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Old 06-22-2016, 08:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Boat aided camping

What do you think about my wind deflector on my cars roof?
I had it on with my last weekend trip. I drove 330km there and 330km back with some head/side wind.
I must say it worked fine. Average consumption was 10,7 L/100km and 11,2 L/100km.
Previous trips without the boat have been something between 13-14 L/100km.

The boat also helped keeping the max. allowed 80km/h speed alot.

Next time I need to add a boat behind the camper also.

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Old 06-22-2016, 11:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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My calculation says 21-25% improvements. That's a lot!

It makes for a nice looking rig. What year was the trailer manufactured?
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This is good information for others.

Can this be translated into mpg?
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Old 06-23-2016, 01:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The trailer is a Sprite Alpine, made in England 1973. The car is Ford Taunus 20m, made in Germany 1965 and the boat is Finnish make, year unknown.

I converted the units to mpg's:

On the way there with boat: 21,98 mpg
On the way back with boat and head/side wind: 21 mpg

Previous trips without the boat: 16,8- 18,1 mpg

Max. speed used: 50mph

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