[Walt Fricke]

Flo - Your stock bumper etc has the right side horizontal opening below the fender? Lets more air in to the fender well cooler? You could run a nylon strap through there. I can't see the TUeV Polezei complaining about that - the fabric isn't going to injure any pedestrian or animal or whatnot.

With some cleverness you could fix it so that only some kind of small pull tab extended, to be tugged out for a proper tow hook sized loop of nylon. You'd have also to fix it so the tab wouldn't accidentally get pushed back behind the bumper (as happened to me at a race recently - strap was there but couldn't get at it). You can find a place to attach it back inside. I have several generations of old race seat belts to provide strap material.

Another approach would be to drill a hole through the bumper in some suitable place (could be toward the middle, even). Make and attach a nut plate/reinforcement for the back side, so you aren't depending on threads in the thin (for this purpose) aluminum of the bumper. You could drill, from the back side, and tap for two small screws, or maybe even pop rivets, behind the rubber cross strip on the bumper, so they won't show, but will hold a sturdy plate in place, with a nut welded to it lined up with the main hole.

Pop in a black plastic plug. Carry the threaded hook in the car. Like all the new Porsches.

You might be able to figure out some way to attach a nylon strap in the front trunk, so the trunk could be opened, strap pulled out, hood lowered as far as it might go - might even get the safety catch to engage, and set to tow at a good height? I can't immediately think of a simple but strong attachment point in there, but whatever you came up with it would be hidden most of the time.

I used to have scars on an Unterschenkel all the time from my solid rear tow hooks on the track cars. Soft is much nicer.