Re: Boating with an S4

[ekellock@juno.com]

My CGT came with a hitch when I bought if from Bob Buff of CPA Motors in
11-91.  It isn't the most impressive installation.  There is actually a
piece of wood used as a spacer between a heavy metal plate and the inside
of the trunk well.  (All of this was in place before CPA got the car).

Nevertheless, I've towed a lot with the car.  First it was my '94 Polaris
SL650 personal watercraft.  I once took 3 friends, a full trunk, and
towed the Polaris, from North Dallas to Possum Kingdom Lake (nw of Fort
Worth) in the middle of summer with the a/c on, using the cruise control.
 No problem.

Later, when I moved from Texas to Iowa, I towed a 5x8 enclosed U-haul
trailer filled with my original set of wheels/tires, about 30 house
plants, many of them in 12 to 15 inch pots, and various other deritrous,
not the least of which was my 7 ft tall by 3ft wide by 2ft deep
wood-frame, iguana cage, the iguana, my dog, and two cats.  A thousand
miles over memorial day weekend.  No problem.

Most recently, when I moved from Iowa to SC, I towed a 4x8 enclosed
U-haul filled with the same house plants (most of them anyway), the cage
(but no iguana), same dog, same cats, and various other
non-Allied-Van-Lines stuff.  Another thousand miles, again with no
problem.

The V8q I just bought recently came with a Da-Lan hitch.

Ed Kellock
Greenville, SC  USA
91 V8q 5-speed
87 Coupe GT
91 200q Avant, in limbo
no trailers

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:19:05 -0700 "Buchholz, Steven"
<Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com> writes:
>> seen this summer hauling these little trailers and Sea-Doo's and you
think 
>> people would realize if Audi had designed these cars for 
>> towing they would also be selling Audi-Brand hitches.
>
>... Audi does rate at least some of its cars for towing ... check the
>Owner's manual.  They don't recommend using a car for heavy towing, 
>but it is listed.  I wouldn't even be surprised to see trailer hitches
in the
>accessories catalog.
>
>... so, does Ford, Chrysler, GM, Toyota, etc. offer hitches for their
cars
>under their brand name?  Most hitches I've seen (my dad put on his cars)
>have been aftermarket units.
>
>While it is always possible to purchase a separate vehicle for towing,
one
>really must look at the total costs ... insurance, registration, smog
>checks, maintenance, etc ... and the fact that another vehicle will 
>consume some amount of space somewhere.  
>
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>... no trailer hitches yet, but not averse to having one on the Avant 

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