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| OzECruisers General Discussions E/N/D vehicles General Discussion ONLY. NO TECH THREADS |
| View Poll Results: How many times has your car been on a tow truck? | |||
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248 | 52.21% |
| 1 (understandable) |
  
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123 | 25.89% |
| 2 (common i guess) |
  
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50 | 10.53% |
| 3 (mmmmm....) |
  
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29 | 6.11% |
| 4 (i hate cars!) |
  
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9 | 1.89% |
| 5+ (time for a new car??) |
  
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16 | 3.37% |
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09-01-2007, 01:36 PM
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Festoon This!!!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 410
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its broken down 3 times and it got towed by a damn vn ss grr
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13-01-2007, 10:33 PM
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OzEcruisers PRESIDENT
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbz
Posts: 15,761
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Whats a tow truck?
Oh damn, that's the thing that tows your car home when your fuel pump breaks at 2.00am in the morning
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14-01-2007, 12:28 PM
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GT-P With An Ego
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 20,977
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My EL was on a tow truck four times last year (well to be more exact, four times in four months).
- gearbox/tail shaft (may) - engine (twice, one trip home, one trip to mechanic) (june) - heater hose (august) I got a new car.
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1998 DL LTD in Sparkling Burgundy, daily, mild 5.0L, high end stereo, slow'n'thirsty - 138.8rwkw. 2006 BF GT-P in Ego, 5.8L all alloy, Kenne Bell 2.8HLC, Nizpro Stage 2 ZF - 440rwkw. 2008 SY F6X in Silhouette, custom billet parts, beginnings of a stereo, much more - 340awkw. Ford Performance Club of ACT |
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14-01-2007, 01:50 PM
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KAOS IS RANDOM ORDER
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cranbourne, Vic
Posts: 115
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I bought old Woeful in July '06 and we're up 4 already - and counting!
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14-01-2007, 04:04 PM
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GT-P With An Ego
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 20,977
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1998 DL LTD in Sparkling Burgundy, daily, mild 5.0L, high end stereo, slow'n'thirsty - 138.8rwkw. 2006 BF GT-P in Ego, 5.8L all alloy, Kenne Bell 2.8HLC, Nizpro Stage 2 ZF - 440rwkw. 2008 SY F6X in Silhouette, custom billet parts, beginnings of a stereo, much more - 340awkw. Ford Performance Club of ACT |
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27-03-2007, 02:43 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ALL Throttle, and NO Bottle
Posts: 2,849
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4 times...
1st - Thermostat housing blew 2nd - Radiator side tank blew at 2am 3rd - Car not running well after putting in AU motor, and it was at 1am. Turned out to be the coil to dizzy lead was buggered 4th - The insulator on the clutch fork to the cable broke 4 times in 13 years isnt too bad really. better than my brother in-law, his record for 1 week was 5 times.
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27-03-2007, 03:18 PM
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its getting worked on!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 104
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1s
Gear box went, transmission oil all over the road (while on a city cruise) how embarissing:( |
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27-03-2007, 08:48 PM
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low wagooon
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 1,579
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Im on zero but i have only owned the car for a little over a week lol
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30-03-2007, 09:11 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oakleigh
Posts: 3,844
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crap forgot about this thread, would of taken it when it was on there
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31-03-2007, 01:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sunbury, Melbourne
Posts: 521
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Only once. Dizzy shat itself outside the airport, about 15 mins from home. Finally got home 3 hours later but towing didnt cost be anything thanks to RACV.
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20-04-2007, 09:16 PM
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Smash the Boost
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 2,692
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didnt get photos but today the EL let me down for the 2nd time. Needed a tow from the gold coast to Brisbane (lucky for me i have RACQ free 50ks tow so it didnt cost toooo much)
its ****ing coolant from under the inlet manifold somewhere. I ****en hate this ****en car
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20-04-2007, 09:40 PM
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It's Millertime!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 334
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Been towed home about 5 times in my nissan exa for various reasons (ie it's a piece of ****) and once in the EF due to the timing chain snapping
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23-04-2007, 05:24 PM
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a large McCrunch with....
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: townsville qld
Posts: 65
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thers ur lesson.... never go home.... the pubs cheaper!! :P and ive had an ea on there once, when i sent it to sims after stripping EVERYTHING save the wheels so it would go up the ramp, adn my AUII that recently passed away, i imagine went on a tow truck. didnt see myself..... i was too busy being ambo'd  |
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24-04-2007, 10:08 PM
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its getting worked on!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 104
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dam that looks bad what happend to it?
