VW TDI as a toad?

[Ryan Wright]

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.
>