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adouglas · May 4th, 2017, 05:59 AM

To be clear, tongue weight and total trailer weight are two different things.

My understanding is that as long as total trailer weight is within the towing limits of the vehicle, you're good. A typical small car has a towing capacity of 1000 lbs. I could probably put another 200-250 lbs on mine and still be within that.

Note that he same car in different markets may or may not be "approved" by the manufacturer for towing. My US Honda Fit isn't supposed to be able to tow according to Honda, but in Europe and Australia it can. Exact same car, different regs, I guess.

Old Lemon's Mazda2/Toyota Yaris/Scion iA is comparable to my car.

May 4th, 2017, 05:59 AM	#28
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