One of the best indications or a good roadside restuarant is the number of cars in the parking lot.

There are quite a number of vehicles that work well as toads.  If you notice, the variety is quite wide, but the most towed vehicles seem to be Honda CRVs and Elements or some Jeep product.  We have a Honda Element and love it.

It always goes where ever it is towed to with no argument.  You will find many other makes and models that work quite well.  If you already have a preference, ask for opinions.

FMCA puts out a towing guide every year with a complete list of towable vehicles. If you are looking for a new car you can get the current list or you can pull up the previous lists from each year. You need to be an FMCA member and you need to join the FMCA website and then you have full access. Since most 5th wheel owners are not towing this would apply to those with a self-powered unit.

THANKS BILL AND HEYDUKE - APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE - I ASSUME NO SPECIAL "ADD ON" EQUIPTMENT NEEDED FOR THE CRV TO COOL THINGS OR LUBRICATE THINGS? IS THE CRV YOU PURCHASED STANDARD SHIFT - 4WD OR ????????

Any vehicle you're going to be towing 4 down will need a base plate so you can add the hitch hook point. And supplemental braking is required in some states for anything towed over 1500 lbs. Any vehicle considered should have directions in the owners manual under "recreational towing". Make sure you read before purchase.

Our setup is very clean and easy to hook up and unhook. We tow a Jeep Wrangler that is equipped with the M&G brake system (controlled by the coach air brakes) and the RoadMaster Falcon All Terrain tow bar. Connections between the Jeep and coach are the electrical plug, air line, tow bar and safety cables, and the emergency brake cable. Total cost of all tow equipment on the coach and Jeep (work done by my coach dealer) was just over $3k out the door.

I miss my Subaru! (they never die!) Wish I hadn't sold it now, would have been a great toad.
Looking for a toad now, we're leaning toward the Jeep Liberty.

We finally decided on a 2012 AWD CRV, expensive yes! This will be our third Honda and we'll keep it for a Long......Long.......Long time. This will be our first CRV. Our first 2 Hondas were Accords and both had over 200k with out skipping a beat. We just sold our last Accord that was 8 years old and got half what we paid new for it. They have a real good resale value.