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| View Poll Results: How many times has your car been on a tow truck? | |||
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248 | 52.21% |
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123 | 25.89% |
| 2 (common i guess) |
  
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50 | 10.53% |
| 3 (mmmmm....) |
  
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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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15-12-2005, 09:54 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 8
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Once, and on the journey back home I signed up with the RACV tow truck driver at a $30 discount, but never had to call them again "touch wood".
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16-12-2005, 12:17 AM
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Formerly PetesEB
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Werribee
Posts: 151
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3 times.
1. fuel pump dies, outta the blue. 2. Electrical, fusable link...mind you this happened in the buccan caves car park on a sat arvo, no mob reception and no shops open and only payphone was hammered. 3. Just the other day, blew heater hose comin home from geelong. All covered by RACV, i certainly got my moneys worth, esp for number 2 that was a 300km tow. didn;t cost a thing, however i had to get to orbost somehow on the monday to go and get it.
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18-12-2005, 01:54 AM
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back to the shop........
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bundaberg
Posts: 179
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ive never had a car on a tow truck because it was broke... only just to move it from place to place! that is if you dont count no engine, broke that is!
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18-12-2005, 09:42 PM
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Regulator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,168
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I was so proud of my EA that it used to always get me home even if half dead, even when I finally killed it when shifting into 2nd instead of 4th and blowing apart the rockers, it still made it home, at 5km an hour with foot flat on the accelarator lol.
Never had it on a tow truck until I put the new engine in and had to tow it to the exhaust shop to weld a new cat in. Go the EA.
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18-12-2005, 09:47 PM
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Audi S3
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney.
Posts: 8,307
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my old ED was on a truck twice in the 9 months i had it. when the distributor went, and as a wreck (ooops) and i think it was on one once or twice when my mum had it.
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21-12-2005, 12:38 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 185
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4 times.
1st time: Crash. 2nd time: Clutch cable broke. 3rd time: Alternator died. 4th time: Alternator belt broke, couldnt tighten alternator because of stripped thread. Hmmmm Brent |
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03-07-2006, 06:56 PM
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Hmmmmm
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 823
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mines been on 3 times....
1st for the water pump 2 weeks after i got the car 2nd for the alternator dying along with the battery and the 3rd was getting to towed to get the new engine dropped in....hopefully never ona tow truck ever again! |
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03-07-2006, 07:02 PM
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Bad Music and Litre Bikes
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Westmeadows
Posts: 2,446
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im up to 2 now :( thats in 12 months...
1. power steering pump died 2. fuel pump died
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03-07-2006, 07:08 PM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2005
Location: E-Suburbs of Melb
Posts: 2,814
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Just the once for me, when i did the dist coil. Ive got pics somewhere also...
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03-07-2006, 07:13 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,910
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Just once when the starter motor litterally fell out of my EF. The jerk charged me $100 to tow 4 blocks and then another $20 to take me to an ATM because he didn't have eftpos...
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03-07-2006, 09:14 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ALL Throttle, and NO Bottle
Posts: 2,849
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3 for me.
1st, blew thermostat housing, it was just down the road from home, so i got it home, but i didnt know how to fix it. 2nd, at 2am in the morning, the side tank in my radiator blew... 3rd, after putting the AU motor in. It was overfuelling, and car dying now and then. we booked a tow truck, then it finally went, and then we got pulled over by cops, and it died, and we rebooked, and it went again, cancelled it, and then not far from Rollins house it stopped, and wouldnt go... finally on the tow truck!!!
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03-07-2006, 10:04 PM
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Burning rubber excites me
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mildura, VIC
Posts: 35
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The svo has never been on a tow truck! *touches wood*
My ed got towed once, but here comes the good bit. When I first got my license I had an 88 na fairlane and it spent more time on the back of a tow truck than it did on the road. 2 fried wires, one busted auto, one seized thermostat and my favorite, being taken to the servo when it ran out of gas and wouldnt run on fuel! :thebirds: Racv membership was worth it on that car..
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03-07-2006, 10:16 PM
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DFDFDF
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Albury-Wodonga
Posts: 2,384
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Hey guys..
