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I am considering the purchase of a Civic Hybrid as my next car; I pull, however, a 800 - 900 pound trailer (for a Sunfish sailboat - low wind resistance when being pulled). What is your experience of the Hybrid pulling trailers?

 
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Haha, no way man. You are asking for trouble. Honda's have no torque whatsoever.....granted the electric motors have alot of torque, alot of it is not put to the ground

If I was you I wouldn't do it, ya know if you wanna replace your transmission at 30,000 miles.....point blank......do not tow with a civic!

 
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i pulled my jet ski with my 94 civic for a long time with no probs dont know how the hybrid will handle it though dont knoww much about them just hope you dont have to climb any hills and dont push it to hard so your car dosnt shift to hard under load

 
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Its not a good idea!! Good luck with the decision though.....

 
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It's like a 300 pound grown man getting a piggy-back ride from a midget

 
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hybrids are pretty weak imo. i have driven plenty and they're good to tote ur family across town but thats it

 
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Unless your family is fat

 
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I think it would cause an accident. If I saw a hybrid civic pulling a boat I might start laughing so hard that I'd loose control.

Personally I wouldn't recommend using a civic to pull anything.

 
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I've seen the size of a sunfish sailboat. By no means should you be towing one with a civic, ever, period. Hehehe. Its ignorant even to consider it. Buy a cheap S10 beater just to tote it back and forth to the ramp or something. Anyone that has a fair amount of experience towing anything knows its more about inertia than anything else. Even if it had the power to pull it, try to stop in a hurry, or avoid something. The inertia from the trailer will push you all over the place. Think about how much nuts the vehicle will need to pull the boat out of the water on a slippery ramp, not exactly a civic's selling point. You could just about tow a small to medium sized jet ski safely with a civic. Any more would be asking for trouble.

 
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if you're wanting to tow a boat with a smaller sedan like our civic, check out the Subaru Impreza (WRX)...

i got a picture that my friend took while I drove on the highway of a WRX towing a fairly decent sized catamaran...i first laughed when I saw it, but after thinking about it, it seemed like it wasn't having any problem. (the catamaran seems about 2x-3x the size of the boat you're wanting to tow)

 
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A definite no-no there!

 
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Do they even make a hitch for the Hybrid? NO!
Will the regular Civic hitch fit, for the same year? YES

Here I found this:
http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/tow...-hch-t334.html

I would not recommend doing this at all.
If you do it and have any problems, which you will, Honda will not repair it under warranty.
They will see that you have installed a hitch that was not purchased from Honda nor was it designed for your car. Also, there is no wiring harness for the Hybrid so you will have to tap into the wires if you plan on having trailer lights. So if you have any electrical problems, Honda will not repair it under warranty either.
Besides the aforementioned, you gas mileage will suck and you will put excessive wear on the car. I agree with everyone else, just pick up an old beater pickup and be done.