Towing Lincoln

DouglasC wrote:

wildmanbaker wrote:
We have a 2014 MKZ Hybrid that is towable 4 down, but, it is too low to be towed with safety. Even if it had better clearance, the places we like to visit require quite a bit more clearance than the MKZ can give. We have a Grand Vatara and CRV for towing.

Apparently "wildmanbaker" does a lot of off road towing so considers his MKZ "to low to tow". We also have a 2014 Lincoln MKZ hybrid and have towed it over 10,000 miles without any issues except a dead battery a couple of times. Have learned to monitor it more closely now and haven't had that problem in a couple of years. The MKZ tows great and it's sure nice to have to use for sightseeing when we're camped - - economical and comfortable!

I agree with everything you have said about the MKZ, great car. The front air dam is the problem with clearance. It will drag on parking lot entrances and parking stops. Not all RV parks are well groomed. I have one floor jack that can fit underneath it, but it is sealed in on the bottom so it is hard to know where to place it for lifting. Some areas of National Parks are kind of iffy also. You know, I wonder what's down this road? When we got the MKZ, I started looking for a base plate and another braking system, and the DW asked what I was doing. I told her the MKZ is towable 4 down, so I was going to set it up for towing. She told me to think about where we go, and some of the places we tend to camp, and said the Lincoln would be hung-up a lot of the time, she was right again. Oh by the way, ours weight over 4,200 pounds, kind of porky.