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248 | 52.21% |
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123 | 25.89% |
| 2 (common i guess) |
  
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50 | 10.53% |
| 3 (mmmmm....) |
  
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29 | 6.11% |
| 4 (i hate cars!) |
  
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9 | 1.89% |
| 5+ (time for a new car??) |
  
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16 | 3.37% |
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12-01-2005, 11:21 AM
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Last warning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
Posts: 11,194
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How many times has your car been towed on a tow truck (because something broke :P )
Its happening far too often :o I'm on 2 :P
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12-01-2005, 11:25 AM
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E-Series Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sth. East. Suburbs, Melbourne
Posts: 781
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Hahahaha. I was just gonna start a thread like this. great minds, eh? :P
Anyways, it's 3 times for me. |
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12-01-2005, 11:40 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 134
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1 for me so far hope it stays at that count too
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12-01-2005, 11:43 AM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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i forget my old mans a towie, doest bother me all that much :P
u get a discount if u mention your a mate of mine!! :P ehehhe
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03-06-2007, 10:58 PM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2007
Location: nuriootpa south australia
Posts: 88
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once my car was only coz the police siezed and auctioned it coz of "hooning" it suck ive been caught 4 times now but i will never stop no matter wat
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12-01-2005, 11:45 AM
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PM me if you want
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pk Ranger Modding - QLD 👍
Posts: 7,498
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Never /* touch wood */ but a tow truck helped me get my car off the ramp that fateful day, but my car never went on the tow truck.
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12-01-2005, 04:43 PM
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Get in the ring!!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mornington Peninsula
Posts: 888
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12-01-2005, 06:30 PM
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PM me if you want
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Pk Ranger Modding - QLD 👍
Posts: 7,498
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14-01-2005, 12:47 AM
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Get in the ring!!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mornington Peninsula
Posts: 888
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12-01-2005, 11:48 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,359
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None yet. Woo! :eclipsee_
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12-01-2005, 11:49 AM
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,519
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My old car was sooo unreilable!..seriously...
new one is spot on... /touch wood
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12-01-2005, 11:50 AM
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they call me Tibbo
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 6,163
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Once.. the lower steering shaft died, too wobbly to drive
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12-01-2005, 11:53 AM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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i forget what reason she was on there hasnt been the 1st time but
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12-01-2005, 12:03 PM
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Lowriding
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cruising
Posts: 3,174
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2 times due to break downs.
A few times for general transportation. |
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12-01-2005, 12:10 PM
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Official AFF conservative
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 3,549
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Its broken down a few times, but i "play it where it lies"... get home somehow, round up the tools, parts, grab a mate and set up on the side of the road where it broke down. Lol, have spent all day in foreign neighbourhoods working on the thing.
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12-01-2005, 12:12 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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lmao your funny man
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12-01-2005, 12:41 PM
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GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,218
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I chose "No Times" with a huuuge touch wood. Although my car has stuffed up plenty of times, i've always been determined and have managed to get it home sans assistance from the towwies.
1 - I blew a heater hose in geelong, Just waited till the car cooled and drove without water 1Km up the road to the nearest mechanic I saw, 2 - Clutch Cable pulled through the firewall, total clutch failure - Drove home without the clutch (i'm one of those clever people who can drive without the clutch by knowing when to slip the gears in.. lol) 3 - Smashed the car.... Drove home with numberplate hanging off and bonnet bouncing in the breeze.... hahaha hope I dont need tow trucks anytime soon! -Dan |
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12-01-2005, 01:03 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,165
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Well I have voted for the old EA ..... 3 times ... all within a few months when I had the fuel pump problem .......
Touch Wood .... the EB hasnt been on one yet ;) |
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11-03-2005, 06:24 PM
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Back to Le Frenchy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
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Three for me. Once in the Falcon...fuel pump...and twice in the bloody commo that I used to drive. Bloody useless POS that thing was!!!!!
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11-03-2005, 10:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location:
Posts: 971
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i chose once (tecnicality) after my XE S pack had an engine bay fire(electrical)
i have had to use a tow rope a few times and also got a car trailer a couple of times. twice the XE had the contact wear down to nothing in the dizzy cap, once crashed into a gutter and bent caster rod,lower arm and broke tie rod end. and once had overheating V8 falcon that stalled on the freeway(buggered if i know why) and when i tried to crank it: NOTHING, coincidently the starter wire had fallen off also. when i got it home i checked it wasn't seized(first assumption) and then checked the starter, the bloody thing started after that. i i had a tow truck for every time i could not drive home it would be probably ten times |
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12-01-2005, 01:18 PM
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'Save money? pfft'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hoppers Crossing
Posts: 30
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Only once for the old EA, when the dizzy died.
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12-01-2005, 02:51 PM
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It's cold in London...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NSW
Posts: 44
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My EF has been on a tow truck once and the EA I used to have had one ride on the back of a truck as well. I hope I never have to see the EF on the back of a truck again, its just not right....
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13-01-2005, 12:08 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sth East Melb
Posts: 2,357
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12-01-2005, 02:59 PM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,091
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tsss its not that bad, ive seen a 2week old black rx8 on 3wheels with some facial damage caused by a p plater with a vn
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12-01-2005, 04:12 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 20
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EA - once. Crash and radiator was leaking. Got it home but needed towing to the repairers.
180sx Twice. Gearbox breakage and then alternator failure. |
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12-01-2005, 06:50 PM
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White Lightning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,870
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twice. once for a thrown belt at 1030 at night less than a km from home and again last sunday morning at 2am for a dead fuel pump about 1.2km from home. it never makes it home.
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23-04-2007, 06:24 PM
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a large McCrunch with....
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: townsville qld
Posts: 65
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thers ur lesson.... never go home.... the pubs cheaper!! :P and ive had an ea on there once, when i sent it to sims after stripping EVERYTHING save the wheels so it would go up the ramp, adn my AUII that recently passed away, i imagine went on a tow truck. didnt see myself..... i was too busy being ambo'd  |
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12-01-2005, 06:53 PM
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Burnin Rubber
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 1,824
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The EA never needed a Tow
The EB got towed when its pipes exploded in the Springvale/MAronndah highway intersection at 5:30pm on a Friday. Came close one other time when it blet the alt belt in Clayton, dont ask, but i got it home (mitcham) without an alt or cooling fan.
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12-01-2005, 06:54 PM
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windsor user
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
Posts: 13,123
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once, blow the top radiator hose bout 20km from home.
rang a mate who rang his mate who is a towie, towed home for 40 bucks so w00t |
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12-01-2005, 06:58 PM
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eec tweaker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: T.I. Performance HQ
Posts: 777
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My ea only broke down on me once. the ignition lock seized, leaving me stranded in a car park. Mr RACV showed me how unsecure old cars really are, and had it on the road in about 2 minutes.
The EF - well, lets not tempt fate, shall we? Jase |
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