I recently towed a W111 about 500 miles with my old Chevy van. No problems at all. The car was on a trailer that weighs 2,200 pounds.

A friend just did the same thing, only it was 200 miles, with a Japanese truck with a timing belt. The belt self destructed and was just eaten up.

Is this common knowledge? Are you running the risk of timing belt failure if you tow normally with a timing belt engine?

Or was this just a belt replacement that was put off for too long?