Towing

minimoneysaver

Can you tow a small 2 berth caravan with a Honda Jazz 1.4 automatic?

jonathon

have a look here

http://www.cuddles.abelgratis.net/honda.htm#jazz05

scbk

Double check that the info on that page is correct (there should be a plate on your car). Then you need to know the weight of the caravan, I suspect a 2 berth will be around a tonne, but again there will be a plates on the caravan giving the unladen and gross

Also you'll need a trailer licence B+E

Hintza

scbk wrote: »

Also you'll need a trailer licence B+E

Depends on when you passed your test, but check your licence.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Hintza wrote: »

Depends on when you passed your test, but check your licence.

what he said, im sure its before 97 (i think) or at least one or two years earlier then you will be fine

However i just dont think the jazz is beefy enough or big enough to safely tow it.

minimoneysaver

I passed in 1993, so i'm ok on that one.

hewhoisnotintheknow

correct!

Do you know the rules or towing though

Tell me something about towing on a motorway for example

minimoneysaver

Just looked at the link. Looks like I could tow up to 1000kg. Has anyone tried this? How much does it reduce the MPG by when you tow... generally I mean. I seem to be getting about 40mpg, which I think is still a little bit low for the car, but that's probably just my lead foot! x

hewhoisnotintheknow

i reckon it should go down to 30 if not lower

cajef

While the maximum figure shown is 1000KG, the Caravan Club recommend that you should not tow a caravan that is more than 85% of the kerbweight of the vehicle, which for the Honda Jazz Auto is shown as 906KG, otherwise you can get serious stabilty problems, and it is illegal to tow anything that exceeds the vehicle kerbweight.

You would need to check with your Honda dealer, as when towing any distance with an Auto most manufactures recommend an additional oil cooler is fitted, I would expect your fuel consumption to be nearly halved.

hewhoisnotintheknow

cajef wrote: »

While the maximun figure shown is 1000KG, the Caravan Club recommend that you should not tow a caravan that is more than 85% of the kerbweight of the vehicle, which for the Honda Jazz Auto is shown as 906KG, otherwise you can get serious stabilty problems, and it is illegal to tow anything that exceeds the vehicle kerbweight.

You would need to check with your Honda dealer, as when towing any distance with an Auto most manufactures recommend an additional oil cooler is fitted, I would expect your fuel consumption to be nearly halved.

back in the good ol days it was a heater on full blast job with the windows open, lol, no idea if it made any difference!