I wanted to mention a few things about towing safely with a light weight tow vehicle: 1. Change the brake fluid annually or less with a high boiling point fluid, especially if you have an unbraked trailer. As it absorbs water, the boiling temperature lowers rapidly, and will cause you to lose braking coming down a grade. I personally prefer to use ATE TYP200 which is a racing fluid, and boils at 536F dry and 388F wet (e.g. after about 2 years). If your car has several year old DOT 3 fluid, it could boil at temps as low as 257F, and lose all braking ability when the brakes aren't even very hot yet. Cars that take DOT 3 can use DOT 4 instead, which usually has a higher boiling point. Good ceramic brake pads and new racing grade fluid will drastically increase the braking capacity of any car or truck. 2. Find the online car forum for owners of your car model, and read everything they say about towing safely- weakness, modifications, etc. Often some car models will need a few things like a different transmission fluid, different rear springs, or different brake pads to overcome minor design flaws and make towing safer. 3. Most cars nowadays have temperature sensors on everything, but they don't report this data to the driver. With a bluetooth OBD-II dongle, and a smartphone app like Torque, you can get an audible alarm long before the transmission or engine overheat enough to cause permanent damage... whereas once the dash lights come on it's usually too late. As a rule of thumb, an engine should stay under boiling, e.g. 100C/212F when climbing a grade if the cooling system is in good shape. 4. A Class III 2" receiver hitch is worth it even for a small car with a light trailer. If you can't find one, you can get one fabricated by a welder. The cheap draw-tite, reese, etc. Class I hitches that just mount to sheet metal are unsafe, as those mount points will fatigue and fail if you tow a lot, even with a light weight trailer. Sincerely, Tyler