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Anyone toad a 5 speed Jetta or Beetle? Looking to buy one to put
behind my PT-40 but I'm getting conflicting information. Dealership
techs say yes, others have told me no. What's the scoop?

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

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Scroll to bottom of page it has the dingy or toad guides all are pdf
files for each year

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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:
>
> Anyone toad a 5 speed Jetta or Beetle? Looking to buy one to put
> behind my PT-40 but I'm getting conflicting information. Dealership
> techs say yes, others have told me no. What's the scoop?
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
> Tri-Cities, WA
>

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
wrote:
>
> Anyone toad a 5 speed Jetta or Beetle? Looking to buy one to put
> behind my PT-40 but I'm getting conflicting information. Dealership
> techs say yes, others have told me no. What's the scoop?
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
> Tri-Cities, WA
>
Hi Ryan;

We can tell you all about using a New Beetle as a towed. We Are
fulltiming with a 40ft WLWB with Mille our 2000 New Beetle, 5spd. We
had the baseplate and towbar installed last May (2006) at the Blue Ox
factory in Penner, NE. These are the most knowledgeable people we have
ever met when it comes to tow packages. VW has a difficulty factor of
5 and when we called the local installer in Minneapolis, MN we got bad
vibes about having it done there. Called Blue Ox and they said no
problem. The entire front end has to come off to install the base plate.

We pulled late Sunday afternoon for our Monday morning appointment.
Monday morning at 7:00 one of the guys came out and got the car. They
warned us that it would take all day to do, so they gave us a company
truck to use. We did a little sight seeing around Pender and eastern
NE. They have free hook-ups for our coaches. Then Tuesday morning
they asked to bring the coach over to the factory for the drop-bar
installation and some instructions for hooking and unhooking our towed.

We now have towed her about 7000 miles with no problems. Love the Blue
Ox package. In fact as we were coming down to see Ralph and Charolette
a couple of weeks ago we stopped to have the towbar checked for any
unforseen problems and got to tour the plant. Highly recommend
considering Blue Ox and having it factory installed.

Sorry for the length of the message, but there aren't alot of Beetle
owners using them as toweds.

Ken and Patti Marsh with our 7 cats on the way to Carson, WA as of
7-1-07. Currently in Albuquerque, NM.

Hi Ken & Patti,

Thank you for the information on towing your Beetle. Looks like it
won't be a problem for us, then! We'll keep looking for a good 5 speed
Beetle or Jetta TDI.

One question: I'm curious if miles add up on the VW while it's being towed?

Thank you!

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA


On 5/27/07, towanda692006 wrote:
>
> Hi Ryan;
>
> We can tell you all about using a New Beetle as a towed. We Are
> fulltiming with a 40ft WLWB with Mille our 2000 New Beetle, 5spd. We
> had the baseplate and towbar installed last May (2006) at the Blue Ox
> factory in Penner, NE. These are the most knowledgeable people we have
> ever met when it comes to tow packages. VW has a difficulty factor of
> 5 and when we called the local installer in Minneapolis, MN we got bad
> vibes about having it done there. Called Blue Ox and they said no
> problem. The entire front end has to come off to install the base plate.
>
> We pulled late Sunday afternoon for our Monday morning appointment.
> Monday morning at 7:00 one of the guys came out and got the car. They
> warned us that it would take all day to do, so they gave us a company
> truck to use. We did a little sight seeing around Pender and eastern
> NE. They have free hook-ups for our coaches. Then Tuesday morning
> they asked to bring the coach over to the factory for the drop-bar
> installation and some instructions for hooking and unhooking our towed.
>
> We now have towed her about 7000 miles with no problems. Love the Blue
> Ox package. In fact as we were coming down to see Ralph and Charolette
> a couple of weeks ago we stopped to have the towbar checked for any
> unforseen problems and got to tour the plant. Highly recommend
> considering Blue Ox and having it factory installed.
>
> Sorry for the length of the message, but there aren't alot of Beetle
> owners using them as toweds.
>
> Ken and Patti Marsh with our 7 cats on the way to Carson, WA as of
> 7-1-07. Currently in Albuquerque, NM.
>

Not wanting to start a flame war but; My son-in-law is the leading
dealer sales person in New England. He has been selling VW product
since the 80's.
He is of the opinion that the only real reason to buy a TDI is so you
can hang out at truck stops.
Reason: He has many customers running gas VW's well over 2ooKmi. By
that time the chassis is about gone.
If you run the numbers, consider initial cost and maintenance, it just
doesn't work out.
I gave my 300SDL to my grandson at 300+Kmi, if he doesn't abuse it I
think he can give it to his son. That car had a great chassis, not
cheap to fix but great to drive.

