I've heard of other VW Golf owners towing lightly so I know it's feasable. In my manual it just so happens, that my model's towing capacity says "information not available at time of printing". So I was at the dealer today, and after about 30 minutes of calling and searching he told me it was
777 lbs, after he talked to one of his mechanics. Funny thing is when he was on the phone with VW, they didn't have an answer for him.I'm not 100% confident in this number, since the other two models listed in my manual are substantially higher (1260lbs for v6, 1000lbs for diesel
90hp). My 4 cylinder turbo is about 120 hp. Maybe turbo has a negative effect on towing hence the much lower towing capacity, or diesel improves towing capacity with less horse power, I don't know I'm not a car expert. But if it's only 777 lbs. that puts me in a bad situation because I can't tow any enclosed trailer realisitcally. A small enclosed trailer, either a 4x6, or one of those mini-sporty looking ones weights in at 600lbs. So that only leaves me 177lbs maximum of cargo weight, which isn't a whole lot. I'm weighing my stuff out and it's probably going to be 200-300lbs.My car is a VW 2000 GTI. If anyone knows how I can get a hold of the official towing capacity, online preferably, that would be great. And that is, if there is an official towing capacity. For all I know they left it out of the manual because they just never bothered to determine the towing capacity. My only other alternative is to rent a u-haul with a trailer to tow my car, which is going to cost me $1300 to move, and I don't need even have the truck space.