Well, if you have a manual transmission and know how to drive, you can tow quite a lot behind a small car. When I moved, I towed a 1180 kg (2600 lbs) trailer 4700 km (2900 mi) with my Chevrolet Optra5 (also sold as a Suzuki Reno or a Chev Lacetti). The curb weight of the car is 1260 kg, but I also had a good 500 kg of cargo in it, too.
Obviously acceleration wasn’t great, and the load demanded a lot from the brakes, but once I got moving, the 119 hp 2L engine let me pass people going up 6% grades at 100 km/h! I certainly surprised a few people! The trick is to keep the revs high. I did most of the hill climbing between 5 and 5.5k. Gotta love third gear.
Of course, if I had tried that with an automatic, I certainly would have overheated it, leading to the results this tool experienced.
Getting the rig rolling is easy. Stopping is not so easy. Controlling the rig in the event of a cross-wind or emergency is also not so easy. Just because you got the load rolling and just because you didn’t have an accident doesn’t mean what you did was smart, or legal.
Your rig’s total weight was certainly over the Optra5′s CGVW (Combined Gross Vehicle Weight) rating. As such, if you had been involved in an accident you could have automatically been found at fault.
Keep that in mind the next time you think about doing this. Now that you know, you could even be found to be “willfully” responsible, and this would be very bad for you if someone is injured or killed as a result of your bad towing decision. You could end up facing manslaughter charges – the same way a drunk can face manslaughter charges if they kill someone while driving drunk.
OMG, I travelled once with a renault 5 throught the Alps. At a very steep part we had to walk beside the car. Three man and luggage. I would never dare to tow a caravan that size. :-0
Alright, enough already. Flipping two nouns does not make an “In Russia…” joke. The whole idea is that by doing so, you suggest something oppressive, overbearing, disorganized, impoverished or some other attribute of the country formerly known as the Soviet Union. Humor FAIL.
Towing trucks are used to move vehicles from one location to another without having running the engine.
Towing trucks are also sometimes called “wreckers.”
The three main types of towing trucks are hook and chain, axle cradling and flatbed. The type of towing truck you choose to use depends on the reason for towing the vehicle, as well as other factor.
While hook and chain towing trucks are commonly used for moving disabled vehicles to a repair shop, or towing illegally parked vehicles to an impound yard, flatbed towing trucks are often used to transport vehicles longer distances.
This can be necessary when delivering a vehicle to a new owner.
The owners of cars that have broken down or will not run often call towing companies to get their car to the shop.
Police often call towing companies to accident scenes. Some towing companies have flatbed towing trucks and use flat bed trucks for towing
first
yeah .. i just couldn’t let it go .. lol
Greetings Sonucais. I hope an inordinately large turtle tramples your testicles.
yeah, you too
testrampicles. ouch.
very slowly too.
PLEASE TYPE A COMMENT
k
In Soviet Russia, comment types you.
photochopped
ROTFL
In Soviet Russia, types you commented.
a comment
or
may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arm pits
All you had to do was post this comment, and people would’ve acknowledged that you were “first”.
I wish the videos I record had laugh tracks, too.
First to fail.
Caca
that was great
You and your asinine behavior.
me love it…
going up the hill and down again…
wonderful technique!!!
= brake fail?
= little car fail??
= job fail?
I dont know…
funny win!
None of the above. It was a simple case of Massive Engine Failure.
Looked more like tiny engine failure to me.
“The little engine that couldn’t, and then rolled down a cliff”? Talk about an anti-inspirational children’s book.
Dunno, that describes my childhood perfectly.
LOL-WIN!
This epic fail was brought to you by exactly what the title says caused it to happen.
People overload their cars (or even trucks) all the time. This was a great extreme example.
Woohoo you’ve accomplished nothing!
oh yes i did
and how many times you came first?
Is coming first something of which to be proud?
he thinks so,but his girl freind thinks its a FAIL
you give him too much credit
piersza!
Spelling fail. In Polish you say “Pierwsza”
Warsaw fail
Twoja stara to fail
Redundancy WIN
You can say that again.
Redundancy WIN
Just saying it again, is all.
thank you
this message brought to you by the department of redundancy department
thank you
with a side order of deja vu
thank you
Ummmm, Comment
Now that you mention it, there’s some business to do.. brb!
Hilarious!
traction fail
motor fail
I’d say traction fail for the second part. Perhaps a motor fail for the initial failure, though.
The real fail is in the thought process that led up to him hooking that sleeper up to the Yugo. Whatever happened next was expected.
agreed
note all the smoke coming out the engine…
“Damn where’s all that fog comin’ from? OOHHhhh F… SHIT down the hill again..”
Muhaha Noob-Camper
Ha!
Clever comment win XD
Noob Car owner.
even a blond wouldnt won one of those.
fails are gay now, what happened people, come on. my penis fails, but that’s not funny
Viagra fail.
