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Old March 1st 18, 04:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Le mardi 27 février 2018 18:09:43 UTC-5, a écritÂ*:
I have a 2016 honda civic. It’s my only car. Has any one towed their glider and trailer using a small sedan like a civic?


Forgaot to say I was towing a Cobra with a LS6 and a lot of bagage.
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Old March 1st 18, 11:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I've towed an open cirrus and an LS4 with a VW TDI, had to be careful on the interstate so as not to get into a PIO with the trailer moving around a lot. The VW seemed to handle it OK, however several years later I did have to replace the transmission(auto), so maybe this was really too much load for the TDI, in spite of the nice torque it had.
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Old March 2nd 18, 12:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Been towing a tube trailer with Std Austria, and after, an Avionic AVG 15 with SZD-55, behind a 2006 VW Jetta TDI, 5 speed manual. Many towing miles, Colorado and down to PA (hilly) with no transmission problems. Boringly reliable...
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Old March 2nd 18, 01:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 4:30:13 PM UTC-8, Dan Daly wrote:
Been towing a tube trailer with Std Austria, and after, an Avionic AVG 15 with SZD-55, behind a 2006 VW Jetta TDI, 5 speed manual. Many towing miles, Colorado and down to PA (hilly) with no transmission problems. Boringly reliable...


Working for Roger Frank many years ago we put a trailer hitch on his Ferarri 308 GT4 and towed the ASW-20 in a Komet trailer to the local contest. The Ferarri took it like a champ and was rock solid. Made quire a splash on arrival. Pretty hard to camp in it though..

Craig

 




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