Roof bars for the born?

[tracktoy]

I recall that a Lot of Skoda owners were very upset when the new release came out and they were not approved for tow bars, when all the older ones were.
My personal experience when trying to get a tow bar fitted to a non approved type vehicle was the garage said NO, Its not approved and would cost me a fortune to get a one off approved.

 

[James_R]

Similar palaver with the mk7 Golf R estate. Never factory tested or approved for towing but people wanted them to tow their trailers, caravans etc. It was entirely doable but at the owners or insurers risk.

 

[SRGTD]

I worked with a lady who had a Honda Civic Type R (the FN model generation, built from 2007 - 2011). She wanted to tow a small camping trailer so contacted her insurance company to inform them of her intention of getting a tow bar fitted. Her insurers told her the car wasn’t type approved for towing, so her solution was to buy a large camper van!

Quite an expensive alternative to a tow bar, but she wasn’t prepared to invalidate her insurance and take the risk of towing with her Type R.