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andy syncro-nutz
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Location: Upper Ottawa Valley
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Broke down in 1991 on the beautiful Isle of Skye, Western Isles, Scotland.
CV failure.
Note period VW's.
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LT50 Flat bed, Nice, I think McGill still has his with about a million miles on it  |
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FNGRUVN
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Location: Fort Collins, CO
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Here was my first and hopefully last tow...
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This is the first picture I've seen of a burnt Vanagon that actually made my heart drop. Don't know why. Any burnt van is sad, this is just beyond.  |
One less '80 air-cooled.
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nij_tp
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Location: Amherst NH
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: heres my latest tow story |
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rather than repost stuff heres a link to the pictorial story
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=520499
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S4VAGE
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Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: effing van! (2010) |
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effing van! (2010)
easy fix. great tow driver. bad timing.
"I think this cost more than the van does"
We got a cop to take our pic with the tow driver! lol
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BillWYellowstone
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Location: Yellowstone NP
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Earlier in the thread, mentions of having AAA. I used to, but they just seem to get more expensive. I have Geico insurance for van, car and motorhome. Ever get your motorhome towed? My fuel pump quit as I was leaving Yellowstone at the end of the season. Geico sent a tow truck, the driver had to remove the drive shaft, do all sorts of stuff on front end, then he towed me to Idaho Falls, about 135 miles to the nearest repair facility. No charge for me. I figured it was about $2800 for the tow.
I do have pictures, but the Van isn't in the pic. We followed in the van, watching the MH getting towed at about 65 mph, actually faster than I usually take it.
Now, just recently I had to be towed from Jackson back to Ystone (the Van), for a dirty fuel filter. This time, my buddy came down and pulled me back with his pickup. (use the tow setup I use to tow behind the motorhome) No pics of this one.
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VanWilder
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BOOOOOOO 
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atomatom
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Location: in an 84 Westy or Bowen Island, BC
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Our first tow... 
with great luck(*) the coolant pipe explosion happened 2 seconds before turning off the engine after reversing into a campsite. the van was even level. so fire and marshmallows and tow truck in the morning.
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danfromsyr
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Location: Syracuse, NY
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well it won't let me edit my earlier post on this thread, I wanted to add this detailed pic.
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you need to carry a spare vanagon in case of tow.
this was a 1,000 mile tow after mom's blew a headgasket. from N Myrtle beach to Tampa FL and back to NY (-850mi on Autotrain north)
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j_dirge
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BOOOOOOO
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Kinda overkill for a rig... just to haul some bushes and trees?
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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joetiger 
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Fuel pump failure (instant failure--very odd) or might just be the relay. In any case, it died in the middle of a very busy intersection in Denver as I was taking one of my daughters to a birthday party. I pushed it two blocks to a side street in heavy traffic, then we walked the remaining mile to the party.
At what point does one throw in the towel and buy a VW CC or some other equally sober type of vehicle and just rent a freaking RV for roadtrip adventures?
The bright side: out of a Christmas parade, a sleepover, a gingerbread house-making party, and a birthday party, my daughter said that the breakdown and walk was the most fun thing she got to do over the weekend. 
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childofthewind
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missing bolt = fallen transmission... but with a happy ending.
Lovelock, NV
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Jake de Villiers
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| joetiger wrote: |
At what point does one throw in the towel and buy a VW CC or some other equally sober type of vehicle and just rent a freaking RV for roadtrip adventures?
...my daughter said that the breakdown and walk was the most fun thing she got to do over the weekend. |
I think you just answered your own question, Joe. 
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joseph928
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:22 am Post subject: syncro tow |
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 15 posts back I never had a tow, just had AAA. Oh well now I got to use it, thanks AAA. Blew a cat coming back from BBB, only took two weeks to figure it out! Dam cat!
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Xtremjeepn
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Can a new guy play with some Eurovan pics?
I debated a Vanagon but one of my main goals was to be able to to get a motorcycle or two inside!
I got to start towing VW vans before I've even begun
Picked up this broken down 2002 GLS for a song. Needs the timing chains done (runs smooth above 1600 rpm but won't idle.)
Towed it from NJ to CO 
Then a few days later I picked up this wrecked 1993 Weekender for $50 less than the song I got the 02 for.
Spend about a whole week towing Eurovans around.
In the process of putting new chains in the 02. I parted out the Weekender but kept the pop top parts and the interior bits to convert the 02 GLS into a custom pop top camper |
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volkmar
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On our way to Morocco 2011: There was just one hose I haven’t replaced doing the engine swap, that was the one that started to leak!
On our way back from Tagliamento (Italy) 2012: Somehow the immobilizer got activated, no one knows why, the next day the engine started again. Now I always take a second control unit with me!
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ARMc
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tam_shops
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Do you have to ask AAA to send a flat bed (is that what it's called?) to tow or do they know to send it? Do you pay more for this?
Why do they tow a car w/ the front wheels up and most of the Westies are also towed front wheels up?
Obviously flat bed is best, next best, front or rear wheels up?
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joseph928
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:53 pm Post subject: towing |
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AAA 90% of the time it's a flat bed, but you can ask for one. No extra cost for me. Rear wheels up, unless it's a Syncro!
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tam_shops
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: towing |
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| AAA 90% of the time it's a flat bed, but you can ask for one. No extra cost for me. Rear wheels up, unless it's a Syncro! |
Thank you! I've always wondered why so many here have the front wheels up. I always thought the front wheels were up on my car b/c it was FWD, so w/ RWD I'd expect those up.
I've never noticed a flat bed towing a car here. It's been years since I needed a tow, but know BCAA (our AAA) didn't send a flat bed, just a regular tow truck.
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luVWagn
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:03 am Post subject: Re: towing |
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| AAA 90% of the time it's a flat bed, but you can ask for one. No extra cost for me. Rear wheels up, unless it's a Syncro! |
Thank you! I've always wondered why so many here have the front wheels up. I always thought the front wheels were up on my car b/c it was FWD, so w/ RWD I'd expect those up.
I've never noticed a flat bed towing a car here. It's been years since I needed a tow, but know BCAA (our AAA) didn't send a flat bed, just a regular tow truck.
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When I had to use BCAA for my popped ECU, it was a flat-bed. But I think I may have left it in gear on the flat-bed, probably not good  it was awhile ago...
(Un)fortunately, i have no picture of this particular tow, nor the one in North Dakota, nor the two in Seattle area... 
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