Call someone from your local area and ask them for a price. Find a small trader in the Thompson or whatever. If the garage isn't too far away, you should be able to get it done for 50 quid or thereabouts. Or call the garage it's going to, they probably have someone they use, ask how much recovery will add to the bill.
Yep much better than a rope as you don't have to cope with the yo-yoing effect of the stretching rope when the following car doesn't brake precisely in synch with the towing vehicle. Can be scary for the unwary!
But for a one-off probably not cost-effective I'd have thought.
What about the 3rd option - paying the garage who are doing the work to come and collect it?
When towing, the towed vehicle should always do the braking (insofar as this is possible - but it usually is). Keeps the rope tight.
And while on the topic of towing, the towed vehicle should NOT put its hazards on, just leave its ignition on. It is then in a position to indicate right or left as the case may be. This is much more helpful to following cars than those damned hazards which are often just a red herring when you see just one rather than both and think the car is going to make a trun.
but much more scary for the person in the following car as it feels way "too close".
I'd use a rope. Have the Misses drive the towing car and tell her to drive smoothly and not to go over 30. Work out the route beforehand to avoid T-junctions (the long way might be easier?). Be prepared to brake the rope. All lights and hazards on.
Not if: you can find someone to hire you a car trailer; you passed your test long enough ago to tow a large trailer; you are happy towing something 20ft long and 7'6" wide; your car is equipped for towing; your car is rated by the makers to tow the weight of the trailer (say 650kg) plus the weight of the other car.
When I was admitting that I did car collection work, I'd have done a local collection for £40 or less.
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Definitely. Bloody stupid driving along with your hazards on - you're unable to indicate your intentions to other drivers properly, which is far more important than trying to show them you're on tow - which hazards don't indicate anyway.
No - please - not the hazards. Seen from in front it can give a false idea of where the car's going because the lead car may be blocking the view of one side. Seen from behind you get no advance warning of what the car's going to do.
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