Newbie Couple Purchase
My wife and I are in our mid stage of life and am looking to buy our first and likely only Travel Trailer. Our plan is to use it at least a few months a year and am wondering if it is possible to pull...
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Way back in 1981, I purchased a new Mercury Lynx. I fastened a Ford/Mercury fitted bolt on bar hitch, made for the car, to it. I was going to pull a small lightweight motorcycle trailer with it. I loaded two dirt bikes up, about 500 lbs, to give it a try. NOPE, when shifting the manual transmission into 4th gear, it would lose speed, until shifting back to 3rd. Unloaded one bike, now only 250 lbs on little trailer, SUCCESS!! Needless to say, never hooked any trailer up again, traded car with 7K miles on it, for small truck.
A few years ago, I bought a Honda Civic Sport Coupe for my wife. It was an anniversary present. It has lots of power, with a tire loading sticker payload a whopping 850 lbs. No, never towed with it, wife drove it about 500 miles, didn't like it/want it. I gave it to our little house puppy pictured on profile. She likes it, can jump in/out by herself, and we use it to drive to our go for walks areas.
Anyway, if OP is serious, a Pilot, or Ridgeline, would work much better than a Civic.
Jerry
A few years ago, I bought a Honda Civic Sport Coupe for my wife. It was an anniversary present. It has lots of power, with a tire loading sticker payload a whopping 850 lbs. No, never towed with it, wife drove it about 500 miles, didn't like it/want it. I gave it to our little house puppy pictured on profile. She likes it, can jump in/out by herself, and we use it to drive to our go for walks areas.
Anyway, if OP is serious, a Pilot, or Ridgeline, would work much better than a Civic.
Jerry
