Honda Civic 2.2 i-dtec towing

JS10XXX
JS10XXX Forum Participant Posts: 41
edited August 2016 in Towcars & Towing #1

Hi all, we are new to caravanning but not towing - we have a Honda Civic 2013, 2.2 i-dtec - has anyone any experience of using this as a tow car? The van we have just bought is a Bailey Pageant Bordeaux 2004.

Thanks

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  • PGL
    PGL Forum Participant Posts: 10
    edited August 2016 #2

    I have the same and pull a Lunar Clubman with a max weight of 1450kg. The car has been perfect and copes very easily with the caravan. It's a comfy ride and handles well with enough power to accelerate away and also to get you up awkward hills. We were in
    the Alps recently and I never felt that the car was struggling. We get around 29-32mpg. 

  • ABIPete
    ABIPete Forum Participant Posts: 88
    edited August 2016 #3

    Hi JS10, I also have a 2013 CRV 2.2i-dtec it tows really well and is a stable towcar. On a Cambridgeshire to Cornwall return towing trip this year we averaged around 25 - 26 mpg not as good as I sometimes get. We only tow a 1300KG van but I think it would
    tow up to it's 85% weight of 1550kg with no problem. It is a relaxed tow with the cruise control on and the eco setting off.

  • ABIPete
    ABIPete Forum Participant Posts: 88
    edited August 2016 #4

    There is also another recent discussion on Honda CRV compared to Ford Kuga with several other replies about the CRV on there

  • JS10XXX
    JS10XXX Forum Participant Posts: 41
    edited August 2016 #5

    There is also another recent discussion on Honda CRV compared to Ford Kuga with several other replies about the CRV on there

    Write your comments here...mines the civic,  same engine/power - I imagine that the crv has different gearing. 

  • ABIPete
    ABIPete Forum Participant Posts: 88
    edited August 2016 #6

    CRV gearing is good will pull no problem in 6th gear, unlike some cars that are unable to maintain speed against a headwind or up a slope in top gear.

  • JS10XXX
    JS10XXX Forum Participant Posts: 41
    edited August 2016 #7

    That's my point above regarding the crv gearing. Mines the civic car.

  • ABIPete
    ABIPete Forum Participant Posts: 88
    edited August 2016 #8

    I have to make a humble apology JS10!! I missread the title of your thread as Honda CRV not Civic!! It was not until much later wondering why you were replying as you were that I realised what I had done. I will have to add this to the doing daft things
    thread currently running in the Chat section. Our previous car was a 1.6 petrol Civic which we used to tow a lighter caravan. It did the job but struggled against a head wind but changing down a couple of gears it did the job, Solo it was still geared to pull
    well in top gear unlike a Polo I had which was badly overgeared.

  • JS10XXX
    JS10XXX Forum Participant Posts: 41
    edited August 2016 #9

    I think most people do assume its a CRV - I know the car will have nags of power (same as CRV HP & Torque). Pick the van up on Saturday so will see then but I have a feeling the gearing will be wrong and may have to look at a CRV - shame as I've only had
    this car 2 months!!!!! (we went out to buy a new trailer tent NOT a caravan!

  • PhilGregg
    PhilGregg Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited August 2016 #10

    Hi JS 10

    How did you find the Civic as a tow car. We have a Bailey Burgundy and looking at changing tow car. The clubs matching service states the Civic 2.2 CTDI will tow it but its quite near limit in a few areas. The Civic would be ideal however as apart fro towing
    we only need a run about.

  • JS10XXX
    JS10XXX Forum Participant Posts: 41
    edited September 2016 #11

    The civic pulls it really well, however we kept the civic and sold the audi tt to get a crv 2.2. Purely for the extra weight the crv has, it doesn't get skittish in wind or when hgv s over take. The civic gets around 40 mpg when towing, the crv 25-30

  • TimJim
    TimJim Forum Participant Posts: 162
    edited September 2016 #12

    Both the Civic and Crv are well known to be a little soft in the rear suspension and require careful loading and matching to prevent the onset of wallowing. The engines are more than upto the task however the chassis is nowhere near as accomplished compared to  say Mazda cx5/Audi Q5/ Subaru Forester which always tow much flatter.

    Tj

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