Your Car on a Tow Truck (Poll) - Page 2

donno · 12-01-2005, 09:17 PM

Got towed by dad in his ED 5k into town when the clutch cable snapped so I put down one. I'm not as brave as the child, my second gear synchro feels dodgy enough allready.

EASPRINT · 12-01-2005, 09:29 PM

twice for me....

1- Heathcote drag day......blown diff..lol
2- JMM after dyno drive.....gearbox

SpoolMan · 12-01-2005, 10:17 PM

26/12/04 MY Daughter smacked her Celica into a guard rail in Gladstone Park a tow truck came charged us $314 to take the Celica to Airport West...for those of you who don’t know how far this is...its a 10 klm trip ...the regulation of the tow truck industry in Victoria has become like there speed camera's another rip off..

InitialD · 12-01-2005, 10:50 PM

Ive been towed 3 Times with the old EA

1. Side of Western Ring road - (cause) LPG and TFI
2. From Friends house to other Friends house to find out what was wrong
3. From Friends house to LPG joint - (cause) LPG + Plugs?

Stevo · 13-01-2005, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_pom82

My EF has been on a tow truck once and the EA I used to have had one ride on the back of a truck as well. I hope I never have to see the EF on the back of a truck again, its just not right....

woohoo Gday pom, Go over to the Show us ya EF/EL thread and post your ride up there

Glad to see you made it here

XRated · 13-01-2005, 01:13 AM

Twice now.

Fuel pump. Hole in trans sump grrrrr <- So unlucky.

13-01-2005, 01:25 AM

in the EA twice (because of front end hit) from my place to the panel beaters then back to mine. The ED never, Touch woodgrain! i once killed the coil in the driveway, was about to tow it when i thought id change one more thing the coil....!

tickford2001 · 13-01-2005, 11:36 AM

well my Sprint hasnt been towed anywhere yet (touch wood!)

but my EA was towed once. I had lined a guy up in a VN at the lights and creamed him, then went to have another run with at the next lights...busted an engine mount, the engine sort of lifted up and dented the bonnet then died...turned out as it had lifted it had pulled on the wiring loom and disconnected a few wires causing it to cut out...

My XD was never towed either, just couldnt kill that thing!

pauly85 · 13-01-2005, 01:56 PM

once for the ea after i got a hole in the radiator

once for the el after i got it resprayed and had to tow it home with no bumpers, lights, mirrors or door handles,

many times for the magna, the most recent because of this:

EFFalcon · 13-01-2005, 02:06 PM

damn u made a mess of that magna :P

pauly85 · 13-01-2005, 02:07 PM

yeah no shit oh well, on to bigger and better things....I HOPE

pepsimax · 13-01-2005, 03:49 PM

only once for the ea,,dizzy spat the dummy,,got it towed then just as the racq bloke turned up it started again,,didn't stuff up again but i replaced the dizzy anyway

trueblue · 13-01-2005, 06:05 PM

Ive had my car for well over a year and no tow truck in sight. Touch wood.

LUXO_8 · 13-01-2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pauly85

once for the ea after i got a hole in the radiator

once for the el after i got it resprayed and had to tow it home with no bumpers, lights, mirrors or door handles,

many times for the magna, the most recent because of this:

dude when and how did that happen@!!
never heard bout that one.... oops

Damo · 13-01-2005, 08:20 PM

haha, **** paul. They're not rwd ya know mate. lol jk. I hope noone was hurt and it's an insurance jobbie. best of luck.

TIKFD6 · 13-01-2005, 10:26 PM

Where do i start.
Its done 3 coils, which is 3 tows.
then my crash, then towed to get fixed then home.
then....

Its all up about 8 times.
:(
Bloody Old Shitter!

MickyB · 14-01-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dellboy999

Ah yes, I still feel soooooooo bad for that one, I owe you a beer at least :baby bott

As I have said before, don't feel bad mate, not your fault at all. I'll take you up on that beer though if I can ever organise myself to come to a meet

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AUII_Forte · 14-01-2005, 02:08 AM

My old EA is the only car that I've owned thats been on a tow truck. T5 started making horrible crunching noises, got towed home and reversed down the driveway and it went bang about halfway down. One minced T5! lol.

