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Does anyone else tow with an A8.
Its very rare to see an A8 on a campsite so I was wondering how many out there have towbars and use them.
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Yes mate. I prefer a modest hotel stay over a caravan site. But this summer we're touring France and Spain in the D3 with a 'van behind the thing. Nothing as fancy as yours, mind.
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. |
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I have a removable hook on the S and fixed on the A. Tow all the time with my small box trailer, car trailer or horse box. Never used it for a van though. Have too much respect for other road users!
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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Dont worry we race solo cars not hold them up. Its fun when you beat a car away from the lights with a 2 ton chavavan on the back.
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Owner of a 2008 A8 3.0tdi SE |
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Yes we also tow a caravan 2009 Bessacarr, but also use Hotels as I'm a coach driver mainly 4 star.
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If there's an award for the ricketiest, crumbliest and least safe trailer (it was a parting gift from neighbours), I'd like to think I would win.
Fella at the local tip thinks it's hilarious, 'nice big car like that, with a trailer like THAT'...
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. |
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Maybe we should follow the vw guys lead and make trailers out of the rear end of scrapoed S8's 😀
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Im also partial to a good hotel but the caravan gives us the chance to go every other weekend and to Europe for 6 -8 weeks a year and i couldnt afford to do that in Hotels. ( im not an S8 owner )
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Owner of a 2008 A8 3.0tdi SE |
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Got us home down the M6!
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. |
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Not sure if anyone on here posts on Caravan Talk, but I read a post about someone with a A8 and having a reverse camera, which I thought there is someone else with one who tows a caravan. Its nice to see, at the early part of the year I stayed on Clumber park for 3 months, and never saw another.
In my job you don't get much time off at weekends, so our usage really doesn't justify the amount it costs, which is a shame. The tours that I do include my hotel room and meals, the job doesn't pay well for me to stay there on holiday. |
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