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    How much can the mirage actually haul?

    I own the CVT mirage and I'm looking to buy a seadoo sportster and was curious of how much weight can the mirage pull?



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    Quote Originally Posted by NotoriousJT View Post
    I own the CVT mirage and I'm looking to buy a seadoo sportster and was curious of how much weight can the mirage pull?
    The dry weight of the Seadoo Sportster is listed at 1454 lbs with out trailer. This is way outside the Mirage's capability, especially with the CVT. The Mirage is rated to tow 0 (zero) pounds. A few members with manual transmissions have towed very small light weight trailers <600 lbs total weight. With the CVT, don't go there at all. The car isn't designed to tow anything and as softly sprung as the Mirage the safest and sanest statement is just don't let the thought enter into your dome.

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    This thread made me giggle just a bit. Your car is for fuel economy. Trade it in if you want to tow. That boat is 500 lbs. short of the total weight of the car, and 1500 lbs. over what it's rated to tow. It's something else entirely if you want to tow something extremely light every so often, but this would be ridiculous at its best.
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    I've put upwards of 1000 pounds of tools and parts in my mirage not including myself but mines a manual and I can say it had enough power but the cvt isn't as strong. If you're only on level ground it might not be an issue but hills would worry me. That being said I plan on dragging around a 1500 pound trailer with mine but again the manual trans will hold up better though the clutch might not I'll find out for myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Z View Post
    That being said I plan on dragging around a 1500 pound trailer with mine
    I gotta say Joe Z it appears that your use of a Mirage is beyond what it was intended to do.

    I think you would be better off with another, more substantial car.

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    I've pulled 2 Chevys, a Spark (out of fuel) and a Cobalt (charging system failure) for short distances with my '14 manual and it did not complain. I've mounted a trailer hitch but haven't tried pulling a trailer with it yet. I wouldn't recommend pulling 3000lbs with a mirage, but it is possible. (2400 uphill, with the stranded rental Spark)
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    I think this member is clearly the undisputed Mirage towing champion..

    I towed a 2000 pound car 1500 miles with a 5-speed Mirage

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    His mirage (white) looks lowered. Does not look too bad.

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    Haha that's my white mirage.

    I have extensive experience in towing.

    What I have learned is slow is best.

    Driving slow towing anything... 100lbs or 15,000 lbs.

    When it comes to the Mirage as everyone will repeat like a drill Sargent is it's not meant for tow duty. This is true but it is still possible, with that being said most people pulling close to their vehicle weight behind a mirage are asking for trouble..to be able to tow 1500lbs with a mirage somewhat safely you need to have experience in very unsafe towing beforehand. If everything you've ever done towing wise was safe... you've never experienced death sway, insufficient brakes, proper mountain decent with poor brakes, and then a tire failure ontop of all these things it's best to stay around 1000lbs or less total cargo. I will say the mirage was incredible even when way overloaded thanks to stability control and abs, but this is life or death and I don't want anyone to get false confidence from my success. I also want to note I had 175-65R14 tires, the 165s have a hard time gripping the road empty and towing with 165s I wouldn't recommend anything over 700lbs.


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