I've seen this scenerio before brand new vehicle piece of crap boat or camp trailer. I guess that would be better than brand new boat or tailer and piece of crap truck that would break down. As far as the car my brother in law put a hitch on his ford focus and we tow a 14' boat and get 29mpg. It makes sence with this economy and gas price. A lot of these newer cars have as much power as older trucks. We pulled over cabbage hill at 50mph with camping gear, went to brownlee res. and it only cost us $35 each in gas money.