This is a good point & considered in the same light as the off-road ground
clearance
vs the stripped plug
stuipd links let the community consider how stuipd but its good you pointed
this out
for the general community to consider

ps. not sure what size of curbs you got where you live but here witch 6 inch
curb 1 wheel on the curb other on the pave ment
I sill go good clearance for that plug
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: -------------
  To: TC
  Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:21 AM
  Subject: Re: stripped oil drain thread

  What about the hole in the block?   This is the hole that is going to
  be left when the bottom of the engine rubs on a curb?  You think
  that edge around the drain plug was a mistake?  Maybe you
  know better than VW does?  right...  Don't post stupid thinks like this to
the list.

  TC wrote:

This was the best mod I ever did was to fix this darn problem. I waited
for months being very, VERY afraid of ruining it - but it went very
easily and leaks hardly at all (I think I may have gone a bit too far).
My experience with an oversized plug and one, then 2, washers lasted
only a few oil changes.
    I'll just add a great mod i did was to to put in a fram SD-2 oil drain
never have to worry about striping that oil drain again untill the spring
loaded valve
fails but I bought 2 sd2 just for that day :)
1 small draw back the flange for the sd-2 fit almost too perfect into the
recess for the oil drain
so I had to dremel out the recess so that I can get a socket on the sd-2 but
now
its proud on the oil drain just the height of the brass dust cover just over
1/2"
so I am not concerned about it catching low ground ...
SD-2