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Old 04-29-2013, 03:19 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by War_Wagon View Post
Anyone else remember the Dodge Dakota R/T buyback in the early 2000s? Dodge sold them with an inaccurate tow rating, and after a few people got into accidents while towing trailers that should have been fine to tow with the truck, Chrysler decided it would be easier to offer to buy them all back than to deal with lawsuits. So I have no doubt that today it's just a lot less hassle for manufacturers not to publish any towing specs at all, that way they have an easy way out if someone gets hurt while using their Fusion to tow a boat trailer etc.
Exactly my point! I own one I have a 16' trailer also and the only car its ever pulled was the kia because you can yank the ball from the hitch with its pull but good luck maintaining a lane or stopping it in a lane from 55 mph.
and that crazy thing rates it at 8500lbs . . . death on the hiway there!
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