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Andy_rs600
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Like frank I'm also only looking at diesel - I tow quite a lot and doing it on a petrol GTS would be prohibitively expensive! I'm guessing by the lack of replies that no-one has any info on what's going on?
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I tow for probably about 60% of my mileage in my GTS Macan (sports cars that can tow have limited options!). I get about 21-22mpg when not towing and about 18-19mpg when towing. Hardly noticeable.
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CharlesElliott wrote: Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:41 pm I tow for probably about 60% of my mileage in my GTS Macan (sports cars that can tow have limited options!). I get about 21-22mpg when not towing and about 18-19mpg when towing. Hardly noticeable.
Charles, thanks that's super useful info. Thanks. Can I ask what weights you were pulling with that?
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It's a race car on an open trailer with a tyre rack, total weight is about 1200Kg.
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Given that a full tank has a mixture of towing and non-towing, the difference if even less noticeable.
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Thanks!
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I would not expect any resolution to the dieselgate fiasco anytime remotely soon.

Even if I am wrong and they do sort it out, do the mod then by the time you get your new car there will be a facelifted version in the showroom all be it certainly not a diesel.

My advice would be to cancel and swap over to a facelifted 3.0 litre petrol.

Or

Move to another marque.

Either way I would not accept the SD, they simply are not worth the hastle and the potential that any mod that the group do will be a botch up temporary fix, you will then still have the risk of DPF issues.
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Col Lamb wrote: Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:39 pm Either way I would not accept the SD, they simply are not worth the hastle and the potential that any mod that the group do will be a botch up temporary fix, you will then still have the risk of DPF issues.
It's this bit that I'm getting a bit concerned about. DPF doesn't affect me - we live in the country surrounded by fast 60 limit roads. My commute to work is 20 miles and a lot of it will be in regen rev range. However what we were told was just a software update has taken a very very long time. It seems like the modifications are likely more significant than just flashing some solid state memory.
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CharlesElliott wrote: Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:41 pm I tow for probably about 60% of my mileage in my GTS Macan (sports cars that can tow have limited options!). I get about 21-22mpg when not towing and about 18-19mpg when towing. Hardly noticeable.
I regularly tow about 1700kg and get about 23. The same journey at that speed unladen would return 40 and my overall average is 30.
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