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Old 10th August 2019, 20:12   #1
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does anyone have the facility to tow a car from Newcastle to Southampton?
I need to do this for peanuts.
There is a Tourer in the for sale section with a duff clutch.

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Old 10th August 2019, 20:49   #2
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does anyone have the facility to tow a car from Newcastle to Southampton?
I need to do this for peanuts.
There is a Tourer in the for sale section with a duff clutch.

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If you are totally stuck I have somewhere in the garage an A frame that fastens on to the bottom wishbones and fastens down with ratchet tie belts. The other end fits on the tow ball. To tow you just disengage the steering lock and you can pull the car no driver required. You would need a lighting board running off the tow car.
I would say I am up in Scotland and suspect postage would be about twenty pounds. Remember the tow car has to be as big as the car you are pulling.
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Old 11th August 2019, 14:30   #3
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If you are totally stuck I have somewhere in the garage an A frame that fastens on to the bottom wishbones and fastens down with ratchet tie belts. The other end fits on the tow ball. To tow you just disengage the steering lock and you can pull the car no driver required. You would need a lighting board running off the tow car.
I would say I am up in Scotland and suspect postage would be about twenty pounds. Remember the tow car has to be as big as the car you are pulling.
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Alan,
that's very kind thank you. I'm not too clear on the law with regards towing with an A frame. Another member is going after the car so it is probably as far as I will go with this

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Old 11th August 2019, 20:24   #4
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Worth a read if you want to stay legal and insured...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...kmECSqCuXC-btF
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Old 12th August 2019, 09:07   #5
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Worth a read if you want to stay legal and insured...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...kmECSqCuXC-btF
Good link, thank you, still a bit grey, if the car is broken down, duff clutch would mean broken down then there are special provisions made, alas the page did not seem to advise what these are and so I have emailed asking for advice.

useful link, thanks. Also pm sent

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Old 12th August 2019, 09:23   #6
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Worth a read if you want to stay legal and insured...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...kmECSqCuXC-btF
Well that is a good read - any government legal information that starts with 'we consider' and 'we believe' suggests that they don't actually know.

They need to come up with something more definitive. Perhaps they are waiting for a court case or two to set precedent?
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Old 10th August 2019, 20:55   #7
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does anyone have the facility to tow a car from Newcastle to Southampton?
I need to do this for peanuts.
There is a Tourer in the for sale section with a duff clutch.

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Hi Ian
Already contacted vendor and don't want to get involved in bidding war. pm sent
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Old 11th August 2019, 14:21   #8
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Already contacted vendor and don't want to get involved in bidding war. pm sent
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Geoff, no problem. Go for it. Take a look at the mot history
pm replied to, thank you for making contact.

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Old 11th August 2019, 14:27   #9
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As you can see from another post another member is interested and so I will only come into play if he does not get the car.
It is a long way for me and cost of transport was a concern, in truth I'd prefer ne much closer.

thank you all for the advice and offers of help.

lets hope the car is saved

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Old 10th August 2019, 21:05   #10
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does anyone have the facility to tow a car from Newcastle to Southampton?
I need to do this for peanuts.
There is a Tourer in the for sale section with a duff clutch.

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What do you mean duff clutch? If it is still driving and not slipping you can drive the car without a clutch, just start it in gear and go up and down the box using revs to match speed and you can select gears
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