JADED6 · 14-01-2005, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by XRFPV8

26/12/04 a tow truck came charged us $314 to take the Celica to Airport West...for those of you who don’t know how far this is...its a 10 klm trip

That seems bloody expensive

Well I've had my EA (first car) for 7 years (3spd-cfi) and it's never seen a tow truck. Surely some luck involved.
I cant wait for it to break down though, then i can kick it and go get me a 5.0L ED/EF/EL/AU.
Damn hard to buy another car when there's nothing wrong with the current one.

EFFalcon · 14-01-2005, 09:07 AM

best i've been charged was $120 from tullamarine to Carrum Downs... prob 50k's or so.
(that was the wrecked ghia)

Thanatos · 14-01-2005, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JADED6

That seems bloody expensive

What, it's only $31.40 per kilometre!

:

: lmao!

Monty94 · 14-01-2005, 12:11 PM

3 times in 12 months.
1 Heater hose under the inlet manifold
2 Radiator hose cause RACV couldn't get one
3 Servo gasket on the auto

Beats the VL I had.............. NO tows in the 4 years I had it!!!!!!!

montyv8 · 14-01-2005, 12:43 PM

ummmmm
EF has been on a truck once with a stuffed water pump,
EB hasn't yet.
XB coupe hasn't. it gets trailered.

my last coupe (XA) got trucked home 3 times after dropping its driveshaft (after i dropped the clutch lol)
i've had 3 other engineless falcons arrive at my place on trucks, then left with their own v8 power. hey, i gotta have a hobby lol.

Usually i just hire a car trailer, its usually cheaper. plus i have two cars with towbars ;)

montyv8 · 14-01-2005, 12:54 PM

i do more towing than getting towed lol. this is my mates hilux that died the night he bought it, two pistons disintegrated on the way home. beleive it or not, it has a 202 holden motor and 5spd celica box.......

just looked in my car pic files, i have so many of my cars towing other ppls cars lol

pauly85 · 14-01-2005, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Damo

haha, **** paul. They're not rwd ya know mate. lol jk. I hope noone was hurt and it's an insurance jobbie. best of luck.

naa no one was hurt, just heard back from the insurance company that its definatly a write off, they arnt even going to get any quotes on it lol

hopefully a blessing in disguise!

spope · 14-01-2005, 11:27 PM

Once for me, only because I didn't feel like stopping and drove into somebody.
Although a few close calls, my water pump pulley fell off and I boiled the coolant, fixed that on the side of the road. Had quite a few issues with the cooling system till I discovered bars leaks isn't as it great as it might seem.
I tend to lean towards the "limp home or fix on side of road" things. It's cheaper.

Pauly85: I was gonna say that it was surely a write off... there is roughly $3000 in parts in that crash, not to mention labour. Car would probably be insured for say, 7 or 8? I hope it works out for ya.

Low Na · 15-01-2005, 12:00 AM

With the Fairlane, at least 7 times. Touch wood the new EL wont ever need it. Although, I did need the racq for a jumpstart this morning, cause after fitting the cd player and half the power windows, the battery was dead. Not bad for less than 24 hours ownership:P

OED666 · 15-01-2005, 04:01 AM

the thermostat housing got a whole in it, and then one time at 2am in the morning the side tank on the radiator split... i took the number plates off so it didnt look like it was broken down... hehe...

Rollin has picks of the 2nd incident

Thanatos · 15-01-2005, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by OED666

i took the number plates off so it didnt look like it was broken down... hehe...

Nah, it'd just look like it's been stolen and dumped! :P lol

15-01-2005, 10:33 AM

none in my new ute but my old xf ute was three times...

View Poll Results: How many times has your car been on a tow truck?
0 (i wish)	248	52.21%
1 (understandable)	123	25.89%
2 (common i guess)	50	10.53%
3 (mmmmm....)	29	6.11%
4 (i hate cars!)	9	1.89%
5+ (time for a new car??)	16	3.37%
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