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2015 Hurricane 27K with a 2017 Ford Focus as the Toad...

We went ALL Blue Ox: Alpha tow bar, base-plate and PatriotII Brake system. Successfully completed almost 10K uneventful miles this Summer, towing our Toad - 2 major trips: MA to upstate NY and MA to TX, FL & SC ...!!!

Our Focus has the Auto transmission, which is actually a 'manual' auto. After doing much researching and reading on various RV Forums, I followed Ford Owners manual by installing a Battery Switch to disconnect the Negative, brought 12v ckt. back from RV to power the aux brake controller and installed new LED's for brake / turn signals in each tail-lite, also powered by RV.

Being a career engineer, record keeping is an every day habit.

Gas mileage previous years with nothing in tow - 8.0mpg... And this year (2018) with Ford Focus in tow - 7.1mpg. Not a terrible reduction, IMHO, as we spent some bucks other years, renting a car, when we were staying for a week or so.

All-in-all , for us, a Toad is the way to go...!!!