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I am considering kitting out our VW Lupo (1.4S) with a towkit and pulling it behind our (surprise surprise) VW 2.5 TDi (Auto) T4 Calypso Compass.

1/ Is it considered too heavy a car?
2/ How much would it (or any tow car) affect the MPG?

Thanks in advance

Paul


Paul, if I were you I would do some research on the suitability of the VW TDi auto box for towing any distance, and whether you can get a kit to fit a cooler for the ATF. I know mine gets quite hot and I feel that it is close to its limits on Italian motorways in 30C+ outside weather even without towing anything.

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Thanks SD

We'd pretty much come to the conclusion that our bicycles will be fine (as in our trip to Portugal 18 months ago)

The cost of the kit/pulling the car/faff when stuck up some wrong turn alley puts me off. Maybe if we were genuinely fulltiming and stoppping in places for months on end then a car would be useful but we will still have sufficient time to plan to move from one spot to another without the need to dart out in a car rather than move the m/h Smile

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1302 wrote:
Thanks SD

We'd pretty much come to the conclusion that our bicycles will be fine (as in our trip to Portugal 18 months ago)

The cost of the kit/pulling the car/faff when stuck up some wrong turn alley puts me off. Maybe if we were genuinely fulltiming and stoppping in places for months on end then a car would be useful but we will still have sufficient time to plan to move from one spot to another without the need to dart out in a car rather than move the m/h Smile


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