Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

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Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

Post by ol. » Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:30 am

Hi all,

I'm starting the search for a facelift C7 RS6, which I will need to be able to regularly tow a little racing car.

I'm aware that to tow legally, I'll need one with air suspension, however I'm getting a bit confused with Dynamic pack and DRC when I'm looking at cars.

Some say they have the "Dynamic Pack' but are on Air. I had just presumed Dynamic Pack meant they have DRC? Are these 2 separate things which are not mutually exclusive?

Can someone please help to clear it up?

Is there a way to easily tell if the car is on air or not so when I'm calling / messaging sellers I can make sure it will be right before traveling to view cars? The only thing I can think of is asking them to send a photo of the Sticker in the door shut that tells you the towing capacity, which should be 0 on DRC cars I think...

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

Post by Simeix » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:11 pm

Dynamic or Dynamic plus means DRC. You can tell if on air from mmi drive select screen. If upper left corner says ‘raise’ that means its on air suspension.

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Re: Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

Post by Christiaan » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:31 pm

ol. wrote:
Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:30 am


I'm aware that to tow legally, I'll need one with air suspension, however I'm getting a bit confused with Dynamic pack and DRC when I'm looking at cars.

It's not just the type approval to tow that the DRC cars don't have....
The DRC gubbins occupies the area where the tow bar attaches to the chasis.
There may be a work around, but the factory tow bar physically can't be fitted to a DRC car.

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Re: Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

Post by Saudirick » Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:42 pm

Better to find a car with air and a stowable towbar fitted already

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Re: Towing confusion - DRC, Dynamic Pack, Air

Post by Snowfree52 » Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:23 pm

Hi , I managed to install a towbar on my RS6 with dynamic plus package, complicated but doable.

I can't tow though but I use it for the bike rack

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