Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn’t be legal in europe. That thing doesn’t even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The Golf Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.

EDIT: It’s a Polo and not a Golf, I don’t know my cars, sorry for that!

  • @barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    5•11 months ago

    A Golf has a capacity of 1.5 to 2 tons. That’s more than your SUV. And no American safety standards aren’t higher than Europe’s. It’s just taken as a given that you drive differently when you’re towing something and not merging onto the Autobahn at 120km/h. That’s because we have driver ed and, in fact, you need an extra license to pull anything of any size.

    • CornpopEnglish
      7•11 months ago

      I would never pull more than 1000 pounds with a golf. Irresponsible, unsafe, and unhealthy for the car itself.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      Europe:

      Golf towing capacity 1600kg

      My SUV’s towing capacity 2400kg

      And having towed with a manual Jetta I can confirm that only a moron would tow more than 500kg with a Golf and think they’re safe, and the Jetta is longer than the Golf so it’s actually more stable.

      And yes, towing standards are more strict in North America (SAE J2807) vs Europe (determined by the manufacturer)