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Old 03-20-2009, 10:16 PM   #15
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Kenh001. Do you havbe the Blue Ox tow bar, too?
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Old 03-21-2009, 08:44 AM   #16
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Well, under the title of "Thinks easily fixed" is the question about the height of the tow bar.. Blue Ox and Roadmaster both sell "Drop hitch adapters" (So does Reese for that matter) all the big tow hitch companies have 'em. You can get 'em at U-Haul hitch stores or any RV store or Hitch store, many auto parts stores have 'em too

Some are adjustable

Some are not

You simply put the proper one on and it lines up the tow bar nice and level
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Old 03-21-2009, 09:30 PM   #17
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Is anyone towing an EOS with automatic transmission? The EOS is a very nice looking car, too bad they don't put a diesel in it.
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Old 03-22-2009, 03:35 PM   #18
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blue ox base plate

Croberts, I have the blue ox base plate using a roadmaster falcon all terrain tow bar. Two of us just finished the install on the beetle and it took us about 20 hours.We both have installed baseplates before on honda crv,chevy s10,jeep grand cherokee and wrangler and this was by far the most difficult for us. We are very particular. It looks great.Just getting access to some of the bolts made it difficult. Ken
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Old 03-24-2009, 04:01 PM   #19
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Steve and Nancy. Great car get a stick. Its like being a kid again
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Old 06-09-2009, 12:55 PM   #20
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VW Beetle Toad

We tow our 2003 VW Beetle Convertable with a 5 speed manual. We use Blue Ox equipment including baseplate, tow bar and shield. I had originally used the Blue OX brake box however just after a year old it failed due to a compressor issue. I've since installed the SMI Dual system that works much better and is easier to deploy. The car tows real well and with one turn of the key to Acc. it won't track the milles while towed.

I'm really pleased with the car as a toad and my DW really likes having her baby blue car with her when we travel. key note for the gents, when driving the car alone I take her yellow flower out of the dash vase and I put my 1/4" OE wrench - he he he - joke
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I have a 2003 beetle i also was wondering if i can tow it 4 down some say yes others say no.
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Thought I would follow up on this. I went with a Blue Ox tow bar. Put the base plate on the Jetta with my BIL in about 3 hours. Using magnetic lights and a brake buddy. All has worked fine, hooking and unhooking goes pretty well. Just try to make sure to remember everything as I do it. The Jetta does not log any miles when being towed.
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Noramae if it is a stick you can tow it. No on the automatic. Call Blue Ox or Remco
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We tow a 2008 VW Eos convertible. Of course it is a hard top but still a convertible. When Remco was still in business .
Is Remco out of business?
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Croberts, I have the blue ox base plate using a roadmaster falcon all terrain tow bar. Two of us just finished the install on the beetle and it took us about 20 hours.We both have installed baseplates before on honda crv,chevy s10,jeep grand cherokee and wrangler and this was by far the most difficult for us. We are very particular. It looks great.Just getting access to some of the bolts made it difficult. Ken

I am also interested in a 2006 VW convertible I saw at dealer today and my DW loves it and so do it. The dealer says no to towing , but I am still willing to do it with the the Blue OX base plates. and the roadmaster all terrain tow bar. Can you post pic's and do you really need the brake system, i live in GA and mostly travel down to FL for vacation , all flat land no hills. in 2007 Four Winds 32 motorhome with the v10 Ford on f53 chassis. How much does the2006 vw beetle converetible weight? Would like to see pic's thanks.
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Joe and Pam, Thank you very much for the extensive research you have done. I am just about finishing the blue ox base plate install[not a real easy job]and am looking forward to many miles of pleasure. The New Beetle is great!! Thanks again, Ken
Re a 2005 new Beetle automatic. I have a tow dolly from Uhaul.....What is a base plate? Thank you
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Re a 2005 new Beetle automatic. I have a tow dolly from Uhaul.....What is a base plate? Thank you

Not applicable to your automatic which is not towable 4 wheels down, but a base plate is what is installed on the front of a toad to allow it to be flat towed/towed 4 wheels down.
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I'm reading these older posts, we are interested in 4 down towing. We need to purchase a used car. The manual transmission options may work for us. Does anyone have knowledge of 4 down for our 2009 Tacoma as an other option?
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