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So people are some kind of special weight I guess, unlike other weight. Minivans can only handle people weight, physics fact of the day folks. So I can put 1650 lb of people in, but with 1650lb of anything else the tires explode, good to know. And, if you're attaching weight to the bumper...

Yes if you're full of people and their cargo, you have no load capacity left for hitch weight. If you're running with 5 people, lose a removable bench for another 100lb back, keep personal effects in TV to minimum, then you've got a few hundred pounds for hitch weight left. However, in as much...

Yes, the drag thing is seldom looked at carefully. I believe that an aerodynamic package will put less overall strain on the trans even if weight is high, compared to half the weight that's a plain flat faced slab sided brick. cD of a cube is about 1.15 so a dinky 10ft long box trailer even...

Yah, I'm saying "safe" is based on arbitrary numbers here, when an "overloaded" minivan seems by all the vital statistics like stopping distance and maneuverability and roll over angle seems like it should be safer than an "80%" loaded half tonne, dubbya tee eff? as they say.

Hah, look at this... https://books.google.ca/books?id=M-MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=minivan+braking+distance&source=bl&ots=dOGpCwlwlu&sig=d_U8AJGOhhGLC3NeTycUIa03FBM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7l42Vb_kCsyryATAnYGABA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBDgo#v=onepage&q=minivan%20braking%20distance&f=false It's the old...

That's the truth. I know manufacturers have warranty issues with the mechanically unsympathetic not knowing when to back off, but it pees me off to see smaller engined vehicles rated lower than larger engined vehicles when the brakes and suspension are the exact same. Sure it gets it moving...

Sometime in the 90s the manual transmissions began to get more fragile and the autos more robust, with the result that you can't really buy a truck built in the last decade that's good for towing with a manual trans. This is I think because the manual option was seen as the cheap stripper option...

If the Caravans were F-150s they'd have 5000-7000lb tow ratings. That's meaning that if they were F-150s with the same cargo and axle ratings, similar power and 15" wheels. (i.e. about same size brakes) In fact, you can configure a F-150 with a supercab and end up 2 or 300lb below what a...