drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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I got to take my car to Manchester this weekend to get my new engine fitted  Thing is, the one in there at the moment is pretty screwed, it stalls every time i put the clutch down and is leaking water and oil real bad. I think im gonna try and drive it there anyway, with an AA membership card by my side (  ) but will my car fit on a tow truck? The front is about 2 1/2" off the ground. Otherwise, how else could i get my car there? Can you hire trailers that it would fit on, or could I get towed there if my engine packs up half way by my mum and a tow rope?
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Ben
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Registered: 12th Jan 03
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ull have to take ur front and rear bumper off if ur going with aa, as it will catch just driving into that tow bar and when it lifts it will catch the rear at the back as well, best getting ur mum or a m8 to follow u with a tow-rope
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Gambit
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push it
if the worst came to the worst, can you not take the front bumper off?
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Ditch
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dont think the old bill would be very impressed if you were being towed on the motorway.
Can you not take your bumpers/skirts off and put it on a tow truck 
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drunkenfool
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front bumper is smoothed into the arches, and is double skinned fiberglass - secured on with the first, and then fibreglassed over the top - it would take ages and cost loads to get it taken off and on again!
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Half Pint
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DOH !
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Ditch
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is there no way it could be jacked up, then reverse the lorry to meet the front wheels????
could be pretty dangerous i spose?
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drunkenfool
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any other ideas?!
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
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and yer fucked for the rear bumper then too!
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
is there no way it could be jacked up, then reverse the lorry to meet the front wheels????
could be pretty dangerous i spose?
Thats what a guy suggested to me who works for a towing place. Said i could hire a trailer, jack car up, bring trailer under the front, chuck the wheels, jack up the back and reverse trailer back more. Sounds pretty dodgy though! Or find a big ledge and drive straight onto it down ramps or something?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Trailer off HSS hire center. Beardy did that to get his car to Midas. Thats proper low, especially with 15's on it!!!
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
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 doooodgy thinking about it!
whats wrong with good old blocks of wood? Or is it really tooooo low?
You not have coilovers?
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drunkenfool
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its lowered 35mm on 17s, but with the combat 2 front its just reallly low! Not the best pic, but you get the picture (excuse the pun )
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ed
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Put the original springs on it? That would let you do anything, even offroading!
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drunkenfool
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sold them! It's beardy doing my conversion, so i will ask him tonight how he transported his low rider pimp mobile.
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