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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Rolfe on 20 July 2009, 11:44
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I notice that in the current What Car? (where the Golf GTi won the Hot Hatch Shootout and came third in the Best Buy Sports Car), a different Golf won the "best small towcar" category.
I was just wondering, has anyone tried towing with a GTi? I would imagine it should perform similarly to the one they tested, I mean, it should have plenty of oomph for the job, but then I may be imagining wrong.
I'm thinking of getting another pony, and if I do, this time I think I'll get a pony trailer to go places as well.
Rolfe.
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It'll be fine.
You just won't get the MPG that a TDI would get, which is what makes them so feted as a tow-car.
Get a detatchable towbar and no one need ever know you have despoiled your GTI with a trailer.....
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Well, I haven't even got the pony yet, never mind the trailer....
I'm certainly not getting a second car to tow it if I get it though, so if it's going to happen at all, the GTi is just going to have to demean itself! When my previous pony was alive I didn't have a car that could have towed anything heavier than a Shetland on a diet. It's nice to think that I might be able to Go Places some time in the future.
Rolfe.