Re: scirocco towing

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

The owner's manual has towing weights for the different models.
My '82 GL had a tow bar which attached to the spare wheel well and some 
other points underneath - nowhere near the bumper. Looked fine and was 
plenty solid enough, as the couple of people who bumped me from behind would 
testify! I'd have kept it when I broke the car but it had the full size 
spare wheel well so it wouldn't have fitted later models.

Ewan.


>From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
>To: "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@core.com>
>CC: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: scirocco towing
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 23:56:20 -0700
>
>
>
>As I increase the power avaialble (and braking) I always wanted to add a
>trailer hitch to the back end of My rocc- towing small trailer,
>emergency tow viechle.
>
>I have no illusions of my car repacing a 4x4 or anything.
>
>When I was looking into it I always found this really crappy design
>where the mount would attach 1st under the spare tire well (ok) and
>again to the bumper (wtf?) This would convert my nice collapsable bumper
>(with telescoping mounts) to a fixed bumper. Uh, No.
>
>So I have been sketching a few designs where it mounts at more than one
>point _around_ the spare tire well, even perhaps two points at each of
>the exiisting axle mounts.
>
>If I consider my car a nominal 2,000 lbs then I figuge I can pull half
>to 3/4 of that if loaded right. And maybe a car my own weight from point
>A to B but on the down low- not at full till slalom speeds.
>
>Thems my proto-thinks,
>TBerk
>
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