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Old 15-04-2007, 08:22 AM
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went to my pals house last night to see how the s1 was getting on his back wheels arent sitting right. someone told him take it for a wee drive around so see if you can settle the wheels down so we hooked it up to the back of my mk6 escort and went for a tow it was going fine they we heard this loud noise like something getting ripped off. so we stopped adn his car had ripped my towing eye rightoff the motor

Old 15-04-2007, 12:11 PM
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Old 15-04-2007, 02:10 PM
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was it too much rust ??
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I saw a vid once...its on youtube im sure...car gets stuck in the snow, so guy goes an gets his pickup truck, chains it to the back of this guys car, floors it, an rips the whole back panel/bumper off the car


ah here we go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2LXcTna0w
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To make matters worse the car was his mums two weeks old and she was on holiday at the time!!
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
I saw a vid once...its on youtube im sure...car gets stuck in the snow, so guy goes an gets his pickup truck, chains it to the back of this guys car, floors it, an rips the whole back panel/bumper off the car


ah here we go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2LXcTna0w
that is some funny shit
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Originally Posted by woodz77
was it too much rust ??
aye its a rusty fucker
Old 15-04-2007, 02:55 PM
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They're are not designed as towing eyes, they are for strapping the car down! My mate ripped his one of his S2 when towing a Land-Rover I think it was!
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Old 15-04-2007, 05:17 PM
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i love that video.

fooking classic.
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Originally Posted by S1
They're are not designed as towing eyes, they are for strapping the car down! My mate ripped his one of his S2 when towing a Land-Rover I think it was!
so why are theycalled towing eyes then
Old 17-04-2007, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by S1
They're are not designed as towing eyes, they are for strapping the car down! My mate ripped his one of his S2 when towing a Land-Rover I think it was!
a landrover with a S2? i was worried towing my fiesta with another fiesta
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Ive towed a Fiesta RS Turbo, for about 100miles, on a fucking huge trailer, with a 1.5litre early 80s Nissan Prarie people carrier

Fuck knows how it did it, some big bastard hills too

Esp as 3/4 way back i goes to my mate "this thing a 3cyl then?" then checked under the bonnet to find a 4cyl engine with a plug lead off
Old 17-04-2007, 11:51 PM
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I once drove past a bunch of lads pushing a 53 plate Clio and offerd to toe him to the nearest petrol station. The rope got caught under his rubber splitter and ripped it off and cracked his bumper. Asked me did I fancy going 50/50 on getting it fixed but I said no.
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Originally Posted by djmillsy
Originally Posted by S1
They're are not designed as towing eyes, they are for strapping the car down! My mate ripped his one of his S2 when towing a Land-Rover I think it was!
so why are theycalled towing eyes then
They're not. The one at the front of the car is a towing eye, the one at the back is a tie-down eye or something. If they were for towing they would be a damn site beefier!
Old 21-04-2007, 06:07 PM
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thats bad id be fixing that quickly before she gets back off her hols

that video is is hilarious

but i remember when i builders plank got thrwon up from the car in front straight through my rad and cooler on the cossie and my mate towed me home 30 miles in a metro

fair play to the metro going up hills towing my car was hilarious shame the clutch went just as we got to my house
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