VW TDI as a toad?

[towanda692006]

--- 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.