Nuje
Top Post Dawg
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2005
- Location
- Island near Vancouver
- TDI
- 2015 Sportwagen; Golf GLS 2002 (swap from 2L gas); 2016 A3 e-tron
...and, having just driven my car up some little driveway ramps...scary af. 
Towing
- Thread starter 2015Golftdi
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Z85rado
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I'm sure you'll have yours out before/if I pull the trigger. I had a polaris SLT 780 way back in the day and replaced it with an SLX 1200 which at the time was a 60MPH ski. I like the lightness of the EXR, i remember riding one of the early seadoo with a ton of power and it was so heavy it felt more like a boat.
2015Golftdi
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I filled up with one tank on the stage 2 tune and it didn’t seem to be as bad. It seems like the stock tune it’s on now almost over fuels. I’m going to run a few tanks on each tune and pick the best overall economy and performance. I will let you know what I find out. I have a stock tune, stage one, stage two and stage three.
2015Golftdi
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I hope to have it out ASAP lol. Looking at it everytime I pull in the garage stinks. I have a feeling this one will be quite heavy on the water. I did just buy an older yamaha 760 just so I could have friends ride that and not tear up the new one lol. It was also a good deal.
2015Golftdi
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Back to the original topic, I ended up ordering a hitch from uhaul and am going to have them install it next week. It seems like the car should be able to handle it, but if it can’t handle the ramp I’ll just haul around my utility trailer.
Uno’15TDi
Active member
I think if I can tow a Uhaul containing a heavy 5 cylinder Mercedes Diesel behind a Prius (from BELLINGHAM ,WA to LA) you should be able to tow behind your TDI.
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TDIForumMember1
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Towing- potential drivetrain damage and emissions warranty
Hi all- I thought I’d ask since this seems to be a pretty active thread. I now have a ‘15 Golf TDI (6 speed manual) and have been wondering about the towing rating on it. The owners manual- there are so many pages about how to tow, what to tow, how to hook up a hitch etc., but then the tow ratings for the manual transmission just say “not available at time of printing.”
It looks like someone did tow with my car in the past, I found a wiring harness in the trunk and a loose carriage bolt off of the rear frame. Anything I should be concerned about with the transmission? The clutch seems fine, the shift into second is a little clunkier than my Mazda, but I’ve heard similar reviews about the transmission...
And if I’m the future I did decide to tow, would that hurt the emissions warranty?
Also, it’s been great reading everyone’s experiences with the car!
Hi all- I thought I’d ask since this seems to be a pretty active thread. I now have a ‘15 Golf TDI (6 speed manual) and have been wondering about the towing rating on it. The owners manual- there are so many pages about how to tow, what to tow, how to hook up a hitch etc., but then the tow ratings for the manual transmission just say “not available at time of printing.”
It looks like someone did tow with my car in the past, I found a wiring harness in the trunk and a loose carriage bolt off of the rear frame. Anything I should be concerned about with the transmission? The clutch seems fine, the shift into second is a little clunkier than my Mazda, but I’ve heard similar reviews about the transmission...
And if I’m the future I did decide to tow, would that hurt the emissions warranty?
Also, it’s been great reading everyone’s experiences with the car!
2015Golftdi
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2015Golftdi
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I have test driven a couple manual tdis and I didn’t like the way they shifted through the gears compared to a gas car. It does seem like the last one I test drove had the same clunking you speak of.
As for towing with the manual transmission the hitch would be rated the same 2000 pounds. I don’t think it would be any different than the automatic car. I wouldn’t think it would effect the warranty if there still is a warranty.
SilverGhost
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2005
- Location
- Back in So Flo - St Lucie
- TDI
- '05 Golf - totaled :(, wife's '13 Beetle - buy back, TDIless
@airstreamer started this thread for his MkVI TDI Golf.
@DerekG also is in that thread with a MkVI TDI Golf (on about page 10 I think) Notice the picture in his sig
Jason
2015Golftdi
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I think if I can tow a Uhaul containing a heavy 5 cylinder Mercedes Diesel behind a Prius (from BELLINGHAM ,WA to LA) you should be able to tow behind your TDI.
What size of rise do you have with your hitch?