Prius towing a travel trailer? Yes.

Bedlam wrote:
Some city folk don't understand the need for a truck or trailer. I see this most often closer to larger cities.

Want to see that daily, go to the southern border and watch them try and take everything they can possibly stuff into and on top of the vehicle they are driving and the 1 or 2 in tow, back south......A true clampitt look. Many are now buying old U Haul trucks or school buses, with a pickup behind that and a car behind that, now that they have found they can get away with it.

Some city folk don't understand the need for a truck or trailer. I see this most often closer to larger cities.

RobertRyan wrote:
Good Grief!!! an accident waiting to happen. Something you might see in China or India.

nah see that alot around here is how you move without a pick up or trailer.. never done it myself.. i do have limits :B

Hannibal wrote:
I remember auto accidents with those cars when they "were" new or fairly new. The cabins crumpled as bad as the one in the video. Even up to the '90s pickup trucks were horrible in crash tests. A collision with a Fiesta would favor the pickup truck it would surprise you how bad even a small car could crumple the cab of a full size pickup.

Some new Chinese Pickups tested in Australia have been as bad as that.The Chinese had to reengineer them to make them acceptable.That would get a rating of 2 out of 5 for the Ford and Rams crash. 4 out of 5 is acceptable, 5 out of 5 for a Pickup is what manufacturers aim for and eventually get.

ls1mike wrote:

06Fargo wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
They still make Buicks? :h err maybe I was thinking of Pontiac or Oldsmobile. Only the name has changed to protect the innocent.
Pretty sure the Prius is really just a name changer for the Yugo :B

95 Buick Roadmaster - GM F body with Buick level upholstery/dash/carpet and LT1 under the hood :)

Yum. I have owned 3 different LT1 F-bodies, (Spoken Camaro, Firebird)
A Wagon with the same drive train?! Well lets just say if I could find one it would be running 12's right now!

Correction - it was the GM B - body layout - it was a sedan.

Wish I had a camera today. Saw a Saturn Vue towing a 24'± travel trailer. I am sure that it was over the GM 3500# specs for the Vue.

06Fargo wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
They still make Buicks? :h err maybe I was thinking of Pontiac or Oldsmobile. Only the name has changed to protect the innocent.
Pretty sure the Prius is really just a name changer for the Yugo :B

95 Buick Roadmaster - GM F body with Buick level upholstery/dash/carpet and LT1 under the hood :)

Yum. I have owned 3 different LT1 F-bodies, (Spoken Camaro, Firebird)
A Wagon with the same drive train?! Well lets just say if I could find one it would be running 12's right now!

Only a dummy would waste so many good trucks.

I remember auto accidents with those cars when they "were" new or fairly new. The cabins crumpled as bad as the one in the video. Even up to the '90s pickup trucks were horrible in crash tests. A collision with a Fiesta would favor the pickup truck it would surprise you how bad even a small car could crumple the cab of a full size pickup. They have weight carrying and towing capacity but up until recently, safety in a crash wasn't too good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5EmJBaGeQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXWcrY-3V4

Watch to the end for the pickup driver's legs and feet. Notice the Civic didn't sail off toward the horizon like a ping pong ball either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBBLlXT4em8