that's kinda funny. It's probably more to protect the bumper from the car. I know over hear we had/have a massive problem of people stealing bumpers off vw's. My buddies rear bumper got jacked off his golf out of his drive way.

 

Probably a prank on the car owner ... tie the tow hook to a sign post, car backs out, front end gets left behind.

 

wtf??? on a public street? that is hilarious.

 

what if there's no pole?

 

wtf people stealing front bumpers? dude thats so... crappy!

 

Hopefully he doesnt forget about it before he gets in the car... *RIIIIIIIIP*

 

Actually, it looks more like a prank pulled by his buddies. Probably because he drives a "chick" car

 

Yeah a lot of the VW MKIV stuff is swappable. It's odd looking but saw a mkiv golf with a jetta front end the other day. Doesn't help much that the the golf and jetta share some same color codes. Haven't heard a lot about theft of body parts / wheels for the 20th AE GTI and the newer R32 either.

But i'm pretty sure in that picture it is a joke. that tow hook should be a spin-on like the ones we have on the wrx. so using a bike lock is kind of pointless.

 

lol that beats our "club on a random convertible" prank

 

Yeah, but try to remove the screw-in tow hook with the cable lock installed, and I guarantee that you won't get more than a full turn. Those things aint too flexible.

Must try this on a WRX

 

the pole comes with the car. as well as the sidewalk