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View Poll Results: Towing a V8 Commodore | |||
Tow it with the EA | 28 | 59.57% | |
Tow it with the ED | 19 | 40.43% | |
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15-11-2006, 06:16 PM | #1 | ||
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My mate's Commodore broke down and I've offered to go tow it down. Thought I'd be cheeky and take a photo of it - to keep the old Ford/Holden rivalry going betwen us. What would look bettter - tow it with the wife's 3.9 EA manual sedan, or tow it with my V8 wagon auto?
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15-11-2006, 06:18 PM | #2 | ||
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wagon towing the ea towing the commodore?
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15-11-2006, 06:19 PM | #3 | ||
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definatley the missus car.....rub it in
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15-11-2006, 06:19 PM | #4 | ||
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It's a VP V8 wagon Commodore that has to be towed
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15-11-2006, 06:30 PM | #5 | ||
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go the manual
an auto towing that wieght! not good what tow packs are on the cars??
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15-11-2006, 06:42 PM | #6 | |||
Shoot.
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15-11-2006, 06:47 PM | #7 | ||
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wats wrong with using a manual to tow?? i used my manual to tow a 1.3 tone caravan-- no probs, usaing an auto the next time, overheating, very slow etc
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15-11-2006, 06:48 PM | #8 | ||
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Poor form making your mate wait just so you can make a poll.
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15-11-2006, 06:48 PM | #9 | |||
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ive towed heaps with my fairlane, the auto is still in awesome condition |
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15-11-2006, 06:48 PM | #10 | |||
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Autos have a bigger tow rating.
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15-11-2006, 06:49 PM | #11 | ||
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hmm, i didnt know that!! well one thing learned today now im happy
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15-11-2006, 06:56 PM | #12 | ||
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yes, have fun straining the clutch with the EA and missing out all the V8 Torque....
Tow with the v8 auto anyday man!!
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15-11-2006, 07:01 PM | #13 | |||
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i say use the auto for towing
haha i took pics back when my mates car stuffed up, he hated the idea of me taking pics so i took them while he was attatching the rope under his car HAHA here are the pics BTW lol his car didnt seem to live up to what it said on its number plate:P TUF (btw the commodore ended up going to the wreckers because there was something seriously wrong with it:P) damn how i miss that AU...:( whats worse is i sold it for a pos commodore...:
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15-11-2006, 07:11 PM | #14 | ||
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dont tow it at all?
but if i had to chooose......ea |
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15-11-2006, 07:19 PM | #15 | ||
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use an old rusty ford laser!!!
i saw one towing a falcon up heatherton rd with obriza!! funny as
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15-11-2006, 07:29 PM | #16 | ||
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Okay, I've towed him home. It was lucky his mags and ladder that was on the roof didn't go missing - since it had been where it was overnight. Just give us a couple of minutes to rip the top off a cold one to celebrate and pull the pictures off the camera. I'll post them shortly!
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15-11-2006, 07:30 PM | #17 | ||
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I cant wait
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15-11-2006, 07:34 PM | #18 | |||
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15-11-2006, 07:50 PM | #19 | ||
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i hoped you used the EA. My old EA towed my first EA, my EB, my EF and random motors here and there, it loved it. I miss my EA :(
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15-11-2006, 07:51 PM | #20 | ||
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15-11-2006, 07:59 PM | #21 | ||
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hehe, holdens...
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15-11-2006, 08:00 PM | #22 | ||
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Well that's enough fun for the night at somebody else's expense. But that's what friends are for. Feel free to close this thread. PS: I think he had coil failure. Was still smelling fuel coming out the exhaust while cranking. Being a good mate I'll go around and help him again in the morning
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15-11-2006, 08:01 PM | #23 | ||
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Nice looking wagon - shame about the EA stuck to the front of it.
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15-11-2006, 08:04 PM | #24 | ||
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I think a wagon towing a wagon would have looked better, plus I think towing with an auto is a little bit easier, you don't get so many stretches of the towrope.
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15-11-2006, 08:42 PM | #25 | |||
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yea wagon on wagon would of been a better shot.....and you could of tucked the seatbelt in the EA....:
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15-11-2006, 08:57 PM | #26 | ||
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15-11-2006, 10:26 PM | #27 | ||
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16-11-2006, 02:12 PM | #28 | ||
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haha even better, its on a trailer
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16-11-2006, 10:06 PM | #29 | |||
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My ute is rated at towing 1200kgs. It quite often town between 2 and 3 tonnes no worries at all. Sits on 100, hauls up over hills. The only thing thats a worry is stopping half way up a steep hill and having to take off from a standstill. I know its not the best practice, but after 120,000ks of abuse i've never had any problems, still on my original clutch. I've towed cars on car trailers hundreds of km at a time, am always towing my dingo around, which the whole set up weighs about 2200kg. I think last time i was talking to someone who was rebuilding a T5 it cost them about $150 bucks for the bits, and a clutch is worth bugger all. Last auto i had that i towed with was replaced at 113,000km, and the second auto lasted another 42,000km. When i had that 1 rebuilt, it set me back $2500 bucks as it was rebuilt to V8 specs. Never had a bad experience with a manual yet. Only autos! |
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16-11-2006, 11:40 PM | #30 | |||
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i wasnt saying that i agree with it......you cant beat a manual for towing... just saying that there must be a reason for ford to list those max towing limits for the respective cars.....something must have shown up during testing.... |
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