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LilCoco74
Explorer
Jan 29, 2014

What cars can be safely flat towed behind a Class A RV

We are planning on buying a cat to flat tow behind our Class A moterhome. According to our owners manual the car needs to be less than 5000 pounds. We are looking at a Honda CRV and a Jeep Cherokee....
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darsben
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2014
an easy rule of thumb to narrow down your search is that;

A) MOST automatic transmission cars ARE NOT flat towable without some sort of modification..
B) Standard (stick) transmissions are usually flat towable with no or small modifications

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