What do YOU use to tow your track car?
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I haven’t gone through all 66 pages of this thread but are there any hybrid (gas electric) options? The Mitsubishi Outlandrer has a plugin electric hybrid option that was almost the best of all worlds until I saw that it had only 1,500 lbs towing capacity.
Otherwise I’m thinking daily driving a Nissan Leaf and renting a tow vehicle when I need it.
Otherwise I’m thinking daily driving a Nissan Leaf and renting a tow vehicle when I need it.
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I got a 2015 Ram Ecodiesel a month and a bit ago. When I got it had the dieselgate reflashed tune on it. Even with that, I was averaging high 21.x mpg on my commute, which is half highway, 1/4 back roads, and 1/4 pure city (10 minutes of nothing but traffic lights). I then got the Green Diesel Engineering tuned ECU, which is a 80wtq bump, and massive gains in drivability. Since then, I have averaged 25.x on the same commute. I also just got back from Solo Nationals, which was a 3200 mile round trip. 18.6 mpg, with a couple of tanks just over 20mpg (through Ohio going, and in NY on the way back). Worst tank was 16.9 with a massive head wind through Iowa. Towing a 20ft steel open trailer, car, and 3 people (figure 5500lbs or so all in). Cruise control at 72-75 the entire time.
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Anyone have experience with late-90's 5.9 Cummins-powered diesel pushers? Found one with 64k miles on it for only $24k, local, individual seller, etc. Really clean. No idea what to expect maintenancewise though. It's a 35'.
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Yeah. Even the 24v is stout. This one is a 1999 but I highly doubt the motorhomes follow the same timeline as the Dodge pickups.
Considering that one is wayyyyy better than a class C for what I'm going to do (full-time living + tow an enclosed trailer with racecar to the track) it's feeling pretty hard to resist that pusher.
Considering that one is wayyyyy better than a class C for what I'm going to do (full-time living + tow an enclosed trailer with racecar to the track) it's feeling pretty hard to resist that pusher.