A Women's RV Forum run by Women RVer's!

Can you tow any car? I have a Camry, will that work?

Short answer, yes.

Longer answer requires an answer to how you want to tow your car. Very generally speaking any car can be towed on a platform that puts all four wheels off the ground (an auto trailer that you pull behind your RV). Some front wheel drive automatics can be pulled on a car dolly that only raises the front wheels off the ground (again, something you tow behind your RV). Other vehicles, typically manual transmissions, can be towed four wheels down behind your RV, this is VERY dependent on the manufacturer.

A good resource to start learning what cars can do what (this is a guide for 2012 cars, there are many other years available as we'll): http://towingworld.com/resources/2012_d ... guide1.pdf

very helpful guide, I saved the pdf for future reference. Thank you for that link.

Check your manual. It will tell you if you can tow "wheels down". In both my Saturn and my Chevy Cobalt I have to pull a fuse while towing. Easy peasy.

You can tow any car IF you want to use a tow dolly which IMO includes a lot more work. First you have to hook up the tow dolly to the RV then you have to load and secure your car. When you arrive at a park if your rig is long or the site is short you may have to unload your car then disconnect your dolly and somehow move it out of the road. Just seems like it would be easier to buy a car you can tow wheels down which is what I ended up doing cause my little Dodge could NOT be towed wheels down.

and no matter what car you tow, expect to spend 1 to 3k to set it up completely.

Thanks for all this information and really good to know about the extra $1 ot 3 thousand I'll have to spend on getting it towable!