Mine has only been on the back of a load lugger once.. lol.. the tow truck guy wasn't real impressed when his winch started squeling and i told him the car might be slightly above the weight limit of 1500kgs.. lol.. two weeks prior she weighed 1900kgs.. Lol.. plus he complained the car was too low.. and the problem in the end??? a bung fuel pump.. had to rip the whole stereo out for it.. mongrel.. but i was impressed.. it was the original fuel pump.. Cheers Nik
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04-07-2006, 12:10 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Geelong atm..
Posts: 718
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twice with my old ea....
1st time was when the startermotor died(lucky 4 me a towtruck was dropping of another car at the mechanics and i only paid 30 bucks cos i live on his way home) 2nd time was when i ran out of gas 20ks from the nearest servo that sold lpg.... ( this was when the pump had died ) with the s-pack..... touch wood never... apart the car trailer when the dizzy died 30 ks from home and i didnt have a good spare at the time |
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04-07-2006, 01:22 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 84
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Ha, i bought my car off a Tow Truck! ^_^
My EA's head was stuffed on it, so it wasn't driveable and the license was due in a matter of days... i guess a blessing in disguise because it was cheap, and it allowed for an engine rebuild. That was almost a year ago and hasn't been any trouble at all since *touch wood*.
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04-07-2006, 10:07 AM
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Back to Le Frenchy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
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Thread digging are we guys?
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04-07-2006, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,064
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 : That's not true any more. The VS has now had one trip on a tow truck and the EL has had two.
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04-07-2006, 05:45 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Under the bonnet, trying to keep as clean as above!
Posts: 1,354
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just one for me so far. cam bolt snapped, and that was the end of that motor.
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04-07-2006, 07:58 PM
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I to had never had my ED on a tow truck untill till a few months ago when i broke the watts link on the diff hat.
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04-07-2006, 08:21 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 218
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The only time was when I had my old EA on the back of a tow truck, was when it was written off... :yeees:
Although it was tow by a few time by my good old dad... current car: tows = 0 tow truck = o |
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04-07-2006, 09:02 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: perth
Posts: 4,355
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had to say 0 sorry fellas , couple of us have a car trailer :1syellow1
yer it gets used a bit
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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06-07-2006, 10:30 PM
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GMHKLA number plates
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hoppers, Vic.
Posts: 488
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never for me lol yet neway hopfully it stays like that
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06-07-2006, 11:22 PM
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Driftin shopping trolleys
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 512
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only time ive had my car on a tow truck was my old el when it was getting recovered after being stolen thats pretty much the last time i saw it
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08-07-2006, 08:06 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bayswater, Vic
Posts: 197
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neither of my current cars have...yet... but my first car 3 times. the first time was 3 hours after i picked it up from the dealer (drive belt broke), second time was the fuel pump carking it. 3rd time a mate had borrowed it and ripped the rubber of a rim doing donuts, no spare, and didnt think to call me to use mine.
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08-07-2006, 08:08 PM
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You gotta pay to play
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hampton Park Victoria
Posts: 306
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The AU has had one when I bought it (I thought it was in worse condition that it was).
The XE never the Dodge twice (I was running $hitty C10 auto`s) the Mazda never
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08-07-2006, 08:10 PM
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XRR83D
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Central Coast, NSW
Posts: 1,171
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My EF has never been on a truck yet.....touchin wood too....but my old XF got a ride a couple times.....
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13-07-2006, 08:58 PM
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Boosting
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: tamworth
Posts: 12
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Once when the clutch decided to break some springs and twice when it first coped a few psi of posative pressure then **** a coil within about 5 minutes and i was so g'ed up to go for a drive in it too.
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14-07-2006, 09:18 AM
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BLOWN 383 CHEV OWNER
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SE Qld.
Posts: 4,398
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A shiit load more than 5 but I must admit thats not with my E-Series but with my other car. The ED so far has never seen the back of a tilt tray!
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14-07-2006, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Northside Brisbane
Posts: 2,494
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i had 3 different cars on tow trucks a total 6 times
honda 84 civic: 3 2 breakdowns writeoff(not my fault) Subaru Outback 1 Writeoff my fault Ford 2 Blown trannie Blown Head |
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22-07-2006, 03:27 AM
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let it burn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: QUEENSLANDER!!!!!
Posts: 2,866
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Often enough, Im considering trading it in on a tow truck.
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