Describe mathematically/logically why the following cannot be done:
This is a real world problem - someone buying a new car privately.
Rent a tow bar or dolly and tow 1 car with the other. BTDT.
On Dec 8, 2020 at 3:14:18 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote <op.0vbup8l6wdg98l@glass>:
Why can't one car tow the other? Such an obvious answer to how it COULD be done... but you are saying it cannot so presumably that cannot be done.
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On Dec 8, 2020 at 3:55:13 PM MST, ""\"Retired"@home.com" wrote snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
That does not answer the question of why it cannot be done... it suggests a way it can be. :)
Unless this interferes with the idea.
go to the Brit version of U-Haul and rent a tow bar.
get a wee glasgow ned to steal it and take it to london
Indeed, but I'd actually never though of it! I've always pestered friends and neighbours for a lift.
Hang on, you can't rent a tow bar. It's fixed to your car, is a lot of hassle to fit, and is designed specifically for each car.
Nobody gives a f*ck about those laws. I once took an entire 3 piece suite along the motorway on an old wooden trailer I'd borrowed from my neighbour, with it held down with washing line.
Not all drivers are:
Bollocks, it was a very simple question.
1 car and 1 driver are located in town A. 1 car is located in town B. A and B are far apart. Why can't you get all three things to town A?
Why would it wear the clutch?
Then you have a ned in London. How do you get rid of him?
Towing requires someone in the rear car to steer it, unless you have a fancy stiff towing bar. Cheaper to get a bus.
You can't rent a thing that has to be bolted onto your car and has to be designed specifically for that car. Last time I looked it was £150 in labour to fit one. Not the kinda thing you just stick on for a day. Might as well buy it if it's that much hassle to fit.
Lots more slip when starting off -- for one thing. You are over doubling the weight to get started.
I have not checked it out,but don't they make a two dolly ? Something like a very short 2 wheel trailer where you put the front or rear wheels of the towed vehicle on ?
How about just a full size trailer to put the car on ?
Hell, just put one car on top of the other and be done with it.
Don't you have any friends with a licence?
Transporter is a viable method.
Coach can be cheaper that other forms of public transport.
Hire a "fancy stiff towing bar".
I have hitch-hiked further but in the current Covid crisis I doubt that would be a practical alternative.
Perhaps this is now your opportunity to get fit on a bike.
The VW engineers didn't expect anyone to be towing a '73 Impala.
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