<VV> new car for me - towing

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Why not trailer it - it's not that far, and it wouldn't cost more than 60-70 
cents a mile, would it?

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <vairtec at optonline.net>
To: <mhicks130 at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> new car for me - towing


> At 09:52 PM 4/13/05, mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:
>
>>You guys have pretty much convinced me - I'm probably going to tow the car 
>>from NC to VA.  It saddens me to tow a car that runs so well but you gotta 
>>be practical I guess.  But I want to DRIVE it!!!
>
> It's not my car, but I'm unconvinced.  If this car has poor alignment, 
> it's going to tow poorly.  And if it has really poor alignment, it will be 
> virtually untowable at speed.
>
> And if the front end alignment is poor, and you put it on a tow dolly 
> backwards, it will be untowable and it will sway hideously and... and...
>
> This whole scenario is an accident in the making.
>
> Judging by the photos, everything under that car is clean and neat and 
> easy to work on, as opposed to old greasy rusty stuff.  I repeat:  Do a 
> quick alignment in the seller's driveway.  If the car remains somewhat 
> unstable, drive it to an alignment shop and tell 'em it's the same as a 
> 1967 Corvette.  Then drive it home, with your partner in the Suburban as a 
> "support vehicle."
>
> --Bob
>
>
> Robert W. Marlow
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