autocrash

Hey Guys,

So I just purchased a 'new' FB, but I've got to find a way to get it home now (4.5 hour drive) without driving it... My original plan was to tow it behind my parents van, on a Uhaul car dolly (with driveshaft removed) however my parents are iffy about the state of the transmission in the van... so I'm looking for any alternatives you can suggest.
The car is near Pembroke right now, and it's going to Peterborough, so its a good 4.5 hour drive, mostly on back highways.... I would love to just drive it, but the car doesn't run yet...
The only other options I've been able to come up with are to rent a Uhaul truck, and use a uhaul car trailer or dolly behind that... or to pay some towing company to go on a 9 hour drive... :O

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated...

Matt

dr0x

Find someone with a truck you can bribe to pull the dolly. Ive noticed car enthusiasts are usually more than willing to give a guy a hand if you compensate them a little.

vipernicus42

iTrader: (4)

What does the car need in order to drive it home? It's only 2hrs north of here, and if it doesn't need much I could probably meet you out there some time and help with the work.

Then all you'd need to do are get the parts, get someone to drive you to Pembroke, and drive it home. Probably cheaper and more fun than renting a truck and a dolley.

Jon

Feds

If you've got a CAA membership, you can scam them into towing it. It'll still cost you a bit, but it'll be much cheaper than diy.

vipernicus42

iTrader: (4)

Feds has a good point.

Push it out onto the road, call CAA and say you drove it to your friend's place in Pembroke and now it won't start.

IIRC the first 150km are free, after that it's like 10c/km and they don't charge for round trip. Eric had his towed home from montreal for like thirty bucks.

Jon

autocrash

lol... Love the CAA scam, I've used it before though... and CAA and I are not on the best financial ground after my CAA insurance debacle... (they think I owe them money, I think they can go to hell...)

Fortunately, my parents offered to kick in for the cost of a Uhaul truck to save the van's transmission, so I've got it all sorted out now..

Vipernicus - thanks for the offer, I appreciate it... ...and I may take you up on it sometime (car's not going to be in ottawa for a while though, taking it to my parents farm in Peterborough). Unfortunately, it would probably take more than a couple of hours work to get it running... it's got some carb troubles (although it comes with a spare carb ) and an electrical gremlin in the starter circuit... shouldn't be too hard to sort out, but not the kind of thing I want to work on, on the side of the road...

dr0x

Does CAA/AMA require proof of valid insurance or registration? Or is seeing a plate with current stickers on a vehicle enough to tow it?

autocrash

Pretty sure they do, I think I remember seeing something about that when I was reading through the documentation... but it was a long time ago... I know that when I was towing it, it just had a temp. 'plate' on it... so you may be able to get away with an older (out of date) temp permit... (they didn't even look at it...)

markharris

its hardly a scam...

as long as you got a caa membership all you have to do is slap a temp on that bad boy and you get 200km towing.

i did this with my FC from orillia. the temp wasnt even valid either. once they see paper theyre happy.