Towing with a TDI

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 9:23:42 PM UTC-6, vontresc wrote:
Still don't understand why one must use a full size truck to tow anything
;-)

Pete

I know someone that towed his glider with his Honda CRX. Routinely at 80 MPH. Yes, the trailer weighed more than the car. And as I recall, the trailer did not have brakes.

I know someone that towed his glider with his Honda CRX. Routinely at 80 MPH. Yes, the trailer weighed more than the car. And as I recall, the trailer did not have brakes.

- Done that with 05 Accord, 80 MPH with no trailer brakes, no problems of any kind ever with the car, trailer or the transmission. Other than the European sentiments, not sure why would anyone want put themselves through the turbo diesel in US. Modern diesel engines are overly complicated - high pressure fuel pumps, turbos, injectors, dfp filters, mass wheels etc. Please google Audi/VW diesel fuel pump issues and the uncontrolled bio-mass-diesel fuel purity, especially in the corn producing bio-fuel lobbing states like IL. Just recently, after several lawsuits, VW/Audi actually admitted that they will be honoring warranty coverage for the biomass clogged fuel pumps...

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:17:14 AM UTC-6, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 9:23:42 PM UTC-6, vontresc wrote:
Still don't understand why one must use a full size truck to tow anything
;-)

Pete

I know someone that towed his glider with his Honda CRX. Routinely at 80 MPH. Yes, the trailer weighed more than the car. And as I recall, the trailer did not have brakes.

Would that have been GFB?

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 10:28:34 PM UTC-6, WB wrote:
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:17:14 AM UTC-6, Steve Leonard wrote:
I know someone that towed his glider with his Honda CRX. Routinely at 80 MPH. Yes, the trailer weighed more than the car. And as I recall, the trailer did not have brakes.

Would that have been GFB?

Nope. A friend from Houston. Contest number on the glider was F1. An HP-18.