5KTQ Used for Towing?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <l03020900b1dd2d3cc197@[194.134.63.62]> Tom Nas writes:

> >I'm currently a 5KSQ owner and have been looking at buying a 5KTQ Avant.
> >I would like to use this vehicle for occasional towing, and wanted some
> >input. My trailer is about 2700 pounds when fully loaded. I seem to
> >remember someone stating here that there were trailering limits in the
> >Bentley service manual, but I can't seem to find any reference to them.
> >Locally I get opinions ranging from "not recommended for towing" to "as
> >long as its a manual transmission and quattro, it will be fine". What is
> >the concensus from the list?
>
> Any Audi, but a quattro specifically, is an excellent towing car. Even my
> previous FWD 1.8 80 was used for towing heavy trailers occasionally, and
> did so very competently. I'm not sure if the 5ktq can handle this much
> weight, though...

If you look at Audi's 'official reasons' for developing quattro, one of
them was improving towing performance.

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