Ilikeyyc From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1373 posts, RR: 22 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2058 times:
What kind of car is it? Almost looks like a Subaru.
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 7): a Sport Trac, have a pair of them in the bumper.
Pick-up's and Jeep's have them I know, I'm assuming to get them out of any problems they may encounter while going 4x4ing.
Quoting L-188 (Reply 8): We have them, usually there are a couple of slots cut into the frame, you would have to look to see them.
What kind of vehicle do you have?
Most of the vehicles in Europe have them intergraged into the bumber or just under and are very easliy accesible.
Quoting L-188 (Reply 8): That is why he crashed. He was trying to force the wheel.
But as long as the key is in the ignition, the wheel won't lock. When the vehicle is in motion, not having power steering is not difficult to handle, the wheels turn quite freely.
Jafa39 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1772 times:
Quoting Jafa39 (Reply 12): Judging by the scenery I would say they were English guys (Immigrants) in New Zealand,
Bu then again...the "Sharp bend" signs are the wrong colour, the house, the steep bank at the side of the road and the palm trees make me want to revise that opinion to ..Torquay????
BigMac From Suriname, joined Nov 2003, 317 posts, RR: 11 Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1729 times:
Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 13): The guy in the white car is a fucking idiot. Hes driving waaay to fast for that road, let along while towing a car. His turns are way to sharp too.
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Ryan h From Australia, joined Aug 2001, 1451 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1711 times:
The same sort of thing happened to dad many years ago. Car broke down, got a friend in a tipper truck to give him a tow, but the guy driving the truck took the keys. At first dad was alright until the steering locked so the truck was dragging him sideways and flattened road signs, uprooted bushes etc.
Dad was tooting and swearing but no one could hear him.
IFEMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1606 times:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 3): I always wondered why cars in North America don't have the tow points such as the ones in Europe.
All the cars my wife and I have owned since moving to the states have had them - 2 Honda Civics, a Honda Accord, a Toyota Solera, and currently a Saturn Vue and BMW X5.
ACDC8 From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 7598 posts, RR: 40 Reply 20, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1597 times:
Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 19): All the cars my wife and I have owned since moving to the states have had them - 2 Honda Civics, a Honda Accord, a Toyota Solera, and currently a Saturn Vue and BMW X5.
I guess I should rephrase the question. What I should have said, easily accessible tow hooks. European cars usually have them in the front bumper, or just under, and are hidden by a plastic cover.
Fly747 From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 1497 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1550 times:
Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 19): All the cars my wife and I have owned since moving to the states have had them - 2 Honda Civics, a Honda Accord, a Toyota Solera, and currently a Saturn Vue and BMW X5.
These are Japanese cars and a couple of SUVs, he's talking about American made cars.
IFEMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1536 times:
Quoting Fly747 (Reply 22): These are Japanese cars and a couple of SUVs
The Saturn Vue is an American car and the X5 is a German car. The other two models sell at such volume in the US that the respective manufacturers have entire divisions dedicated to their respective markets, and that includes design differences. Compare the European Civic with the US Civic, for example.
Quoting Fly747 (Reply 22): he's talking about American made cars.
I don't see that constraint to his original statement:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 3): I always wondered why cars in North America don't have the tow points such as the ones in Europe.
ACDC8 has already clarified his statement a bit with:
Quoting ACDC8 (Reply 20): I guess I should rephrase the question. What I should have said, easily accessible tow hooks. European cars usually have them in the front bumper, or just under, and are hidden by a plastic cover.
However, the tow hooks on the X5, the Vue, and the two Civics, were easily accessible - no covers, no hidden enclosures, just hooks under the front bumper.
Fly747 From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 1497 posts, RR: 10 Reply 24, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1532 times:
Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 23): The Saturn Vue is an American car and the X5 is a German car
In North America they are not referred to as cars, they are SUVs and I know their origins, thanks.
I had an American made car, a Ford Crown Vic which didn't have any hooks whatsoever and I have a Japanese car which has hooks. I also have an American SUV which has hooks.
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25 IFEMaster: In North America, at least where I live, the word 'car' is more often used as an envelope term for an automobile, rather than a myopic term for somet
26 WildcatYXU: It looks like the original post was deleted. Can somebody post the link to the video, please?
27 AsstChiefMark: Everyone around here calls an SUV a car. I call my Sport Trac "my car." Mark
28 IFEMaster: My point exactly. My wife drives the Vue. I drive the X5. We both refer to them as our 'cars'.
29 GQfluffy: Same here...with one exception; everyone I know who owns a Jeep in some form or another...calls it 'jeep'. Not SUV, not car...
30 Adopim88: What a wonderful video.... right. LOL. Sometimes I wonder about some people and their ideas. lol
31 KaiGywer: Well, simply having the key in the ignition doesn't do you any good. Need to turn it to on as well. Oh, and yes, these guys are idiots Take a look at
32 MDorBust: Made in America Tow hook next to the fog light.
33 ACDC8: Sorry, my mistake, meant to say in the on position. But I'm sure you knew what I meant. Thanks, but .... I think I'm going to need to dig up some pic
34 KaiGywer: Wanted to make sure Wouldn't want to see you starring in a YouTube video
35 ACDC8: Not even in one of those cool "Star Wars Guy" videos? Anyway, this is what I meant with tow hooks in Europe ... In the older cars, they are quite vis
36 KaiGywer: And then you end up with idiots like those in AsstChiefMark's second video
37 ACDC8: I put my Mustang into a snowbank a couple of years ago (my fault), I took the traction control off and hit some black ice. Anyway, the only place to
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