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DimmaThanDim · 18-02-2008, 08:53 PM

Hi, I thought that i would add some food for thought to your debate. I used to use a 3.0 v6 citroen xm for towing my race car around the country. It was an auto which made towing long distances a much more pleasureable task. Problem with the car was that it only started to come on cam at around 2700 rpm. towing at 60 mph (legal max) at around 2200 rpm would return me around 18-20 mpg. When the towing speed was above 75 mph (as if I would) at 2700 rpm, the car would return 26-28 mpg with less throttle as it was running on the lower edge of the power band and therefore running more efficiently and thus giving less pollution. Just glad i never had to try and explain this to our ever so nice traffic friends.

18-02-2008, 08:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
DimmaThanDim Member Wrench Pro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hampshire Posts: 35	Re: What is more economical. Hi, I thought that i would add some food for thought to your debate. I used to use a 3.0 v6 citroen xm for towing my race car around the country. It was an auto which made towing long distances a much more pleasureable task. Problem with the car was that it only started to come on cam at around 2700 rpm. towing at 60 mph (legal max) at around 2200 rpm would return me around 18-20 mpg. When the towing speed was above 75 mph (as if I would) at 2700 rpm, the car would return 26-28 mpg with less throttle as it was running on the lower edge of the power band and therefore running more efficiently and thus giving less pollution. Just glad i never had to try and explain this to our ever so nice traffic friends.