so my car is finished at teh paint shop and i went to pick it saturday.
On the way down. 25 mile drive, the G and the trailer i got 9.8 mpg which sucks...
So we load the car on the trailer and drive back on the same road. I reset the milage when we pulled out of the parking lot just to see.. 11.8 on the way home with a car on the back.
1) did you all buy a extended trailer hitch. Ever time i tow something i have to take that big heavy tire off.
2) anyone thought of some air ride on the G. I mean one would think that would give us 2-3" of lift, and when we tow it will sag in the back like mine does.
I tow 21ft wakeboard boat (about 5,000 pounds with gear). I get about 10-12mpg, down to 8 when climbing the pass. However I am able to maintain 65 on steep grades, which is awesome.
I think the G tows very well. It's super stable, even with cross winds and I hardly feel the boat. It tows better than my friends Yukon and the gas milage is a bit better under tow. Not towing I get about 14-16 hwy.
I had to get a extended trailer hitch so the bow doesn't hit the spare tire. No biggie. My only complaint is I had to install the swtich to turn off the parktronic.... not sure what they were thinking.
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03 G500 it's been in the shop for over 40 days in the past 9 months.
DITTO!!! Headwinds/Tailwinds, and drafting other cars makes big difference... i notice mine is pretty bad too when cold, but i sure like the more agressive shift points when cold... at first i thought there was something wrong with my tranny till i read the manual and it says it lets the engine rev up more between gears when cold.
...and intuitively it doesn't make sense, but technically it's possible that the car and trailer is more aerodynamic than the trailer alone, depending on how the car ocupies the low pressure space behind the vehicle.
heck, just sitting at a traffic light for a little too long on a 25 minutes drive could make all the difference.
I'm jealous. I think that my G320 tows great, but I think that the G500 would be even better. Luckily, I live in Florida where there are no major climbs.
Chuck
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Chuck "You can't kill em"
'74 240D - 359,000 Miles (sold) • '76 300D - 350,000 Miles (sold)
'84 300CD- 280,000 Miles (sold) • '85 300D - 380,000 Miles (sold)
'87 300D - 275,000+ Miles • '87 300D - 175,000+ Miles (yes I have two)
'98 G320 - 150,000+ Miles (Official Range Rover Recovery Vehicle)
It was in Baja. I regularly drive this stretch from San Ignacio to San Juanico on the north trail. San Ignacio is a couple of hours south of Guerrero Negro, on the highway. It's 105 miles from there to San Juanico, some of it is quite good trail, most of it is horrendous washboard. This was taken way out on the salt flats, which is the quickest, but riskiest, way to go. This point is about 50 miles from the nearest surfaced road. I've got stuck out there twice, which led me to take a bit more interest in the art of driving off-road. Thanks to the info on your web page Harald, I now have 16" wheels!
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