Don White writes:

Does your lease even permit towing?

Why wouldn't it?

Lot more wear and tear on the vehicle.

I would check the fine print. Make sure you won't get nailed for double
mileage or something for having installed a hitch.

Richard J Kinch wrote:
Don White writes:


Does your lease even permit towing?



Why wouldn't it?


Lot more wear and tear on the vehicle.

I would check the fine print. Make sure you won't get nailed for double
mileage or something for having installed a hitch.

I've never heard of that. I've had leased Jeeps, an Acura, and a BMW
with towing packages from the dealer. The most "towing miles" are a
with bicycle on a rack. The boat moves maybe 1500 feet and back unless
there is another destination outside of the yard. How could they double
the mileage based on a hitch when additional wear and tear can't be
measured?

Dan

Dan Krueger writes:

How could they double
the mileage based on a hitch when additional wear and tear can't be
measured?

How could they? By putting it in the lease contract. You install a hitch,
you pay extra by some formula.

Short-term car rentals prohibit towing altogether. You pay infinity extra.

Long-term leases would not surprise me if they did the same, or charged a
penalty rate. It certainly would be exploited if they didn't. Heavy
towing is *very* expensive because it shortens the life of the transmission
before a rebuild is needed. The towing package just makes it possible to
do so.

But the same could be said of living in a mountainous region versus South
Florida.

Richard J Kinch wrote:

Dan Krueger writes:


How could they double
the mileage based on a hitch when additional wear and tear can't be
measured?


How could they? By putting it in the lease contract. You install a hitch,
you pay extra by some formula.

Short-term car rentals prohibit towing altogether. You pay infinity extra.

Long-term leases would not surprise me if they did the same, or charged a
penalty rate. It certainly would be exploited if they didn't. Heavy
towing is *very* expensive because it shortens the life of the transmission
before a rebuild is needed. The towing package just makes it possible to
do so.

But the same could be said of living in a mountainous region versus South
Florida.


Dick,

"Some formula"? You don't lease a vehicle with a contract that allows
the manufacturer to add their policies later. I doubt anything like
this exists.

I don't get the rental and "infinity extra" thing at all. Are you
talking about a short lease?

I'm going to guess that you have no idea. I've leased a lot of cars and
trucks and never seen this. Maybe someone else has had that in their
contract. I doubt it.

Dan

Dan Krueger writes:

You don't lease a vehicle with a contract that allows
the manufacturer to add their policies later.

Your typical car rental contract prohibits "towing or propelling any other
vehicle".

Wouldn't surprise me if a longer term lease did, too.

Richard J Kinch wrote:

Dan Krueger writes:


You don't lease a vehicle with a contract that allows
the manufacturer to add their policies later.


Your typical car rental contract prohibits "towing or propelling any other
vehicle".

Wouldn't surprise me if a longer term lease did, too.

Dick,

Wrong again. Stop guessing and check the lease - that might "surprise"
you. Why would they install a towing package on a leased vehicle if
towing wasn't allowed?

Dan

Dan Krueger wrote:
Richard J Kinch wrote:

Dan Krueger writes:


You don't lease a vehicle with a contract that allows the
manufacturer to add their policies later.



Your typical car rental contract prohibits "towing or propelling any
other vehicle".

Wouldn't surprise me if a longer term lease did, too.


Dick,

Wrong again. Stop guessing and check the lease - that might "surprise"
you. Why would they install a towing package on a leased vehicle if
towing wasn't allowed?

Dan


Things must be different where Richard lives.
When I leased the Ranger pickup, I told anyone who would listen that I
wanted the truck to tow my sailboat. I even went back and corralled my
salesman and the sales manager for advice on attaching the s type safety
chains to the step bumper if i could tow that way.
They sent me across the street to talk to the body shop manager who tows
quite a bit. I did eventually get a Class 2 hitch because of the height
of the bumper.
At Smithers insistence I checked my lease...no tow restrictions. (unless
it's in invisible ink)

Dan Krueger writes:

Wrong again. Stop guessing and check the lease.

Cripes. I am just cautioning the guy. Myself, I just pay cash.