Just asking - thoughts on mud flaps and tow hitch?
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Just asking - thoughts on mud flaps and tow hitch?
Any thoughts on mud flaps for some protection against picking up some small chips and such? Ok, I know that some people would want to have a tow hitch............well for towing. Why isn't this an option? Engine just not powerful enough? Ok, city drivers, anyone ever entertained the thought of adding that hitch just to protect the rear bumper?
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If you do find what the part #s for those mud flaps are, that'd be great. I'll be making a visit to the UK in march and picking up a set if we can't get them here. [edit, found part #s 8W9075111 and 8W9075101]
Not sure how useful the hitch would be without a step bar or something of the sort. I used to street park my A3 and Golf in the city all the time and no one has ever dinged the bumper. I'm more concerned about them breaking window glass.
Not sure how useful the hitch would be without a step bar or something of the sort. I used to street park my A3 and Golf in the city all the time and no one has ever dinged the bumper. I'm more concerned about them breaking window glass.
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Any thoughts on mud flaps for some protection against picking up some small chips and such? Ok, I know that some people would want to have a tow hitch............well for towing. Why isn't this an option? Engine just not powerful enough? Ok, city drivers, anyone ever entertained the thought of adding that hitch just to protect the rear bumper?
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It's not an option because Audi US decided we are not worthy. There is a tow hitch option available in other parts of the world, and our US cars owners manual covers towing, but Audi doesn't give us the option to buy/order the hitch. While we will likely be able to add an aftermarket hitch, the lack of a factory option means that the nice towing features they get in Europe with the MMI towing integration will not be available to us. For example, backing up the trailer using the MMI **** to steer.
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Any thoughts on mud flaps for some protection against picking up some small chips and such? Ok, I know that some people would want to have a tow hitch............well for towing. Why isn't this an option? Engine just not powerful enough? Ok, city drivers, anyone ever entertained the thought of adding that hitch just to protect the rear bumper?
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While I don't know why Audi decided not to offer us a hitch, below are some of my guesses (totally unsubstantiated):
- The trailer related ESC and trailer assist functionality might be incompatible with the changes made to the MMI and other systems for the US market.
- The hitch might have reduced the crash test ratings in the US.
- The US market might have required a different hitch, and Audi didn't think the number of people who would order the hitch in the US justified the costs of development.
- There might not have been a way to make this a dealer installed option, as it was with previous Allroads before being discontinued a few years ago, and Audi decided to keep the number of permutations down to increase the number of cars sold out of inventory.
- Audi marketing just blew the call on what features to include or exclude and we'll see the hitch brought to the US in future model years.
Below is the link to a cool Audi video showing how the trailer-assist functionality works where available:
https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/...assistant-3092