Tow Vehicle Woes

Check out Saturn Vue Hybrid. A fellow contest pilot is very happy with his.

On Oct 16, 11:28 am, "Bob Salvo" wrote:
Check out Saturn Vue Hybrid. A fellow contest pilot is very happy with his.

A coworker has a 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid with a towing package.
It's rated to tow something like 3,300 or 3,500 lbs. It is
interesting, but PRICEY!

The new Saturn Vue, based on an Opel does look nice, but one "little"
thing turned me off: A 40 foot turning radius. No, I won't be
turning tight pulling a trailer, but my "tow" vehicle HAS to be my
every day driver, too. I don't want to take up so much space just to
turn around. The others I'm looking at turn somewhere in the 34 feet
to 36 feet radius. Not much less? Doesn't seem like it, but I think
40' is pushing it a bit.

Also, I'm not "in" to the hybrid stuff yet. I typically drive my cars
for long time and I don't know what a new set of batteries will cost
plus I would like to see the technology mature a bit. Diesel has been
around for a long time and it is still "maturing" with the new "Blue
Tec" stuff from Mercedes and other new stuff from the other German
automakers and Honda, etc...

Nope, hybrids just don't excite me, yet. Give it a few years.

Ray

On Oct 16, 11:28 am, "Bob Salvo" wrote:
Check out Saturn Vue Hybrid. A fellow contest pilot is very happy with his.


- If you consider that GM bought the hybrid technology from Toyota
you might consider the original not some couterfits, that have a long
earned reputation of...
I tow a Minden trailer with 2005 4 cylinder Accord. Next year Honda
will bring their 2.2 turbo Diesel from Europe and having already
driven the European Diesel Accord, it will be the car to own.