Tow Vehicle & Rig Photos

[agarabaghi]

The touareg can tow.

Which motor option do you have? The V8? We have a V6 and it tows the X1 just fine. Imagine the V10 TDI!

[CottagerGreg]

Originally Posted by agarabaghi

The touareg can tow.

Which motor option do you have? The V8? We have a V6 and it tows the X1 just fine. Imagine the V10 TDI!

We have the uber rare 2008 V8 with the Air Suspension Tows like a dream and lotta torque too.

The new 6cly TDI is enticing but the Touareg 2 no longer has Air Suspension as an option. You have to go with the Audi Q7 or Porsche and are considerably more money. Our lease is up soon (year left) but I think we'll keep this one as it has had no issues at all in 3 years.

[agarabaghi]

Nice. This is the company car and my father keep switching it out for the exact same one each time he gets a new car. He will be getting a 3rd one in the exact same trim and color!

[aaron.]

Originally Posted by flashydubber

Here is a recent pic from Friday. sorry for crap quality. Taken from Blackberry on a cloudy day

Looks like Madison!!

[teamhowey]

Originally Posted by agarabaghi

The touareg can tow.

Which motor option do you have? The V8? We have a V6 and it tows the X1 just fine. Imagine the V10 TDI!

It might be able to pull, but can it stop if it has to and is being pushed???

[thatsmrmastercraft]

No problem.

[CottagerGreg]

Originally Posted by teamhowey

It might be able to pull, but can it stop if it has to and is being pushed???

Do your research before you speak... ask yourself... can your pickup truck stop and it is being pushed?

http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778830

The brakes on the Touareg are much better than any 1/2 ton or even 3/4 pickup on the market.

Rotors are 350mm in size. 6 piston caliper in the front and 4 piston in the rear.

As in another thread Greg Tayor who tows a LSV wrote this.

"Answering questions above: The Touareg (and others in it's class)do fine with heavy loads. I tow a 23' Wakesetter and you don't feel the boat back there. My V10 has 350mm brakes.. so no problems there either. This isn't a "boardlline" situation... it's well within the limits of the Touareg and the boat does not effect how the Touareg drives. One major plus... my Touareg tops the scales at 6000#... that's more than most full size/large SUV's and full size 1/2 trucks. "
http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=750278

Further more board memeber sp0tts writes:

"tro, that "little SUV" isn't so little, it weighs 5200 lbs. For comparisons sake there are a lot of pickup trucks don't weigh that much (a standard cab F150 weighs 4700 lbs. and a Silverado 1500 extended cab with a standard box only weighs 80 lbs more).

and to compare brakes, these SUVs can go from 60-0 in 112 feet. Here's a link has braking distances for trucks from most manufacturers:

http://special-reports.pickuptrucks....1/braking.html

needless to say, the shortest distance was more than 30ft longer and every average was over 40ft longer from 60-0 than these SUVs.

The only advantage a pickup or suburban could have is a longer wheel base. There's only a 6 inch difference in wheelbase between these SUVs and a Silverado standard cab. The crew cabs are around 30 inches, which one could argue is significant, but the brakes and suspension on these vehicles more than make up for the wheelbase difference IMO.

Now are these vehicles for everyone? No, some people like trucks or have other needs. Are these vehicles a safe and more than capable tow vehicle? Definitely. "

Here is a quote from a WW member :
James Sutton (jesutton) Join Date: Apr 2007 04-26-2010, 12:57 PM Reply
I've got an 08 V10 Touareg and my previous tow rig was an 05 Avalanche. Yes you can feel the boat is back there in both. I haven't ridden in anything towing a boat that you couldn't feel something back there.

I will say the Touareg tows circles around my old Avalanche. I was a little worried when I hooked up the first time because the proportions seem off. But I was proven wrong before I even made it out of the neighborhood.

[sand2snow22]

Oh snap.......

[TayMC197]

Not trying to stir things up but its not the size of the brakes that makes the difference, its a combination of weight displacement, axle sizing, framing, brake size(&type), wheel type, etc... Not saying your suv can't stop it, I'm sure it can and may even be pretty good at it. Its the fact that of that SUV being designed for it. It may be designed to pull a trailer on a rare condition.... I have seen the result of a too small vehicle pulling too big of a trailer. It was a 2005 toyota 4 runner, which is supposed to good as well and it was pulling a malibu wakesetter.... went to stop in a hurry and the boat lifted the rear end of the vehicle and pushed it..... the brakes worked great... I saw them try to stop.... the rest of the car didn't... resulted in a snapped axle, body damage from being jack knifed, and rear end damage of a suburban...

Keep pulling your boat with your ride, It is capable. Just remember it isn't designed for that kind of weight behind it... and use cuation in emergency and weather hindering situations....

[ctjahn]

Not to get further off topic but...

Dont most MC trailers have brakes? My 78 does but I dont use em. (dont feel its necssary)

I dont even notice the Little MC S&S behind the F250 SD CC LongBed 4x4 Diesel - although the truck is a beast and is about 20 feet long.... The 32' 10,000 pound enclosed on the other-hand definately has working trailer brakes, breakway teather, massive chains and towed using the built in Ford brake controller - works great....

Cj