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248 | 52.21% |
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123 | 25.89% |
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50 | 10.53% |
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29 | 6.11% |
| 4 (i hate cars!) |
  
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9 | 1.89% |
| 5+ (time for a new car??) |
  
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16 | 3.37% |
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12-01-2005, 11:21 AM
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Last warning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
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How many times has your car been towed on a tow truck (because something broke :P )
Its happening far too often :o I'm on 2 :P
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12-01-2005, 11:25 AM
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E-Series Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sth. East. Suburbs, Melbourne
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Hahahaha. I was just gonna start a thread like this. great minds, eh? :P
Anyways, it's 3 times for me. |
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12-01-2005, 11:40 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 134
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1 for me so far hope it stays at that count too
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12-01-2005, 11:43 AM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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i forget my old mans a towie, doest bother me all that much :P
u get a discount if u mention your a mate of mine!! :P ehehhe
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www.carhubsales.com.au Last edited by niko; 12-01-2005 at 11:48 AM. |
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12-01-2005, 11:45 AM
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PM me if you want
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pk Ranger Modding - QLD 👍
Posts: 7,498
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Never /* touch wood */ but a tow truck helped me get my car off the ramp that fateful day, but my car never went on the tow truck.
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12-01-2005, 11:48 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,359
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None yet. Woo! :eclipsee_
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12-01-2005, 11:49 AM
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,436
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My old car was sooo unreilable!..seriously...
new one is spot on... /touch wood
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12-01-2005, 11:50 AM
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they call me Tibbo
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 6,163
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Once.. the lower steering shaft died, too wobbly to drive
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12-01-2005, 11:53 AM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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i forget what reason she was on there hasnt been the 1st time but
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12-01-2005, 12:03 PM
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Lowriding
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cruising
Posts: 3,174
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2 times due to break downs.
A few times for general transportation. |
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12-01-2005, 12:10 PM
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Official AFF conservative
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 3,549
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Its broken down a few times, but i "play it where it lies"... get home somehow, round up the tools, parts, grab a mate and set up on the side of the road where it broke down. Lol, have spent all day in foreign neighbourhoods working on the thing.
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12-01-2005, 12:12 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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lmao your funny man
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12-01-2005, 12:41 PM
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GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,218
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I chose "No Times" with a huuuge touch wood. Although my car has stuffed up plenty of times, i've always been determined and have managed to get it home sans assistance from the towwies.
1 - I blew a heater hose in geelong, Just waited till the car cooled and drove without water 1Km up the road to the nearest mechanic I saw, 2 - Clutch Cable pulled through the firewall, total clutch failure - Drove home without the clutch (i'm one of those clever people who can drive without the clutch by knowing when to slip the gears in.. lol) 3 - Smashed the car.... Drove home with numberplate hanging off and bonnet bouncing in the breeze.... hahaha hope I dont need tow trucks anytime soon! -Dan |
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12-01-2005, 01:03 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MBFNW .......NewSouthWales.........
Posts: 5,159
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Well I have voted for the old EA ..... 3 times ... all within a few months when I had the fuel pump problem .......
Touch Wood .... the EB hasnt been on one yet ;)
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12-01-2005, 01:18 PM
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'Save money? pfft'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hoppers Crossing
Posts: 30
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Only once for the old EA, when the dizzy died.
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12-01-2005, 02:51 PM
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It's cold in London...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NSW
Posts: 44
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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....
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12-01-2005, 02:59 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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tsss its not that bad, ive seen a 2week old black rx8 on 3wheels with some facial damage caused by a p plater with a vn
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12-01-2005, 04:12 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 20
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EA - once. Crash and radiator was leaking. Got it home but needed towing to the repairers.
180sx Twice. Gearbox breakage and then alternator failure. |
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12-01-2005, 04:43 PM
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Get in the ring!!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mornington Peninsula
Posts: 888
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12-01-2005, 06:30 PM
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PM me if you want
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pk Ranger Modding - QLD 👍
Posts: 7,498
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12-01-2005, 06:50 PM
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White Lightning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,870
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twice. once for a thrown belt at 1030 at night less than a km from home and again last sunday morning at 2am for a dead fuel pump about 1.2km from home. it never makes it home.
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12-01-2005, 06:53 PM
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Burnin Rubber
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 1,824
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The EA never needed a Tow
The EB got towed when its pipes exploded in the Springvale/MAronndah highway intersection at 5:30pm on a Friday. Came close one other time when it blet the alt belt in Clayton, dont ask, but i got it home (mitcham) without an alt or cooling fan.
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12-01-2005, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
Posts: 13,123
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once, blow the top radiator hose bout 20km from home.
rang a mate who rang his mate who is a towie, towed home for 40 bucks so w00t |
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12-01-2005, 06:58 PM
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eec tweaker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: T.I. Performance HQ
Posts: 777
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My ea only broke down on me once. the ignition lock seized, leaving me stranded in a car park. Mr RACV showed me how unsecure old cars really are, and had it on the road in about 2 minutes.
The EF - well, lets not tempt fate, shall we? Jase |
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12-01-2005, 07:14 PM
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Donating Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,064
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My old EA had to get towed once when I owned it. And once since Damo has owned it. To this date, neither the VS or EL has been on a tow truck.
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12-01-2005, 07:50 PM
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need more boost
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,143
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Twice, both by RACV. Once was when the coil went and they had to tow it to a hoist. The other was when it did a heater hose under the inlet manifold, and the RACV dude towed it ,even though i didn't want it towed. I just wanted the hose he had (i had none with me) but he refused to let me do it myself. Wasn't free either, cos their tow-truck was buggered and they had to get someone else to tow it, at MY EXPENSE. Bah!
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12-01-2005, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South East Melbourne
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Never. Only broken down twice, both over heating.
First time the thermostat seized shut, I let it cool down for a few minutes, then booted it until the light came on, caught the bus from there, caught the bus back, drove it until the light came on, got dad to come get me, got a light back out, got it home that time. In hindsight I should of just ripped the thermostat out the first time and driven home. Second time the fans didn't kick in. Let it cool down for 15 minutes, drove over the median strip on Wellington Road and gave it a bootfull driving home, turning it off at the lights. 150 kph down Westall Road just keeping air flowing through the radiator. That would of been fun to explain if I got pulled over! |
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12-01-2005, 08:12 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hazelbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW.
Posts: 289
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Ive only had the EA towed once, and thats too many. I snapped the fan belt by driving it with a stuffed fan clutch (locked on), it happened along the M4 on the way back from the Motorshow at 12.00 am! with five of us in the car.
 :(ps. temp goes up quick with no water pump/fan doing 2500rpm!) Brent. |
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12-01-2005, 09:11 PM
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Former E-Series Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,733
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I've never had any of my cars on a truck yet, except my damaged EL which by that stage had no wheels, suspension, interior or driveline.
 However, I think we should try to organise a Club discount with a major towing company.
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12-01-2005, 09:17 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,078
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once! since i've had my EA.. :( Ash had it towed once or twice too.
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