38.6 MPG pulling a 400lb Trailer.

[a2jack]

The trip was >400 miles round. The MPG stated was for the 208 mile leg coming home.

Roads and speeds were 1/2 freeway,1/2 highway, a few small towns, 35-45 MPH, and one 20 mile,freeway stop and go traffic jam.

Speeds were 70MPH freeway (at 75 she would begin to twitch her tail ) and 55Mph on old US-23 up the shoreline of lake Huron to just SO. of Alpena.

We were astounded... A2Jack.

[jetfuel]

...thanks for the post Jack...good to see that the smart can handle the load and give excellent mpg's even if it wants to twitch a little...maybe it just wanted to go a bit slower so that everybody can see it...
...BTW...is your suspension stock?...can remember if it was posted before or not...is hell getting old...


jetfuel...not twiching..

[The Rigger]

Originally Posted by a2jack

at 75 she would begin to twitch her tail

Toss another bag of ice in the cooler. That should cure it.

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by The Rigger

Toss another bag of ice in the cooler. That should cure it.

...wouldn't a keg closer to the hitch do a better job?

jetfuel

[The Rigger]

Originally Posted by jetfuel

...wouldn't a keg closer to the hitch do a better job?

No, that'd make *Jack's* tail twitch...

[jefferios]

This post is going to make the folks who can't even get above 35mpg upset.

Otherwise, I am glad to hear the Smart did so well with the gas mileage and the trailer. Thanks for posting this!

[Kermit]

Good job and thanks for the post Jack.

[NeWave]

Ooo. Now I know I can go traveling.

[MichelleGB]

Thanks for the info! Now I need to get the trailer and get going!

[a2jack]

Jet. No special suspension, all stock. To beat the twitch I will move the cooler bracket ahead about 1" and test next trip.

Most of the trip was driven in manual using the paddles. The shift points were between 3 and 4k, it ran 3,300 RPM at 70 MPH.

Thanks for the reply's. A2Jack