maida

We've just bought our first motor home (37') and I'm encouraging my husband to consider a toad (a towed vehicle) for the MH. GREAT convenience if you can tow 4 wheels down and disconnect easily from the tow bar. The problem is that he says one of our Acura TLs (2001 and 2002 I think are the current ones) has to go if we get a tow vehicle. But I LOVE our TLs and want to keep them till they run into the ground. So does anyone know what we would have to do to modify either of the cars (automatic transmission) to let them be towed?

Thanks for your help.

Mary

Jerry944T

You really need to go onto one of the motor home web sites to get definitive info. I am almost positive that a TL cannot be flat towed.

Every Motor Home I've ever seen has either a Jeep Wrangler or a Saturn being towed. There is a reason for this that relates to the transmission so do your reasearch.

Jerry

bigman

as long as you are towing the rear wheels there shouldnt be a problem. My uncle has a motor home and he has a unit that tows his entire suv. The SUV doesnt touch the ground at all. When he is done, he realeases the ramps through a crank and drives it right off. That would be much better for the cars. It would let the car wear more evenly

medic

there are restrictions, friedn had to sell his GS400 becasue he couldn't toe it with his motor home.

if you do flat toe with any car/truck, you'll also need to get some mods to turn the car/truck wheels as the motor home turns. otherwise you'll wear the tires funny

probably cheaper to by a trailer to toe the TL in then to get another car and mod it out. Running a car on and off a ramp isn't that tough.

spl1011

I want to say I have seen a TL being towed by a MH one time, but I pass so many of those things, I forget.

I think you could get away with a front wheel trainler. I know U-haul may rent them, so check it out.

yield2s

this is probably the most cost effective solution, to buy a little trailer that carries only the front wheels would cost about the same as getting the TL retro-fitted(if possible) and wouldn't require that ugly full-time tow bar to be installed on the front of your car. Also, (I think the retro-fit addresses this) concider the miles being racked up on the TL(you really need to stay within the tranny warr ext as long as possible being that you would like to keep the TLs a long time.)

GreatSmile

If you contact your MH dealer, I am sure they have a solution for you. I agree with some posts before. Personally, I will put the TL on a carrier, esp if you want your TL to last for a long time.
:-)

Black-n-Tan

buy a supercharger and tow the motor home behind the tl