Zero to Sixty When Towing
I'm curious as to what constitutes a good number for acceleration from 0 to 60 when towing your travel trailer. What sparked my interest was a recent test of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the Pen...
Forum Discussion
pitch wrote:
0 to 60 is the most ridiculus parameter to measure for anyone except a 17 year old kid with a hot rod. I want to know the 40 to 70 time.
At no time in my 50 years of driving have I had to make a full throttle start. I suggest that if you have had to, you are not qualified to operate on the public highways.
Yeah, I agree, a full-throttle start towing a heavy load would be crazy. In getting my 22 seconds, I had a normal start and never floored the accelerator. Didn't see the tach at the 1st to 2nd shift, but it was at 5,000 rpm when shifting from 2nd to 3rd (redline is 6,300). It does mirror hill-climbing for me--on steep inclines, the Honda is in 2nd at 3,500 to 5,000 rpm.
Bruce
