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my vans first towing job

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my vans first towing job

Postby gazza » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:44 pm

lent me old man my orion for the week as the exhaust has dropped off his astra, was gonna fix the vauxhall this afternoon when i get a call from my dad, son i have bent your car :x 150 mile round trip 70 plus down the A14 with the orion on a 6ft tow rope :lol: got some strange looks as we where overtaking other motors :lol: super towing motor tho, once the old beast is up to speed it takes a lot to slow it down again :D
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Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:57 pm

we had a prop snap on one of our old hicubes and a friend who was passing in his 1.1 fiesta gave us a tow home :lol: :lol: was only about 5/6 miles but was hilariously funny :lol: :lol:
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Postby gazza » Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:11 pm

theres nothing quite like a white knuckle towing job, or mismatched towing vehicles to either make people smile or shake their heads, the fiesata towing a tranny would have made a good pic tho
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Postby madmark » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:59 am

:shock: did he have a clutch left??????? :lol:
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Postby 100ps_drw_hicube » Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:31 pm

madmark wrote::shock: did he have a clutch left??????? :lol:


just :lol: :lol: luckily it was all flat no hills :D got some very strange looks tho. have been towed by a galaxy as well :D i aint paying stupid recovery rates i just ring a friend :lol:
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Postby jonnyshag » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:53 am

i towed a lwb transit on a a-frame with my old transit (the one in the pic) pulled it like it wer't there :D
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