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Subject Topic: Towing with a Honda Civic 1.8 petrol
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I’ve looked in the manual but I can’t find my answer? I have a Honda Civic 1.8 petrol 2008 we are new caravaners and interested in buying a 2 berth caravan and we don’t know the maximum towing weight for our car? Please any answers would be appreciated. Any negativity not welcome 😊


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Hi J.
According to the web the max towing capacity of a manual Civic is 1200kg. The automatic gearbox version is 800kg. However accepted wisdom when arriving at a towing weight is to take the weight of the car which is circa 1160 kg and do not exceed 80% of this weight for whatever you tow, so fully loaded van circa 928kg max weight for the manual version. If auto it stays at 800kg.


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Assuming your car is a manual, Parker's suggest the kerbweight is 1251kg, as you are new to towing it is recommended to tow at 85% of the kerbweight to be on the safe side, which means you would be looking for a caravan with a MTPLM of around 1100kg. The automatic will usually have a lower tow weight.
You should check these figures for yourself, look on the log book or on the car itself.

Tina


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Many thanks for your reply


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Look on the car for a small plate with four weights shown, one above the other.

Post them here if you find them.


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You also need to check the kerbweight which should be on your V5 most probably under mass in service and work with 85% ish of that weight.

Tina


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I know sound word Rob and Tina but isn’t there. I will upload a picture of V5


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V5


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Do you have a handbook you could look it up in?

Tina


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Yes but nothing helps there


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All you can do then is go on the weights we gave you yesterday and look for a caravan with an MTPLM close to 1100kg.

Tina


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Thank you guys so much


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what does the vin plate on your car actually state? this is what the police would be using if you got stopped in a check point. there should be one in your engine bay on the slam panel (where the bonnet catch is).


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Quote: Originally posted by Janiceiacob on 18/4/2022



Weights on the plate show a tow capacity of 1400 Kg, 85% (the recommended, by some, for a novice) is 1190 Kg


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The guideline is that the MTPLM of the caravan should not exceed 85% of the car's kerbweight not 85% of the max tow limit. The max tow of the vehicle has nothing to do with towing a big white box at motorway speeds safely.

We don't know the exact details of this Honda but looks like it is around 1250kg so safest thing is to aim for 85% of that.

Rob



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