Dan Dwelley wrote:
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> I'm only looking at this from MY experience with it.
I would respectfully submit that yours is not a fair viewpoint, what
with the experience of many others being on the other side.
> If there wasn't a problem...Why is it that a tow
> truck will rear lift a rear wheel drive car and front lift a front wheel
> drive car in order to tow it?
> The answer is...they don't want to risk DAMAGING the car.
That's an answer but it's not a _full_ answer. What's left out is
that 90% of the cars on the road today have automatic transmissions and
most can't be towed more than a few miles without the risk of serious
damage occurring. Also, towing companies don't have access to the
towing info for all the vehicles on the road today, nor do they have the
time to look the info up; so they make a practice of removing the
driveshaft or lifting the drive wheels off the ground.
You do make a valid argument for "rather safe than sorry." As long as
it's understood by all that it's optional, I'm a happy camper. I just
don't like seeing "drive shaft MUST be removed for towing" erroneously
etched in stone.
CR
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