Fuel economy

H'mm I wonder if you also worry about the price of grog, cigarettes, pokies, lotteries, horse racing etc. If you are towing 2 ton (as you state) then no matter what you use as a tow vehicle, there will always be an increase in fuel consumption. If someone tells you that they are using 20 litres per hundred kilometres or so, does that mean that you wouldn't tow a van. Suggest that you buy a diesel (ideally turbo charged) hook the van on and just go. Life is too short to spend much of it worrying about the cost and usage of fuel. If that's not satisfactory for you I suggest that you don't buy a van or 4 wheel drive but a small economical sedan and use that to travel in and stay at hotels, motels, caravan parks. It will definetly work out cheaper in the long run. Good luck.

Hi Trev
A friend of our tows a single axle van about 16' long normal height not pop up and he reckons if he sits at around 80 to 85 klms/hr the fuel economy gets about 20% worse with his V6 petrol Rodeo. If he has to push into a strong headwind or tries sitting on 100 kl/hr he uses about 50 to 60% more fuel above not towing anything. Not quite your vehicle or van size but may help a bit.

Oh by the way don't get put off this site by Mr Dio and his ascerbic

G/Day Trev

Just go ahead and do it, if you find that your existing vehicle is dear on fuel, weigh up the pros and cons of changing over to a diesel vehicle, then work out how much it will cost re: the change over price ect, diesels require more servicing, and repairs cost more than petrol vehicles, you will find that you will be ahead if you stay with your current vehicle.

PS, Just ignore DIO, his comments always seem to get up peoples noses,

Cheers

Gday trev as others have said keep the twin cab get the van drive to suit the conditions and you will never look back its a great lifestyle
and theres no such thing as a silly question mate chhers

Single biggest factor factor with fuel economy with towing a caravan apart from weight is speedIf you wanna do 100-110ks with van, yeah sure, you will get there sooner, but , alot like life, play now pay later.
keep around 80 and it may not use MUCH more feul, a lot less hassle than trading too!!
Shane