Pete

On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:58:27 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi Ken & Patti,
>
>Thank you for the information on towing your Beetle. Looks like it
>won't be a problem for us, then! We'll keep looking for a good 5 speed
>Beetle or Jetta TDI.
>
>One question: I'm curious if miles add up on the VW while it's being towed?
>
>Thank you!
>
>-Ryan
>'86 PT-40 8V92
>Tri-Cities, WA
>
>
>On 5/27/07, towanda692006 wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ryan;
>>
>> We can tell you all about using a New Beetle as a towed. We Are
>> fulltiming with a 40ft WLWB with Mille our 2000 New Beetle, 5spd. We
>> had the baseplate and towbar installed last May (2006) at the Blue Ox
>> factory in Penner, NE. These are the most knowledgeable people we have
>> ever met when it comes to tow packages. VW has a difficulty factor of
>> 5 and when we called the local installer in Minneapolis, MN we got bad
>> vibes about having it done there. Called Blue Ox and they said no
>> problem. The entire front end has to come off to install the base plate.
>>
>> We pulled late Sunday afternoon for our Monday morning appointment.
>> Monday morning at 7:00 one of the guys came out and got the car. They
>> warned us that it would take all day to do, so they gave us a company
>> truck to use. We did a little sight seeing around Pender and eastern
>> NE. They have free hook-ups for our coaches. Then Tuesday morning
>> they asked to bring the coach over to the factory for the drop-bar
>> installation and some instructions for hooking and unhooking our towed.
>>
>> We now have towed her about 7000 miles with no problems. Love the Blue
>> Ox package. In fact as we were coming down to see Ralph and Charolette
>> a couple of weeks ago we stopped to have the towbar checked for any
>> unforseen problems and got to tour the plant. Highly recommend
>> considering Blue Ox and having it factory installed.
>>
>> Sorry for the length of the message, but there aren't alot of Beetle
>> owners using them as toweds.
>>
>> Ken and Patti Marsh with our 7 cats on the way to Carson, WA as of
>> 7-1-07. Currently in Albuquerque, NM.
>>
--
Pete Arnold

New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of
this crap at the supermarket - water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but
flavored water is called a soft drink, or juice. You want flavored water?
Pour some Maker's Mark over ice and let it melt. That's my flavored water.
Amen!

Pete,

On 5/27/07, Peter T. Arnold wrote:
>
> He is of the opinion that the only real reason to buy a TDI is so you
> can hang out at truck stops.

It's the extra 13 miles per gallon, on average, that lures people like
myself to the TDI. The Volkswagen TDIs get better fuel economy than
even a Prius. The TDI is also under-rated; EPA claims 36 city, 41
highway, but a coworker of mine routinely gets 50mpg across the board
in his TDI Jetta (& 600+ miles to a tank). That's a manual
transmission and driving very conservatively.

Besides, I want a toad that uses the same fuel as my coach. I intend
to eventually add an external fuel pump to my bird so I can fill the
toad up out of the bird's tank.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

Pulling an economical toad behind a Wonderlodge is like ordering a Diet
Pepsi with your order of 'curly cheese fries'.

two things I was sure of ;Diesel would one day be less costly than
gasoline as it was for so long and ;the price variation would not be a
result of a reduced price in Diesel.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

Diet Pepsi hahahah. I tow a Honda civic that gets close to 50mpg on the
highway. I have got to have something that makes me feel good when I go to
the pumps.

On 28/05/07, Gregory OConnor wrote:
>
> Pulling an economical toad behind a Wonderlodge is like ordering a Diet
> Pepsi with your order of 'curly cheese fries'.
>
> two things I was sure of ;Diesel would one day be less costly than
> gasoline as it was for so long and ;the price variation would not be a
> result of a reduced price in Diesel.
>
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
>
>
>



--
Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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I was just wondering if that little Civic's odometer spools up while it is
pushing the bus along?

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
Memorial Day
Viet Nam Vet-(67-68)

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Robinson
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: VW TDI as a toad?


Diet Pepsi hahahah. I tow a Honda civic that gets close to 50mpg on the
highway. I have got to have something that makes me feel good when I go to
the pumps.

On 28/05/07, Gregory OConnor wrote:
>
> Pulling an economical toad behind a Wonderlodge is like ordering a Diet
> Pepsi with your order of 'curly cheese fries'.
>
> two things I was sure of ;Diesel would one day be less costly than
> gasoline as it was for so long and ;the price variation would not be a
> result of a reduced price in Diesel.
>
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
>
>
>

--
Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB

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