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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AI drive a compact SUV (a glorified hatchback with a raised wheelbase), and took a trailer to cover the western US for my vacation this year, but looking at the vehicle in the post: The only way that works because the car drives at sea level with no grade. I had a trailer, with brakes, ~150 lbs below of my car’s recommended towing capacity, and coming over some passes sounded like I was taking thousands of miles off my car’s transmission.

[–] Treczoks 1 points 1 year ago

I've seen Golfs towing caravans over the Alps. Only Americans seem to need a truck for that.