Hi there I am writing to say that my totally stock 1600wagon has a tow bar fitted and
I have used it to tow my mates dead RX7 on a trailer.
I have also had the back seat down and had 33 2x2foot concrete slabs (the 3inch thick
ones)in the back evenly stacked over the entire rear of the wagon and she only lowered
to the ride height of my sedan which has 2.5 inch lowered King springs in it.
Not bad hea!!!
I think she did a good job at the job at hand even though I thought t was a bit
eccessive on both times.
She didn't seem to worried about the extra weight at the rear.(no groans)
Nor did I have any problems with overheating.
The temperature guage on both occasions didn't rise above the normal running
temperature.
--- "Pete & Kath Liebig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>Yeah, I've got one on mine too. I was going to take it off, and use our
>Commy for towing instead, but the Datto is just such a handy tow car (for
>around town anyway) - with it's trusty turbo motor, strong clutch, low first
>gear and good rear visibility for reversing the trailer. I imagine the Commy
>would be a pain - high first gear, crap clutch, shitty rear visibilty.
>
>I do sometimes wonder what the extra weight of the towbar would be worth
>over the 1/4 mile though! 0.001 seconds??
>
>'later
>PL
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Terry & Heather
>Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2000 23:10
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: My brakes!
>
>I've had a tow bar on my 510 for ever, only saved me once though when a
>Cortina came through a Stop sign and hit me hard. I wasn't looking forward
>to inspecting the damage but to my surprise the only damage to me was a
>smashed tow ball cover which was an exy chromed job as well. The Cortinia
>had some improvements done to the grill, popped guard and bumper and a very
>unhappy driver who want to know why I the **** I stopped at the "stop" sign
>as no one else does - what could I say - not much for a change.
>
>Terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Halpin
>Sent: Friday, 9 June 2000 1:51 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: My brakes!
>
>
>I was thinking about modifying, and mass producing HZ holden tow-bar
>assemblies - bolt the thing onto your rails - give those cockey mitsubishi
>lancer drivers a bit of a shock upon impact hey?!!?? Never seen a dime with
>a tow-bar though hey - :)
>chris
>
>
>>From: Andrew Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: My brakes!
>>Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 13:26:37 +0100
>>
>>Terry & Heather wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The other thing you'll notice if you drive on the street in traffic with
>>4
>> > discs is that Hyundai drivers are prone to tailgate you and they get a
>>real
>> > surprise as gentle braking in a 4 disc 510 is a both feet on the pedal
>>lock
>> > up exercise for them, for that matter that goes even for most modern day
>> > buzz boxes. I've nearly been hit some many times since upgrading the
>>brakes
>> > so I have adopted a policy of allowing a bit more space in front of me
>>when
>> > someone's up my ar*e which I spose is a strange practice with awesome
>> > brakes.
>> >
>> > Terry
>>
>>haha yeah i bet, nothing worse than trying to straighten up a datto that's
>>been
>>hit up the bum too!!! they crumple pretty bad when that happens.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Andrew Schultz
>>
>>B-Car Body CAD
>>Tel. +44-1268-406695
>>
>>
>>
>
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