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2010 GUIDE TO DINGHY TOWING

www.motorhomema

g

az

i

ne.co

m

2010 DINGHY ROUNDUP

DESPITE AUTO INDUSTRY SETBACKS

,

THIS YEAR

’S

GUIDE IS CHOCK-FULL OF EXCI

T

ING NEW EN

T

RIE

S

by

C

HRIS HEME

R

W

i

th the near-collapse o

f

the U.

S

. auto-

m

otive industr

y

last

y

ear, one mi

g

ht sur

-

m

ise there is little

g

ood news to re

p

or

t

f

or

2010

. A

f

ter all, there have been plant closures,

l

ayo

ff

s and even the d

i

scont

i

nuat

i

on o

f

ent

i

re

m

odel lines. But if

y

ou think automotive desi

g

ner

s

a

nd en

g

ineers have been sittin

g

around feelin

g

s

orry

f

or themselves, th

i

nk aga

i

n. L

if

e

(

and cars

)

m

ust

g

o on, and while man

y

of

y

our favorite mod-

e

ls are

g

one, there are man

y

new, excitin

g

, manu-

f

acturer-approved d

i

nghy veh

i

cles to talk about.

A

s in previous years, vehicles listed in this guid

e

m

ust be a

pp

roved b

y

the manufacturer for din

g

h

y

t

ow

i

ng. That means the manu

f

acturer

i

s aware o

f

t

he pract

i

ce o

f

d

i

nghy tow

i

ng, and has con

fi

rmed

t

h

at

t

h

e

v

e

hi

c

l

e

ca

n

be

fl

at

to

w

ed

in

t

hi

s

m

a

nn

er

w

ithout voidin

g

the warrant

y

. Also, the vehicle mus

t

b

e towable w

i

thout requ

i

r

i

ng s

i

gn

ifi

cant mechan

i

cal

m

odification (such as disconnectin

g

the driveshaft).

L

astl

y

, the vehicle must be towable at a s

p

eed of at

l

east

55

MPH

f

o

r n

o

f

e

w

e

r

t

h

a

n 2

00

mil

es

be

f

o

r

e

s

ome sort o

f

prescr

i

bed start-up procedure

i

s re-

q

u

i

red to c

i

rculate

f

lu

i

d through the transm

i

ss

i

on

.

W

e’ve made ever

y

effort to check with each

m

anu

f

acturer to make sure that our l

i

st

i

ngs are

c

orrect and current. However, bear

i

n m

i

nd that

m

uch of the information we receive is

p

reliminar

y

,

a

nd can chan

g

e b

y

p

ress time. Therefore,

it

i

s

t

h

e

b

uyer’s respons

i

b

i

l

i

ty to check w

i

th the dealer to

be

ce

r

ta

in

t

h

at

t

h

e

v

e

hi

c

l

e

u

n

de

r

co

n

s

i

de

r

at

i

o

n i

s

d

in

g

h

y

towable

p

rior to

p

urchase.

A

sk to see a co

py

of

the owner’s manual; somewhere

i

n the

i

ndex

t

here should be a notation for “recreational

,

” “four

-

d

own,” or

“f

lat” tow

i

ng. Th

i

s w

i

ll not only tell yo

u

if

the veh

i

cle

i

s,

i

n

f

act, towable, but what spec

if

-

i

c

p

rocedures are re

q

uired to

p

revent dama

g

e t

o

t

he transm

i

ss

i

on, dr

i

ve system, etc.

If

the owner’s manual states that the veh

i

cl

e

i

s not towable, or ski

p

s the sub

j

ect entirel

y

, there

a

re kits and

p

roducts available to make towin

g

a

“

non-towable” veh

i

cle poss

i

ble. However, there

i

s

t

he

p

oss

i

b

i

l

i

t

y

that the act o

f

f

lat tow

i

n

g

, and

/

or th

e

i

nstallation of a towin

g

p

roduct on a nona

pp

rove

d

v

eh

i

cle, can vo

i

d the veh

i

cle’s warranty, so

i

t’s best

t

o deal w

i

th a reputable a

f

termarket prov

i

der —

s

uch as Remco — that can

g

uide

y

ou accordin

g

l

y

.

W

e know that there w

i

ll be some veh

i

cles that

a

re not l

i

sted

i

n th

i

s gu

i

de that can be towed w

i

t

h

s

uccess, des

p

ite the manufacturer’s claims to th

e

c

ontrar

y

. How can that be? Usuall

y

, it’s because

t

he manu

f

acturer has not o

ffi

c

i

ally ver

ifi

ed that th

e

v

ehicle in

q

uestion is towable or because it does not

w

ant to deal with an

y

p

otential warrant

y

claims that

m

ay ar

i

se as a result o

f

d

i

nghy tow

i

ng. But that doe

s

n

ot necessar

i

ly mean that the veh

i

cle can’t be sa

f

e

-

ly

din

g

h

y

towed. When in doubt, it is

p

robabl

y

best

t

o st

i

ck w

i

th the veh

i

cles that are o

ffi

c

i

ally approved.

N

ow … w

i

thout

f

urther ado, let’s look at the

m

an

y

chan

g

es for the 2010 model

y

ear.

CHRYSLER GROUP

T

here aren’t a lot of cars from Chr

y

sler’s roster

t

hat are towable

,

but for 2010

,

it has submitte

d

t

he

C

al

i

ber as the lone tow-

f

r

i

endly passenger

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