Honda Odessey Towing - Event Date: 06 Mar 2016

Sounds like a great trip!!

Originally posted by Captiankd We are back from our 8000 mile trip and the Honda did great. Little over 13 mpg. Some brake chatter after coming off the Rockies into Denver, glad we had brakes on camper and A brake controller installed in car. We are towing a RP171 the lightest R Pod.

We are back from our 8000 mile trip and the Honda did great. Little over 13 mpg. Some brake chatter after coming off the Rockies into Denver, glad we had brakes on camper and A brake controller installed in car. We are towing a RP171 the lightest R Pod.

I have a 179 and was pulling it with a 2013 pilot and had no problems never even used equalizer bars just a sway bar.Just leased a new silverado with the 4.3 V6 and don't see a whole lot of difference. Good luck you shouldn't have any problems with your pod being lighter and the same motor we had in the pilot.

Originally posted by StephenH Thanks for the advice about not rushing the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was thinking along those lines. I'll have to double-check the height before we take off on that adventure. I was looking at the National Parks Service Blue Ridge Parkway Directory & Travel Planner.http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/v.php?pg=73This is available as a PDF download as well as online. When I read that the speed limit is 45 mph or lower, I knew this would not be a fast trip.

Well, you seem to be doing your "homework" regarding the Parkway.
Please forgive me but, I have slept a night or two since 2007 and:

I may not be accurately remembering and/or
Those troublesome spots may have been remedied in the interim (nice).
If that is all you are seeing, I bet it is up to date and reliable. It is good that you are checking.

Let me know if you can travel at 45mph. Also, let me know if you can hit 30mph (posted) in the Southern half. I kind of got a chuckle out of those signs. (Maybe in a Ferrari or on a motorcycle) I think my average was closer to 20mph - and that was pulling only a 995lbs popup.

Plunging down
stand on the brake
downshift
hard right
hard left
immediately up
back on the gas
upshift
hard left
hard right

Repeat the above for about 10 hours and you'll make it from Cherokee to (mid-point) Linville Falls.    It get's a little easier up North and Skyline Drive ain't too bad at all - you might actually hit 45mph up there.