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    Vehicle choices

    I have a lady friend looking to replace her Honda CRV and a freshly reframed Toyota T100 with a single vehicle.
    She intermittently tows a two horse trailer that is pretty close to 5K in weight. She does not want to keep the T100 that just sits other than when when used a half dozen hauls a year.

    Her short list is between a Honda Ridgeline, Toyota Tacoma, GMC Canyon and a Chevy Colorado.

    Of these what will comfortably tow at their 5K limit?

    Not sure why she does not have a Nissan on her list, I have towed with them and was impressed with how it performed when running at 11,500 #.
    Last edited by CharlieN; 03-27-2015 at 11:29 AM.
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    She bought a new Tacoma. The Ridgeline has no margin when near it's rated capacity and is not in the dealers at this time. The GM variants are two year vehicles, she wants to run a vehicle for longer than that.
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    GM is junk now anyways.... toyotas are a lot better..............
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    I was impressed with the tow rating on the Tacoma, 65 or 6800 if I recall. Dealer installed a cheap brake control, a time based thing. I hope she dumps that.
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