Towing with a dolly
I have been towing my Smart car on a dolly for 5 years off and on for 10,000+ miles I would guess. Last trip about 1000mi and stopped in 4 camp grounds and unloaded it. At the 3rd stop when I unload...
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rjstractor wrote:
Do you tow it with the front wheels on the dolly or rear? The little bit of looking I did on the Smart forums indicated that it was better to tow with the rear wheels off the ground since the car is rear wheel drive.
The only way we have towed our smart is on a trailer.
It is a super fun little vehicle and we put a ton of miles on it. But be careful. On the freeway it is a 60 mile range. Around town closer to 90 or more. Speed sucks up battery.
Here is a leaf on a dolly
If you go this route remember there are a lot of different leaf models and range changes a lot with model years. Earlier leafs had something like 75 mile ranges and the latest Leaf Plus models have ranges of around 230 miles.
Heads up. We are from Canada so I put all numbers in miles not kilometers as I think you are from the US.
Ours was a 2016 with a 30 KWh battery that was good for around 172 KM or around 110 miles ish. The new ones look different. We had it for four years. Great car. All we did was add washer fluid for four years. We only sold it because we went to a one vehicle household.
If you want longer range you'll have to go to a Tesla model 3 which has about 350 miles of range. You will have to tow it on a trailer though. It is all wheel drive. This is ours. Fantastic car but the super spartan interiour takes some getting used to. Pretty much no buttons as pretty much everything is voice activated or alternatively thru the main screen. Crazy fast, zero to sixty in four seconds.
