Annoyed at AAA, good thing the car was in my garage |
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Annoyed at AAA, good thing the car was in my garage |
mudfoot76 |
Aug 2 2005, 06:56 PM
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Currently teenerless :-( Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Carmel, IN Member No.: 1,814 Region Association: None |
I've read many posts where other 914ers have been saved by AAA, but I just got left stranded (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif)
I called for a flatbed to come out and pick up my teener. After waiting 3 hours, the guy takes one look and says there is no safe way for him to winch the car up onto the truck. He calls someone on the phone and talks for a few minutes, then comes back and says that if I sign a damage waiver, he'll "figure out somewhere to hook on"...um, no thanks, sorry to have wasted both of our time (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what did you do? Yes my car has that front ring underneath (and is not rusty) but the driver was reluctant to consider that as an option. I've got plenty of beer if there is anyone in the Indy area who might be able to help me get the car running again... |
914GT |
Aug 3 2005, 01:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Tucson Member No.: 2,923 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I had my car towed last year due to a broken throttle cable. I would have had a hard time getting the car up on the flatbed, but my V8 has enough torque to roll up onto the bed in first gear with the engine just idling. Then the second problem is tie downs. They have to carefully strap the car down through the wheels (if you have Fuchs). I don't like doing that but had no choice. I had to wait another 30 minutes for a second tow truck that could handle my car. The first truck could not do it.
Sometime I want to mount some strong hooks, one on each corner, to pull the car up on the tow truck bed and to tie it down. |
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