re: An OT topic reminded me of something Dave Ramsey is flat out wrong about

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You know of a brand new $13k vehicle that can transport two kids, a dog, and luggage? I also have a pop-up trailer which saves on hotel costs and allows for some extra vacation opportunities. Weighs about 2k pounds.

If you know of one that can handle that, I'm all ears.

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Did I mention that those beater Volvos I sold will tow up to 2K pounds? Towing capacity on domestic sedans is nonexistent. The US mfgrs force you into a wildly overpriced crossover or small SUV class (with absolutely awful gas mileage), while the Euro mfgrs still offer passenger sedans with towing capacity.

Pare down the trailer weight to ~1500 and you can pull it with a VW Passat. Just put a hitch on my better half's new Passat & it handles my 14 ft wooden flatboat/trailer/motor with no problems...even up the boat ramp, LOL. I have always gotten funny looks rolling up to the boat launch in my relatively small euro sedans, towing a boat. Whatever...I'd rather get good mileage every damn day than drive a bloated SUV or gas guzzler truck when I only pull a trailer 2x a month at most.

You sound like a potential customer for a used Subaru.