What do you tow with

Ford Focus 1.6litre. Not enough power to drive fast or pass other cars, but the speed limit is 80km/h with a trailer anyway so it does not matter.
Has just enough grunt to get us over the mountains with the Tornado rig behind it.

Huyndai Tucson 2.0 diesel, very comfortable and plenty of power (for a european car anyway <img src=

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gree: how many gallons to the mile do you get with that V8?

2004 Holden Commodore SS. Gen III V8 for those moments when overtaking. The attached photo was taken last christmas in the middle of the Great Australian Bite after driving for around 20 hours on my way to Perth from Melbourne. My fuel bill was errr large!

Tiger Mike

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I've had to but a crappy 4 wheel vehicle to tow the mosquito which is a falcon. Im still trying to sought out a tow bar for my bike <img src=

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Subaru Impreza WRX - loads of grunt when needed, fun to drive when you get there and un-hitch. OK mPG on a long run, NOT good MPG when driving quickly

Dodge Ram, quad cab

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I drive a 1989, v6 smells like burning oil Jeep Cherokee. The car is old and warn out. The gas mileage is pretty good has enough power for the blade, trailer and accesories. Enough room inside for extra gear. I never wash it or rinse it. Its perfect! <img src=

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Faded, red, '96 Toyota Tacoma!

Someone else ran it over for me! A few years ago in Biscayne Bay, during a CABB race. 31' Monterey Cabin Cruiser T-Boned me while sailing with my son.

My 97 XJ Jeep Cherokee Sport

2000 Isuzu Vehicross. Tows the I20 at 100mph no problem. And can pull jeeps out of mudpits. More torque than you can shake a stick at.

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Nissan Titan Crew Cab w/ Nismo go fast goodies and Rockford Fosgate sound pumping Sirius Octane.

A very macho 2004 Toyota Sienna AWD minivan 🙂 Much better mileage non-towing; not enough torque to hold 5th gear with the boat, but plenty of power in 4th. Ditch the run-flats. Lots of room; take out the middle seats and fold the rears and big enough for two to sleep in. Great ski van too. Typical load for family vacation: Two adults, two kids, one H20, two bikes, one kayak, 3 boogie boards, big cooler, little cooler, fishing rods, beach chairs, beach umbrellas, luggage, big box of sheets and towels, video games, and that extra case of beer. It rides a tad low with all of that 🙂

2001 Subaru

grocery getter

Forrester. 70+K miles. Manual. No balls, but gets it done. MPG bad for 4 cyc engine though. Struggles a littl up any grade pulling my 6.0 with all the gear BUT it made it to the keys and back last year so it has my stamp of approval.
Best part about it? The MFer is paid for.

Ford E-350 van with turbo diesel. sorta overkill for the a-cat...

'95 Fourwinds RV with 460 cu in V8 (7.5L). Banks headers, exhaust and cold air intake. About 9 mpg but traveling in style.

And for when you arrive and don't want to use a 27' RV as a run about:

This 50cc scooter sits on the trailer in between the hulls when travelling. Mods include a performance resonator exhaust (worth an extra 2mph) and pumping up the tires to max pressure (that also got another 2mph). Not very fast but a lot of fun <img src=

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Chris.

1.8T Golf. Anyone spot a trend between US vs European towing vehicles of choice? It's almost like petrol, sorry gas, is free over your side of the pond <img src=

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(I don't normally tow it broken down)

Paul

I have about 65k miles on the Tacoma, plan to drive it for 120k or until the doors fall off!

An '92 3.2 V6 Isuzu Trooper LWB. We've had it from new.... It's old, dirty and dented but it's got loads of grunt, we can chuck all sorts of gear in the back and it just goes on and on and on and on.... <img src=

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I've had a run of old vans that I bought for next to nothing to do the job.

First was a 1977 Chevy 3/4 ton work van that had been converted (love that '70s shag carpet) that I bought for $75 and ran it for 10 years. Towed the Hobie-14 and 18 with that, had a lot of road trips to Indy and Summit Point as well, it ultimately rusted into a pile of dust - but that 350 v8 still had enough torque to pull down a house at 200k+ miles.

Pic is of my second old van - $400 from the Goddard Space Flight Center excess property auction. Bare bones vehicle if ever there was one.

Can be summed up this way - 1980 Dodge van, $400, 1979 Hobie-18, $1500, Blowing by racing yachts whose jib cost more than my whole rig, priceless!

My current vehicle is a 2000 Chevy Astro LT, $5000. I certainly went over my usual budget on this one! But, I needed something that would take a car seat now, and could work out for family road trips. 4.3 liter v6, pulls the cats with no problem, Pulls the F-27 pretty well, gets around 20 mpg highway (not towing).

Still have the old Dodge, great work van - anybody want to buy it? Good price...

Practicality had a narrow vote over style. My current tow vehicle is a Honda minivan. I will say that it has a lot more space than my old SUV (Nissan Xterra), and with the double sliding doors, it's easy to get stuff in and out of. And yes, there is a carseat mounted in it now... <img src=

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The other good things? About two thousand cup-holders, and extra sockets for televisions, blenders, etc.

Pulled a N20 with Galvanized trailer and overstuffed epoxy/wood box (= HEAVY) through the hills of south Georgia and got 22 miles per gallon (regular unleaded 87 octane)at 70 mph.

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to pass a few cars, but I'm not an aggressive driver.

Without the trailer, gets around 26 mph highway.

Best mileage I got with the old Xterra pulling the same stuff was 19 miles per gallon. However, there was NO SPACE in the Xterra after loading all the luggage for a weekend trip with spouse and dog.

At $ 2.98 (USD) per gallon, the fuel savings did add up...

03 Expedition

Jeep

Neeeeeds custom hitch...damn it!

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2001 Tahoe
-gets 13mpg with double-stacked N20's

1993 Ford E350 Van with the 7.3L IDI diesel. No turbo, so it's pretty smokey going over the high passes. Three captain's chairs and a bench that folds out into a bed. State DOT surplus, and it still has the big amber strobe bar which makes me feel special.