VW TDI as a toad?

[Stephen Birtles]

A suggestion for all who tow toads
A good majority of new vehicles come with a security key than enables
the car to start
What I did was get a key cut or valet key that has no chip or security
functions in it
You can turn on the igniton and use the options ie.
windows,radio,steering unlocked
But the car will not start
Key stays taped in top of glove compartment when not in use
Cost about 2.50 at a locksmith or a hardware store
Stephen 77fc35



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Robinson"
wrote:
>
> No Leroy the Honda doesn't accumulate miles. It's a standard and I
just put
> it in neutral, turn the ignition off but don't pull the key out and
away I
> go.
>
> On 28/05/07, Leroy Eckert wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> 94 WLWB
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[warren madson]

i have been towing a 2001 beetle tdi 5 speed for over
a year no problems. only thing is to be sure that the
ig switch is not in the locked pos or the on pos.just
in between. I had the switch go to the on pos and i
left it hooked up for 2 days dead battery. I now
carry 20ft jump cables if it happens again.
80 35fcsb
madson95
--- towanda692006 wrote:

> --- 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.
>
>
>




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