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Originally Posted by chrisny
Not a whole lot to tow that weighs 1000lbs.. Sedans are fine to tow some small things. But people pay too much attention to towing capacity and too little to the extra drag towing puts on any vehicle, extra stress on the motor. Just because a vehicle can tow something, doesn't mean it should.
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How often do you think anyone puts a 1,000lb payload in the back of their F-150? Probably never.
Boats aren't very heavy. Or jet skis. Snow mobiles aren't very heavy. Appliances. I could go on...
The cars are designed to be capable of towing. The engineers have already built in a safety factor when determining the ratings. The cars are perfectly capable.
As an aside, I have a 3/4 diesel Suburban that I use to haul stuff, people and to tow my cars. It's "rated" for 5,000lbs. It's "capable" of towing 15,000lbs. so long as I'm not trying to maintain 85MPH over a mountain pass.
It's just a different mindset than we're used to here in the US. Towing with cars hasn't really been prevalent since the 50's.