Misleading avertising/ignorant sales people

frankdamp wrote:
I'm afraid that there's a difference between "ignorant" and "fraudulent" that is often missed. We have a 32' gasser that we bought with no preconceptions about towing capability. The original owners didn't have a toad in the 9 years they owned it and, for the moment, neither do we.

It has a 5K hitch, and initially we thought we'd be able to tow our '03 Kia Sedona, which has a "curb weight" of 4800 pounds. The cost of adapting the Kia to flat towing was prohibitive (more than the damn thing is worth!), and a dolly that could support a 4800 lb. FWD vehicle is certainly going to weigh a lot more than the 200 pounds remaining on the hitch capacity. For the moment we're remaining toadless.

I'm still looking at ideas. It's "generally accepted" that Saturns can be flat towed without any mods. Can anyone confirm that the blanket statement also applies to the bigger L model? The LW wagon with the 3-liter V6 would make a damn good family (me, DW and two Labs) vehicle and, if it can be flat towed as delivered, it would be ideal, provided I can convince DW that buying a used car whose manufacturer has gone out of business isn't a dumb idea.

Comments appreciated.

BTW, I initially spelled "curb" how I'd always spelled it ("kerb"), but spell checker got all ticked off. I'm an ex-pat Brit, and after 45 years in the US, I get more confused now than when we first came over, by differences in our "common" language. Is "curb" the way it should be spelled? After all, "curb" means to limit something.

The Chevrolet HHR can be flat towed and with the seats down provides more than enough room for our Big dog. We do put a pad down and a carpet in the back so that the dog doesn't slide all over. I believe the HHR was manufactured up until 2012 while the Saturn went out of production several years ago. We used to have a Saturn wagon but we traded it in on the Chevy HHR.