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5,000 lbs is not some kind of grand feat.

A 3.6L V6 can do that easily and they are dime a dozen.

Yeah I don't get the brag 5k lbs is nothing. That's like 450lbs of tongue weight. I've pulled that with a toyota corolla.

If you stay in first gear and avoid long downhills, you can tow almost anything with almost anything.

I did some towing of loaded ~1500lb trailers with a 1.6 liter Corolla twenty years ago and it was sort of OK... Not great, not terrible. Requires some patience and some extra planning ahead.

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