Recommendations for towing a Honda Civic with an sr5

Hey all,

I am towing my girlfriends 2012 Honda Civic LX from Tennessee to Florida. I drive a 2016 Tacoma SR5. Any recommendations on best ways to tow? Maybe tow dolly?

 

I would recommend the car hauler, not the dolly. Not only is it easier to back up, it has surge brakes. The Civic weighs around 2700lbs (from Google, might not be accurate) and the car hauler is roughly 2200lbs so give or take 5,000 lbs. It's doable, but be prepared to get some horrible mileage. Might be a little rough if you're in the mountains of TN.

 

Whatever you do, make sure the towed vehicle/trailer has working brakes.

There is a recent thread on here where someone jack knifed while flat towing a jeep with no brakes.

 

Meh, uhaul car dolly works fine. I towed my 04 s60 4 hours on one and it worked fine. Turn on ECT power, leave it in s4 and just drive. Got about 10mpg.

 

Is the Civic going to be filled with hundreds of pounds of her stuff?

 

This! Using the car hauler makes for stress free driving. I towed my wife's Mazda3 on a U-Haul car hauler last summer when we moved from New Hampshire to Maryland; a dolly would probably have done well enough in the flat bits, but while driving through the Poconos, I'm glad I had the tandem-axle trailer with brakes.

 

About 40 years ago, a good friend of mine was moving from Oregon to Texas. He was hell-bent on putting his VW Jetta in the back of a U-Haul truck but did not know how.

I took him down to the train tracks where forklifts load cargo onto boxcars. Drove the Jetta up onto a loading dock and into the back of the U-haul. I was not there for the unloading, but I assume the process was the reverse of getting it in.

He ended up throwing a love seat and junk on the Jetta roof (which I would not recommend). He was cheap and did want to pay for the truck and a car hauler.

As with most things in life, if you can afford it, don’t go cheap.