Yes it is. *snicker*
quit your jibber jabber fool
Aw, it’s like the little engine that could!
… Ya know… except it can’t >.>
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I… WHOOOOAAAAA SHIIIIIITTTTT!!!!!!
Comment WIN
The Little Engine That Could: The True Story win!
i am actually amazed they got as far up the hill as they did
The faster you push me, the father I get;
You’re adding velocity.
I will go very far, but not as far as that car.
Mo-mentum!
Never, never try to gauge temp’rature
When ya tend to travel
At such speeeeed
As our velocity!
Remember, speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
lol Portal
Well, if you have a manual transmission and know how to drive, you can tow quite a lot behind a small car. When I moved, I towed a 1180 kg (2600 lbs) trailer 4700 km (2900 mi) with my Chevrolet Optra5 (also sold as a Suzuki Reno or a Chev Lacetti). The curb weight of the car is 1260 kg, but I also had a good 500 kg of cargo in it, too.
Obviously acceleration wasn’t great, and the load demanded a lot from the brakes, but once I got moving, the 119 hp 2L engine let me pass people going up 6% grades at 100 km/h! I certainly surprised a few people! The trick is to keep the revs high. I did most of the hill climbing between 5 and 5.5k. Gotta love third gear.
Of course, if I had tried that with an automatic, I certainly would have overheated it, leading to the results this tool experienced.
thnx for the physics lesson
That’s not even physics, you tard.
It’s rocket science!
brain surgery?
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
tlnr
Cool, what year was your chev?
’07.
Poor guy, man, you take so much shit for one thought-out comment…
yeah but the thing is that little car probably doesn’t have much more than around 40-50bhp and that was when it was new
couple that with the fact that that caravan weighs probably around 2 tonnes, and you have a clutch of fail
put it into fourth
Getting the rig rolling is easy. Stopping is not so easy. Controlling the rig in the event of a cross-wind or emergency is also not so easy. Just because you got the load rolling and just because you didn’t have an accident doesn’t mean what you did was smart, or legal.
Your rig’s total weight was certainly over the Optra5′s CGVW (Combined Gross Vehicle Weight) rating. As such, if you had been involved in an accident you could have automatically been found at fault.
Keep that in mind the next time you think about doing this. Now that you know, you could even be found to be “willfully” responsible, and this would be very bad for you if someone is injured or killed as a result of your bad towing decision. You could end up facing manslaughter charges – the same way a drunk can face manslaughter charges if they kill someone while driving drunk.
LOL
What kind of car was that anyway?I’m not exactly familiar with older models…
it is the Honda fail
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Good one.
Joke win!
renault 5 (or fail me)
OMG, I travelled once with a renault 5 throught the Alps. At a very steep part we had to walk beside the car. Three man and luggage. I would never dare to tow a caravan that size. :-0
This video is ooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllld
Nah, just from you-tube.
no it is old , i sen it years ago. n008
In Russia, trailer tows you.
Alright, enough already. Flipping two nouns does not make an “In Russia…” joke. The whole idea is that by doing so, you suggest something oppressive, overbearing, disorganized, impoverished or some other attribute of the country formerly known as the Soviet Union. Humor FAIL.
In Soviet Russia, comment reply to you!
In Soviet Federation of Planets, Trek Stars you.
FREE RUSSIAN JEWS!
Oh goody, I’ll take a dozen!
Congratulations…you are my hero for the night.
Jew joke WIN! Now pardon me as I go show this to my favourite terrorist!
In Soviet Russia, nouns too flipping.
“Tows” isn’t a noun
no because “trailer” and “you” are…..
In Soviet Russia, joke kills off you!
Or directionless?
I mean, this really isn’t a bad thing. Having the trailer tow you would be fantastic.
Too true.
except with the trailer towing you, it’s no longer trailing, and when your trailer leads, there’s no knowing where you’re going
Isn’t that what happens at the end of this?
funniezt thing on here for days (mabe weeks)
Mr. Dictionary weeps.
eat shit
Are you sharing?
bend over and i will show you sharing!
paging Gasman!
Gravity win.
comment fail
Hate to be one of “those guys”, but the sound effects sound dubbed in.
With the background laughter, it was probably on one of those home videos type shows. And those shows are notorious for adding sound effects.
are you homophobic?
no no, if he’s that familiar with World’s Funniest Videos, then there’s no need for the -phobic on the end of that. he’s just homo.
no no, if he’s that familiar with World’s Funniest Videos, then you don’t need the -phobic on the end of that. He’s just homo.
no no, if he’s that familiar with World’s Funniest Videos, then you don’t need the -phobic on the end of that; he’s just homo.
waz it really neccezarry to write that three timez
ADHD-through-mouse-clicking WIN
Epic fail.
