My 2001 is admittedly due for new tires, and we just got a 12+ inch blizzard through here. While trying to get it out of my driveway so I could plow I got it pretty well stuck in the snow, and was amazed to find that there was really NOTHING in front or back that I could attach a tow rope to. Is there something I was missing?

 

There should be a little square in the front bumper you pop out, then there is a hook that screws into the crash beam thats in your emergency tool kit in the trunk. The back should also have a hook mounted to the frame somehwere under the car.

 

Thanks for the tip, I did pop a small plastic square out of the rear bumper but found nothing, also nothing but smooth plastic under the back as far as I could reach. Of course things are easier when it's not 9pm and your Audi is not surrounded by 2 feet of snow.

 

It is funny last week, for the first time in three years, I got my 04 stuck. I just wrapped a toe strap around the axel and gently pulled it out with my SUV. The chasis was hung-up and the wheels were just spinning. What I should have done is to raise the car with the MMI and I think I would have been good to go.

 

I hope you are joking...

 

I don't quite understand? What would he be joking about?

 

I am not joking. I was stranded and did not have many options. I will find out before it happens again where I should attach the tow strap, or better yet, not get stuck.

 

When I got mine stuck I considered the back axle, but only as an absolute last resort. Fortunately I was able to rock it out eventually.

 

personally, I would never, ever consider putting a tow strap around an axle.