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25-04-2007, 12:35 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 107
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ea has been towed once, Dizzy shat itself 10 minutes from home. It got towed home on the back of a flat bed tow truck the longest part was the wait for the tow truck. i waited 2 hours for it. but it cost me nothing thanks to my girl friend grandpa being in the raa and said he was driving.
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29-04-2007, 10:30 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: newcastle
Posts: 110
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no yet but seen heaps of holdens towed
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30-04-2007, 10:54 AM
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ED_Ghia
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Geelong
Posts: 423
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Not sure if this is a moment i should be boasting about, had my first tow truck ride on thursday, but what really ****ed me off was that it was only a stuffed ignition coil and i left my tools in the ed.
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05-05-2007, 07:48 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne/Clayton
Posts: 612
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just the 1 my old ladys car 82 toyota i did a 360 in the wet and banged up a rim and pushed the half shaft in the diff a bit and it was wobblin and buckled another so BTS came to the rescue of the el crap box
almost ran out of Go Juice in my Monty if my missus sis didnt give me 20 bucka to scurry home on the freeway my mate towed a tow truck on his tow truck! now thats skill!
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06-05-2007, 09:52 AM
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Aspiring mr efxr
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Albury - Wodonga
Posts: 1,185
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well my car will be on a trailer for the first time this friday...owned her 17 months
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06-05-2007, 04:59 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: warrandyte south
Posts: 1,408
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2 years 0 tow trucks.
tho i had to call one to get me out of a ditch but got towed out before he got there by someone who lived real close and owned a 4wd |
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06-05-2007, 09:43 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 18
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2 or 3 times now i guess over 5 years doesnt worry me tho have towed many a broken down shitter including my EF x taxi that broke down at traffic lights every body laughed at me as they went by and a big thank you to my other half for all the assistance she has given me re towing jobs she's a little ripper!
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08-05-2007, 07:46 PM
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Getting By!?
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 382
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been fortunate enough not to go on the back of a tow truck! I have had a couple of small things break but always managed to limp home! Problems were broken clutch cable! I got it home! Luckly i was only 5 kms from home! Other was a broken valve spring! She kept running but it wouldn't pull a mole off a ****pot!
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31-05-2007, 06:12 PM
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WTB cheap manual e-series
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: cannons creek(VICTORIA)
Posts: 162
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haha 3 times for me in the space of 1 month! (gotta love dodgy mechanics!)
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03-06-2007, 09:58 PM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2007
Location: nuriootpa south australia
Posts: 88
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once my car was only coz the police siezed and auctioned it coz of "hooning" it suck ive been caught 4 times now but i will never stop no matter wat
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05-06-2007, 01:45 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Camden, Sydney
Posts: 44
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just once. when my beloved XE died, and got taken to the wreckers on the back of a tow truck. I cried. hysterically. i was so madly in love with it. as it got towed away, i was polishing my new EB i got the day before.
god, what i wouldnt give just to sit in my old XE. :( |
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21-06-2007, 01:30 PM
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Blue blooded rev head
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Adelaide Hill's (where the real road's are)
Posts: 37
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Once for me. Ol faithfull aint break down though. Cops found her in the back of an industrial area after "an alleged" high speed chase with the cops. Pricks! got her back as soon as her 48 hours were up at 2am Sat morning (couldnt leave the poor girl in there greasy mits till the morning)
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21-06-2007, 08:27 PM
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Festoon This!!!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 410
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Heres when my clutch went - good old RACQ
  oh yeah my fronts are bald so stockies went on the front  _2:
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21-06-2007, 09:15 PM
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What's green is gold
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
Posts: 3,079
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Time to update mine, not the E-series or tow truck but an X and old mans trailer, but the jist is the same:
 just enough room:  And i couldnt forget Grimzy's 'lane (old SIKBRO) police tow truck in the background, 
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23-06-2007, 08:10 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 205
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hehe. Driving today, push clutch in.. loud click from under the dash.. Push it in again and a louder click and no more clutch pedal.
 My car blows hard ! |
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25-06-2007, 08:32 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oakleigh
Posts: 3,844
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 First and last time. well least i had it as low as i always wanted it.... Last edited by -jjM-; 25-06-2007 at 09:29 PM. |
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