Nissan Primera P12- Alternative towing connection?

I may need to tow my car to a mechanic. It is only 1 km away, so I thought I would try to save the fee for the tow truck, and do it myself. The threaded hole where you insert the towing hook is severely rusted and the threads are now useless. 

There is a vertically oriented metal "disc" with two holes in it (no idea what it is for) in the front on each side. They look like they would be strong enough to be used for towing (attaching an equalized piece of rope or webbing to each point, connected to a rope to the towing car). Has anyone tried this? Will I ruin something? Are there any other reasonable attachments points?

Thanks!

I towed it at low speed to the garage and it went well. The hooks held up fine. I clipped a climbing carabiner in each hook, and used a piece of old dynamic climbing rope to equalize the two points with a "sliding X" configuration. My guess is that a single point would have worked as well, but I did not want to risk it.