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Old 07-20-2009   #10
Halon
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Re: What's a good DD that can Tow

I'll try to explain again.

I'm not looking for the best vehicle to tow this stuff. What I'm looking for is a vehicle that will be 99% used for daily driving, and 1% used for towing. So I'm more looking for a vehicle that gets decent gas milage, that when needed, COULD tow a car to Brainerd, or COULD pull a boat out of the water and tow it an hour away. My dad used to tow our 18' Bayliner with a Chevy Celebrity Wagon with a 2.8 V6 from Maple Grove to Brainerd once a year. Was it an ideal towing vehicle, no. It was a decent DD, that could tow it if needed. I towed a Colt from Detroit to Blaine on a flatbed using a little 6cyl S-10 a couple years ago. Again, not the ideal vehicle, but it worked. These are examples of how they aren't ideal towing vehicles, but they did 'get r done' we just had to take it easy.

I don't want a Tahoe, way too big, and horseshit gas milage. And like I mentioned before, I don't want a pick-up, period. No Tahoe, no Silverado, no F150, none of that.

That Honda Pilot is probably more of where I'm wanting to go. Not an ideal vehicle, but for the very few times it would tow something, you can just take it slow and easy and it'll get the job done.

I was even looking into something like a Hyundai Santa Fe. I'm looking to keep the cost down, so I don't mind looking at more economical brands like Hyundai & Kia.

Not sure exactly but I'm pretty sure the weight I'd be towing around would be right around 3500lbs. That's about the weight of the boats we're looking at. My Talon weighed in at 3040lbs, so add a trailer on top of that and we're probably right around the same weight.

Something I noticed was it appeared Kiggly was towing his rid with a 4Runner or something like that. And that was his race car, and one of those long completely enclosed racecar trailers with tools and all that. I would think if it could tow that, it could tow my car on a flatbed.
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