Trust me I've done some desperate measures in my time, the worst that I can recall was a drive from folkstone to inverness whilst holding two wires in me hand, a bodged fuel pump circuit, as the original wires had caught fire, and we needed to get the car there on time, we made it, after about 10 billion times touching the wires together, it helped that the pump also stopped working at times so we stopped and banged it, the car was a moggy minor.
Also towed a range rover on a 2 axle trailer all the way to scotland from east anglia with a 1.0 metro, christ knows how I didn't get stopped, come to that christ knows how I stopped, I came back on a big yellow truck, with a broken clutch and gearbox, after it ripped the main stay out, brakes weren't too hot either!!
At the end of the day so long as the solution is safe and harmless and it works then go for it I say, mine weren't safe(in towing) or harmless wrecked my poor little "amy".
tabetha
tabetha