Hi everyone~ I’ve never been in a “chat room” before (is this considered a “chat room”?), but I would like to hear from some of you about my question. I have a 2000 Honda Civic with 167,000 miles on it. I bought it used about 4 years ago. Next spring I’d like to take off for some camping and I’m…

@TwinTurbo Yep. OP might get away with it if he were tooling around the plains, but once you put mountain roads into the mix, you need a proper tow vehicle, no exceptions.

@twinturbo @shadowfox You make a good point. I feel some of the reluctance that a few of us have endorsing cars like Civics as adaquate towing vehicles, may be where we live. I live on the side of a mountain and don’t feel safe moving anything around that doesn’t have lots of weight, traction and b…

“It’s easy to envision a Civic tooling down the highway towing a tear drop.” …not if you’ve been driving a Civic for any length of time.

"…not if you’ve been driving a Civic for any length of time. " Depends on the teardrop. And the Civic. I’ve seen some plywood tear drops that deleted the flip-top kitchen entirely that couldn’t have weighed even 500 pounds. A Civic in decent shape could pull that all day long if you’re down in the …

There seems to be some confusion here, GVWR and tow capacity are not linked together other than the tongue weight goes into the GVWR and the tow capacity does not. In the past, I once had a 90 Dodge Colt and my wife had a 93 Honda Civic. Both had about the same GVWR, but the Colt was rated to tow …

Hi again…I’m enjoying reading your comments. What is a “motorcycle trailer”? Thanks.

It’s a small trailer that some motorcycle riders use with their touring bikes to carry stuff. While it increases the storage on a motorcycle a lot, it’s not worth the trouble for a car, in my opinion.

There are also motorcycle trailers that function as small pop-up camper trailers. @WheresRick mentioned this one on page 1 of this conversation----> http://towmini.com/Products/Folding%20Campers/TowMini-6/TowMini-6-Overview.html They can usually sleep one, maybe two skinny people, and sometimes yo…

Man, 620 lbs. (or more) to be towed by a bike? And a bike that’s already loaded up for touring? No way I’d do that.

Towing capacity of older Honda Civic

General Discussion

Whitey August 28, 2013, 1:02am 33

~~I believe this is the lightest teardrop camper trailer on the market http://tab-rv.com/ and the lightest version if it weighs 1,490 lbs.~~

I just found a teardrop trailer online that has a dry weight of 700 lbs. I wouldn’t tow it with a Civic, especially loaded.

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Towing capacity of older Honda Civic

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