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> Annoyed at AAA, good thing the car was in my garage
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post Aug 3 2005, 01:08 PM
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QUOTE (914GT @ Aug 3 2005, 03:02 PM)
...They have to carefully strap the car down through the wheels (if you have Fuchs)....

i have never had a tow guy want to attach anything to the 911's wheels (Fuchs...)
they've always attached to the A-arms in front and the trailing arms in back.

i keep expecting one to want to wrap a tie-down onto the halfshaft but so far, (must be all the front-wheel-drive cars...) they've known what they were doing, stayed away from those, and gone right to the suspension members.
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post Aug 3 2005, 01:32 PM
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I had mine towed about two years ago when my clutch cable broke.
Towed it on a flat bed hauler ass end forward.
The operator tied onto the engine support beam to winch it on.
I had him carry the car backwards so when we got home I could coast it directly into my garage. No problem.
No attachments were made to the wheels. Hooks were set to suspension instead.
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post Aug 3 2005, 01:43 PM
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Wheels or suspension - they are not the greatest places to tie a car down. I'm sure it does not do the alignment any good.
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post Aug 3 2005, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 3 2005, 11:27 AM)
Actually I think they were put there for tie downs during trans atlantic shipping....

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post Aug 4 2005, 07:41 AM
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OK Combat boot dude...what;s YOUR explanation? It's not a tow eye that would be used on a regular basis...plus any AC car gets it cut out....
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post Aug 4 2005, 08:01 AM
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QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 4 2005, 08:41 AM)
what;s YOUR explanation? It's not a tow eye that would be used on a regular basis...plus any AC car gets it cut out....

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post Aug 4 2005, 10:12 PM
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has anybody ever tried to pull a 914 with the rear tow eye system?


Somebody had tried to pull mine with the rear hook sometime before I bought it. The hook broke off and the dumb s**t left the broken part in the threads. Not very sturdy I think.
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post Aug 5 2005, 03:55 AM
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QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 4 2005, 06:41 AM)
OK Combat boot dude...what;s YOUR explanation? It's not a tow eye that would be used on a regular basis...plus any AC car gets it cut out....

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It's not a tow eye that would be used on a regular basis


Regular use???

They are not meant to be used everyday, just as a quick and easy attactment point if the car needs to be towed out of harms way. Sure the a-arms work fine, but for the average person, seeing a "hook" or ring, placement seems pretty obvious without them having to have any knowledge or experiance with towing the vehicle. Even for the screw-in type hooks, the owner "should" know what needs to be used and where it goes. I have not looked at an owners manual, but you'd think it mentions it.

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.plus any AC car gets it cut out...


Well, you can blame that one on bad engineering of the aftermarket A/C manufactures since they should have re-installed a real hook or ring once the front trunk floor was cut.
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