Pulling a trailer with a Civic Hybrid

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:57:16 -0700, jim beam wrote:

> i gotta say, as someone that's lived in europe for a while, the concept
> we have here of needing a honking great truck to pull a tiny little
> wheelbarrow is just bizarre. in europe, the exact same vehicles as we
> have here have up to 3 times the rated towing capacity, same
> transmission, engine, everything. and what do we see? europeans
> hauling honking great trailers with tiny little cars. the hybrid will
> tow a trailer just fine. just look up the towing capacity on an
> european or even japanese website.

Sure, as long as you don't care about the warranty being invalidated.

You're as ignorant as the OP.


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On Apr 29, 9:01 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:57:16 -0700, jim beam wrote:
> > i gotta say, as someone that's lived in europe for a while, the concept
> > we have here of needing a honking great truck to pull a tiny little
> > wheelbarrow is just bizarre. in europe, the exact same vehicles as we
> > have here have up to 3 times the rated towing capacity, same
> > transmission, engine, everything. and what do we see? europeans
> > hauling honking great trailers with tiny little cars. the hybrid will
> > tow a trailer just fine. just look up the towing capacity on an
> > european or even japanese website.
>
> Sure, as long as you don't care about the warranty being invalidated.
>
> You're as ignorant as the OP.
>
I suspect it has more to do with liability issues here in our
litigious society. I mean, 75 pounds for the roof of a CRV? Come on,
that's ridiculous. It can certainly hold more than that. But our
society being what it is, sue-happy, manufacturers have decided to put
artificially low limits for carrying and towing. So we don't hurt
ourselves or do stupid things like the Internet picture of the Jetta
with 1000 pounds or so of sheetrock on it's roof.....

Dan D
'07 Ody EX
Central NJ USA

rb wrote:

> R.J. Babin wrote:
>
>> Anyone out there attempted pulling a trailer with a Civic Hybrid? I
>> have a 400 pd trailer that I pull 2 to 3 hundred pounds of kayak gear
>> with. Anyone have some feedback?
>> R.J.
>> (Bob) Babin
>
>
> I just got a 08 Civic Hybrid and the owners manual says that you can not
> tow a trailer with the car. It states that if you do you void the warranty.
> RB
Hi,
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On Apr 27, 11:57 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > R.J. Babin wrote:
> >> Anyone out there attempted pulling a trailer with a Civic Hybrid? I
> >> have a 400 pd trailer that I pull 2 to 3 hundred pounds of kayak gear
> >> with. Anyone have some feedback?
> >> R.J.
> >> (Bob) Babin
>
> > Look in your owner's manual for the towing limits. I think the limit is
> > 1000 lbs. However, keep in mind that the car is not meant to tow stuff.
>
> i gotta say, as someone that's lived in europe for a while, the concept
> we have here of needing a honking great truck to pull a tiny little
> wheelbarrow is just bizarre. in europe, the exact same vehicles as we
> have here have up to 3 times the rated towing capacity, same
> transmission, engine, everything. and what do we see? europeans
> hauling honking great trailers with tiny little cars. the hybrid will
> tow a trailer just fine. just look up the towing capacity on an
> european or even japanese website.

That's true! And in South East Asia, a Honda Cub 50cc moped can haul a
water buffafo on the passenger seat

But like a wise man once saith "When not in Rome, DO NOT do what
Romans do"

Dano58 wrote:
> On Apr 27, 7:56 pm, "R.J. Babin" <rba...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Anyone out there attempted pulling a trailer with a Civic Hybrid? I have a
>> 400 pd trailer that I pull 2 to 3 hundred pounds of kayak gear with. Anyone
>> have some feedback?
>> R.J. (Bob)
>> Babin
>
> Roof rack? Seems crazy to have a trailer that weighs more than the
> gear you're towing.
>

trailers are much more efficient.

bi241@scn.org wrote:
> On Apr 27, 11:57 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
>> Jeff wrote:
>>> R.J. Babin wrote:
>>>> Anyone out there attempted pulling a trailer with a Civic Hybrid? I
>>>> have a 400 pd trailer that I pull 2 to 3 hundred pounds of kayak gear
>>>> with. Anyone have some feedback?
>>>> R.J.
>>>> (Bob) Babin
>>> Look in your owner's manual for the towing limits. I think the limit is
>>> 1000 lbs. However, keep in mind that the car is not meant to tow stuff.
>> i gotta say, as someone that's lived in europe for a while, the concept
>> we have here of needing a honking great truck to pull a tiny little
>> wheelbarrow is just bizarre. in europe, the exact same vehicles as we
>> have here have up to 3 times the rated towing capacity, same
>> transmission, engine, everything. and what do we see? europeans
>> hauling honking great trailers with tiny little cars. the hybrid will
>> tow a trailer just fine. just look up the towing capacity on an
>> european or even japanese website.
>
> That's true! And in South East Asia, a Honda Cub 50cc moped can haul a
> water buffafo on the passenger seat
>
> But like a wise man once saith "When not in Rome, DO NOT do what
> Romans do"
>

dude, in europe, if you go to honda.co.uk for english, you can read the
towing specs for the same cars we have here. the fit [jazz over there]
is rated at 1000kg. that's 2200lbs. they have 1.2l and 1.4l engines,
both rated at 1000kg. the civic is rated up to 1500kg, that's 3300lbs.

the tow ratings we have here are bullshit designed to con us into buying
honking great [and much more profitable] suv's. just like we can't buy
the accord wagon here because they want us to buy the much more
profitable suv's or minivans.

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>
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
> news:_5udnQjHmeeB1ojVnZ2dnUVZ_hmtnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> I've towed a ~2500 lb boat and trailer behind my 2950 lb Volvo 240, it
> handles fine, though you certainly can feel something is back there. The
> hitch design has more to do with it than the vehicle. You don't want to
> exceed the rated towing capacity though, if an accident does happen, it
> will be a legal nightmare. A 400 lb utility trailer will be towable by
> pretty much any car on the road no problem.
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