flat towing a front wheel drive car

Peter Golledge petergolledge at gmail.com
Fri Sep 30 09:36:44 PDT 2016


I've flat towed manual quattros without incident (steering unlocked,
neutral, no sharp turns).  No real difference between a manual rolling down
a hill in neutral vs. being flat towed.  If it really bothers you and this
is a FWD rent a uhaul two wheel dolly.  :-)

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Dave Fain <kf21857 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to tow a mechanically challenged (fried engine) VW Cabriolet about
> 200 miles.  I have access to a good tow bar and I know my A6 is up to the
> task as a tow car.  Will I be risking damage to the transaxle if I flat tow
> it?
> thanks,
> Dave
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