[ChrisC600]

My caravans MIRO is 1526kg & MTPLM is 1800. When we first got the caravan took it to a weigh bridge and it was only 1498kg with gas bottles, motor mover, battery, & water carriers. When it was weighed fully laden with kit in it for a three week trip it weighed in at 1759kg. On dual carriageways & motorways I find my AWD 180 power shift Kuga feels relaxed at towing at around 63-64 mph. I find that if you cruise at 58-60 mph it feels laboured. It regularly returns 27-28 mpg when towing which with almost 1800kg's behind I reckon is pretty good. I have friends that have an Outlander and a Discovery Sport (cost 44k) and both reckon they only get 22-23mpg towing 1500kg & 1700kg. The Discovery Sport owner also says it not a very stable tow car especially if it's a bit windy & he wishes he had kept his Freelander. Obviously I told him he should have bought a Kuga and saved himself 14k!

 

[wildie]

what was you cars fully laiden weight ie extra stuff like bumbs on seat and luggage with the van on


the whole train weight, as from 97 max is 3500kg and all after that date need to take a test.

 

[chasian63]

Am only getting low to mid 20's on my 14 plate 163 tx powershift have tried everything to improve consumption but no luck so far. I have also found it is better to keep nose weight around 75 as 100 is max. Caravan is only 1495! Any suggestions would b helpful. Have had it remapped upto 197 and fuel consumption improved about 2mpg. Have to say am unimpressed with overall fuel consumption . But love the car!

 

[chasian63]

Also another quick one when towing with powershift do you keep it in normal drive mode or sports mode?

 

[hillybilly]

Also another quick one when towing with powershift do you keep it in normal drive mode or sports mode?

On the flat I use d hilly roads plenty about here s mode especially down hill sometimes maneul
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[ChrisC600]

I leave the power shift auto in normal drive when towing or driving solo, in sports mode it hangs on to the gears a lot longer before changing up which I'm sure would increase fuel consumption. As stated in a previous post my AWD 180 power shift returns around 27-28 towing 1800kg. The fuel consumption is the same as my previous 163 powershift which had Superchips Bluefin, which apparently increased power to 182ps. In my opinion the Bluefin was a total waste of money as it made no noticeable difference whatsoever to performance or consumption in normal daily driving.

 

[nigel129]

Towed 140 miles last Tuesday and according to the display i averaged about 32 mpg... Mostly MWay but i can live with that sort of mg as the wife does overload the caravan. Milage on clock is just about 7300 so "the engine is still tight".

 

[simonaldridge82]

although the vehicle says 100kg of nose weight the absolute max on a tow ball is 75kg. nose weight adds stability you need to experiment with your vehicle. when towing with my focus it liked it heavy on the tow bar so I kept it between 60 to 75 kg. I also increased the mhg by adding a wind deflector, but it will also depend on the caravans aerodynamics.

 

[simonaldridge82]

hi had similar problem dropping gears early helps but major savings 7mpg when fitted wind deflector.

 

[s13tjp]

Hi can anyone tell if thay have swift elegance 580 towing it with 2016 kuga titanium 150 tdci how do you find it for towing please reply

 

[hillybilly]

What kind off weight is your van your kuga if you are experienced will handle 2.1 ton with no hassle if the caravan is roadworthy and loaded correctly.

 

[s13tjp]

Our swift elegance 580 is 1500kg

 

[hillybilly]

1500 km will be fine on your kuga just watch how you loads same as your last moter be interested to hear how you get on go and enjoy

 

[s13tjp]

1500 km will be fine on your kuga just watch how you loads same as your last moter be interested to hear how you get on go and enjoy

Do you no anyone who fit after market daytime running lights under the headlights

 

[Gazwats]

1500 km will be fine on your kuga just watch how you loads same as your last moter be interested to hear how you get on go and enjoy

Do you no anyone who fit after market daytime running lights under the headlights

As this is in the Mk2 Towing sub forum please can we keep it on topic ie towing? Thanks in advance.

Your two other posts from earlier today asking about DLRs, which were posted in other threads, were moved to the forums thread covering DLRs on the Mk2 and they can be found here:

http://www.kugaownersclub.co.uk/forum/all-mk2-daytime-running-lights-discussion-info_topic7620.html




Edited by: Gazwats

 

[GMC555]

Just a small point for those who say they tow in excess of the 60mph limit - Ford state that the max towing speed is 62mph. Not sure why they impose a limit but there we are....

 

[hillybilly]

The dual carriageway and motorway speed limit for car towing trailer is 60 mph
A&e single carriageway road speed limit is 50 mph all in Britain.

 

[Tommo]

Maybe a tongue in cheek post

from 'nigel129' - hope so! Nonetheless be advisedthere is nowhere in any legislation that whilst completing an overtaking manoeuvre a driver is allowed to exceed a speed limit.

Maybe this results from an urban myth? Especially with a caravan in tow one that should not be encouraged for obvious reasons.

Or to quote an old truck drivers saying ( being one myself back in the day) there are drivers and then there are licence holders.

 

[12031]

Errr... 4 year old thread?