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Originally Posted by oldnick

with the ball fitted no part of my audi towball is lower than the bottom of the bumper and it touches even so on occasion so I regard that as minimum acceptable clearance ; the one you illustrate clearly is completely below bumper height so would have less clearance .....3 inches from what you say ; I doubt that audi would go to the extent of having to cut the back bumper to fit a tow hitch if they thought the clearance satisfactory without doing so

with regard to the exhaust it doesn't cause any problems being suspended on rubber mountings which allow it to move upwards if it touches

however , it depends what you want to tow I suppose , I use the maximum capacity and go to odd places living in the countryside , if you intend to tow lighter weights with a lower nose weight it certainly would be less critical , my trailer is 2 tonnes

I see what you're getting at now, with respect to how (and why) the Audi one is fitted. I haven't had any issues so far, other than the up ramp in the local multi-story, but that was because I took it at a quicker pace than normal. I just approach it slightly slower and it's fine.

As for usage, I did four runs with roughly 7 ton of rubble, and had no issues at all. This driving up a severely potholed lane, with a steep incline onto the main road, and eventually onto a rural building site. The only downside being the amount of muck on the car