Daydream and my D2a tows it very well for what it is. My vans tare is 2180kg. The D4 will eat 2000kg.
Regards
Robbo

[CSBrisie]

Towed a 21 foot Jayco Sterling and averaged 15l/100km over 2000km's. Ridiculously easy towing with that 600nm!
cheers

[mottzone]

My D4 Tows a 2800kg (Tare) 20foot Bushtracker with ease. Computer shows around 15.5l/100km over a long trip on bitumen. Not sure what the real fuel comsumption is.

[Rollin over]

We are also the same figure as all the above comments towing our Retreat 2500kg van. We always tow at the speed limit and overtaking slow Toyota drivers ha ha. Once I overtook a truck up hill towing the van and when I moved back over I looked down at the speed o and we were doing 153km .

Cheers

[101RRS]

Computer shows around 15.5l/100km over a long trip on bitumen. Not sure what the real fuel comsumption is.

Add 10% so around 17l/100km

[Tombie]

Not always Garry...

Mines damn near spot on.

[101RRS]

Not always Garry...

Mines damn near spot on.

You would be the exception - or is it wishful thinking