so you wanna tow with your bmw wagon?

[Dirty325ix]

Alyays thought it would be cool to be able to tow my race car to the track with my sick wagon
until now

[Ether-D]

Yeah, one must respect the death wobble. There's a reason it was named that…

[shanehutton]

A gentle application of an electric trailer brake would have sorted that out.

This was filmed in Europe.

In Europe the trailers are built different than North America. The NA ones have the wheels further back and, due to this, far more weight on the hitch. Europe centres the wheels allowing for a lighter hitch and, thanks to that, far smaller tow vehicles. They are also way more prone to this wobble and have lower speed limits for trailers than in NA to account for it. There is a certain speed where this oscillation happens on every setup, in NA that speed has just been designed higher. The downside of the NA setup is you need a tow vehicle that can handle a couple of hundred pounds of tongue weight.

[Axxe]

It's an Audi towing. Also most euro car carriers have surge brakes so no electric spike to stretch the rope back out.

[MatRacer]

I was towing a 14'' travel trailer with my e46 325xi wagon. I had electric brak with one of the best brake controller on the market. Did around 3-4000 miles without any issue. Also, my total weight of the trailer (about 2000pounds fully loaded) was still quite far under the weight of the towing vehicle... I don't know what the driver did on that video, but he should have floored it, or brake the trailer...

[Nesset]

I've seen a 2002 towing a 2002 race car on a flatbed... Anything is possible. If you wana look gangster ya' gotta take risks. Electronic brake controllers are amazing. Dad has one on his 2006 Cummins 3500'. Thing works like a dream.

[peetiewonder]

That trailer looked sketchy as f

[Minty_Fresh]

I'm no trailer expert but i feel like the issue is the trailer is to high. it looks huge. any trailer i used the bed was below the top of the wheels.

[ellisstewwi6]

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[ethrty]

I tow with my V12 swapped E34, have pulled another E34 a couple of times etc, tows very well plenty of torque.
and if i need to trailer that car, like when i tracked it a few years back, used a Nissan GQ Patrol i had at the time, not sure if you have those in the US. we dont have any american vehicles here really.

[TimeMachinE30]

. we dont have any american vehicles here really.

Wheels on the wrong side of the car

[ethrty]

Wheels on the wrong side of the car

nah its on the right

:D

[TimeMachinE30]

nah its on the right

:D

Not that wheel... you guys are upside down in NZ. Wheels go on the roof.

[lukeADE335i]

I've seen a Commodore down here (Pontiac G8 for the US guys) do exactly the same thing, and they're up around 1800kg - would have been heavier than the trailer and car on it combined.

I think it's more down to the trailer - the theory that it's too high vs. the tow vehicle probably has merit.

[pandaboo911]

Guy shouldve pinned the throttle the second it started snaking