Uncle John? o.O
yes?
your fanny stank of rotten beef that night. wash it ya smell maiden
Smell maiden, lol.
yes! smell maiden! new death metal band! all their albums come with a spoiled (and open) can of tuna!
old btw
Nobody but a full-on retard would pull a camper with a Ford Fiesta or whatever similar car that is.
Duhr.
Real men use Isetta’s.
Wow, that’s a real muscle car.
yugo
igo where?
…I know, I know…TO FAIL!!!1!one!1
… or the upgrade model, the Wego.
By far the funniest post yet. Beats A/C win and kidsexchange.
Pu capab des caves qui post first. J’espere juste qu’au jugement dernier, on leur mettera des tisons ardents entre le sac e’l trou.
Danke
Very old this.
that comment is getting old, fannyballs
roflz one of best fails ever, poor r5
just when i thought it was over…the lols came rolling back to me!
Wow, I liked it, but I laughed more at the comments. They are good too.
The little car that couldn’t
LOL
lol
Classic FAIL!
Gravity win?
PHOTOSHOPPED!!!!!!!!!
EPIC understanding the difference between a photo and a video FAIL
Epic not getting the joke fail
EPIC laughing about any bullshit FAIL
Epic cycling comments fail. In Russia, this video is old tows you. … or something.
Boy! That camper must cost more than the Yugo! Didn’t want to get the SUV because of fuel prices I guess….
I think I can, I think I can, i think I can, i think…..
Ishouldnthavetriedishouldnthavetriedishouldnthavetried!
Trailer Win.
hahaha failed!
“This video no longer exists”
XD
Up up and away!
And ahead it goes!
And everything the wind took off!
Hahaha. I couldn’t stop laughing as the car got dragged back.
Man, my car can barely drag four teenagers around, let alone a trailer.
next commenter is gay
Just wanted to let y’all know
You’re a fake! But then again, so am I.
A fake hymen, that is.
all fail
LIAF
LIAF CIPE
I think I’ve laughed harder at most of the comments than the video which is really saying something cause that is a brilliant fail right there.
Reminds me of going up over Cottonwood Pass in a downpour on a dirt road in my little Chevy Cavalier last august. /Terrifying!
they took out all of gasmans comments!!! sucks dude!!!
Because he bends over all the time…
I loved this one too… when I first saw it five years ago!
L 2 kar.
Ah! Terrorist Activtiy! A carnapped caravan going to the U.S.
all the time from about 10:00 lazt night to 8:45 thiz morning and nothing new!!!
I saw it coming…
…but that didn’t make it less funny. It just made it better!
At least it wasn’t perywinkle blue….. It was nodoubt a pikey!!
“kin ‘ell”
expletive simplicity win!
Oh look … it’s the new MobileMe
first, next is gay!
http://home.comcast.net/~matheauphillips/Mudkip.png
The only problem you had with that comment was the grammar!?
NICE!
even though i pretty expected what was going to happen, i was still laughing my ass off when i was watching it…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA
i liked the bit where it went “*beep*” “f*cking hell”
Wow, haven’t seen this clip for like 10 years.
hah! just read every comment =P
THATS NOT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE! THATS THE EMERGENCY MAKE THE CAR SMELL FUNNY LEVER!
Terms of use fail.
redneck fail.
ugh, get a uhaul!
OMG!! You can’t pull that big of an RV with that tiny little car!! What was you THINKIN’?? You WASN’T thinkin’, WAS you??
how about using a better vehicle?
Towing trucks are used to move vehicles from one location to another without having running the engine.
Towing trucks are also sometimes called “wreckers.”
The three main types of towing trucks are hook and chain, axle cradling and flatbed. The type of towing truck you choose to use depends on the reason for towing the vehicle, as well as other factor.
While hook and chain towing trucks are commonly used for moving disabled vehicles to a repair shop, or towing illegally parked vehicles to an impound yard, flatbed towing trucks are often used to transport vehicles longer distances.
This can be necessary when delivering a vehicle to a new owner.
The owners of cars that have broken down or will not run often call towing companies to get their car to the shop.
Police often call towing companies to accident scenes. Some towing companies have flatbed towing trucks and use flat bed trucks for towing
Argomento Matchless, è molto interessante per me))))
That really never does get old, does it.
LMFAO!
Bend your turtle over and I’ll show you Sonucais.
In Soviet Russia, you show gasman an inordinately large turtle.
actually…it does…
Huzzah!!!
Why would bending over be necessary if it is a viagra FAIL?
lmao. ur pretty funny. i bet soon ur name will be on wikipedia as that an annoying failblog poster. then on yahoo news. then on cnn. ur infamous.
… fail…
Well put…
are u saying you like ur fudge packed?
Huzzah and I’ll bend you over?