Kitcat Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 (edited) Attached is a photo of my new tow vehicle/trailer combo. Made it to NJMP and back 2 days after purchase. VW is a Touareg-2 TDI. With trailer, my highway mileage averaged 11.5-13.5. Around town w/trailer, 17 mpg. Without trailer, I am at 23 mpg around town, 30+ at a steady 70 mph. So my 5000 lb tow vehicle gets better mileage than my 1250 lb Caterham. (And accelerates faster thu 1/4 mile:))! I "sacrificed" my '08 M3 coupe to purchase this set-up. So far, no regrets. The Touareg is a better daily driver and I can now go to more distant track venues with my Caterham, which is more fun (tho less speedy) on the track. The Touareg uses urea as part of its emissions system. That has made for some interesting conversations. My wife:"So let me get this straight: you have to pee into the gas tank to make it work?" Uh, not exactly, but in a round about way maybe:). The 7x16 trailer is a V-nosed trailer made by Look. It has tons of extra room for whatever junk I want to drag along besides my Caterham. It weighs 2400 lbs, car weighs 1250 lbs so all well under the 7700lb tow capacity of the Touareg. Mike M. Edited July 4, 2011 by Kitcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Looks like a great setup! Was the Look much cheaper than a Haulmark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 (edited) Not sure, but I think Look took over Haulmark. The trailer was $4.3K. I was not able to find anything else that cheap that was as nice. It was possible to spend amazing amounts of $ on enclosed all-aluminum trailers ($10K and up), that didn't have as much storage, but were much more tow-able due to their lightness. Going with the Touareg TDI solved the need for a feather-weight trailer, while at the same time matching or exceeding the gas mileage of the lighter tow vehicles, at least when not hooked to a trailer. Diesel is more expensive than regular gas but is less than the premium gas I had to use in my M3. My Toureg was a low-mileage demo and was discounted $5K, wh/helped. It's also the bottom of the line "Sport" model and therefore abt $10K less than the premium edition. Edited July 4, 2011 by Kitcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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