I'll bet that if you look carefully, there is some hook damage underneath.
The scratched paint is nothing. I would be ticked though.

I always insist on a flat bed for Vanagon towing. Even with a wheel lift,
there always seems to be some damage from 2 wheel down towing. Even with a
flat bed, lousy operators can do massive damage. On of my favorites is using
a chain connected to the rear tow loops with the hoist chain pulling on the
center. The bumper gets a nice curve as the two chassis rails get pulled
together.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Florian Speier
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: towing damage by AAA, was:Better World Club vs. AAA.

on the topic of getting towed by AAA, my westy was slightly damaged by
them:-(

the towing guy used those magnetic lamps to put on the back of the van, ad
due to the poptop, they wouldnt really hold up anywhere. so he put them on
the rounded top part of the rear hatch.  after 15 miles, one fell off, and
both left scratches. one month later , the scratches turned into flaked off
paint:-(