EAG, How does that tear drop shaped trailer affect your gas mileage?

I put a few hundred miles on the MCS / Trailer combination in June, and found that my "cruise" mileage dropped from 36 to about 28 when pulling a cube shaped trailer with very little weight at about 60 mph. I attribute it to the square front and rear of the trailer.

The trailer tongue is extended from normal by a foot (for other uses) and apparently the air flow around the Mini is running right into the front of the trailer.

After seeing your nice little aluminum trailer I was inspired to paint my plain wooden box to match the car.

http://user.mc.net/~jdewey/MINI/Trai...h_in_use_2.jpg

John

 

JDEWEY,

I'm pretty sure we got about 22 MPG on our road trips, although we had probably 100+ lbs of ALTA parts in the trailer. The nice thing about the teardrop is that it's shape is aerodynamic. We also have modded the car quite a bit, so that may affect the mileage as well.

Thanks,
Bryan Eagle
Terry Sayther Minimotive
Austin, TX, USA
www.minimotive.com