Getting towed
Getting towed
Today my dad and I called for a tow truck for his mustang gt. When the flatbed arrived and hooked up to pull the car onto the bed, the front hook bent the front bumper and left a dent the size of a quarter underneath the bumper. If I ever need to get my crossfire towed, do i have to remove the front plate in the bumper?....or should they pull it up from the rear?...either way is it going to drag on the ground?....the only reason I ask is because on the mustang it was about 1 inch from dragging the exhaust on the ground......btw after the tow truck pulled back onto the highway (going 50-55mph), a ford focus slammed into the back of the tow truck...thankfully no one was hurt and the mustang was fine too.....the ford focus is totaled, and the tow truck lost all of its hydraulics...
Re: Getting towed
Originally Posted by Tom1957BigT
...If I ever need to get my crossfire towed, do i have to remove the front plate in the bumper?....or should they pull it up from the rear?...either way is it going to drag on the ground?.......
The advice to read the manual is good advice. The next piece of advice is to make sure to insist repeatedly that is how the tow operator does the recovery. If the operator gives you lip and appears to be ignoring instructions - remember - it's YOUR car and YOU are paying HIM. Just tell them to stop, call another company and don't move the car until they do it right. You may end up with one more person in the world thinking you're an a$$ but compared to standing there and letting them ruin my car for nothing, I will take the hit for a$$holiness.
Did I tell you about the time I had this going on with my Jaguar E-Type? The long story short is I stopped them, unloaded the car myself and called another company. The first guy was majorly pissed but like I said, it was my car and long after he was gone with his big meat hook, I would have to live with whatever he did...
Sorry for the rant.
Re: Getting towed
Originally Posted by Tom1957BigT
did you have to remove ...
If I would have had time I might have read the manual and did what it said, whatever that may be.
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