Has your Subie been towed yet?

Flatbed. Or dolly on each tire. Or cabled on front and dollys on rear.

flatbed 2x

flatbed 2x

**When I moved from MI back to CT, I used a full-size car carrier to tow my ex-Impreza behind a 16-ft moving van.

kaboomie

I just wonder how available such flatbads are should you need one in the middle of nowhere. I guess dollies would still be carried by tow trucks even in such places, right?

Flatbed.

David

Don't count on it. But the tow operator insurance in the us of a should be very insistent that they carry them for liability purposes :-))))))

Not like a motorist in need could really enforce it ...

Yup, a couple of times, once on a flatbed, once on a tow hook and dollies under the rear tires.

Yousuf Khan

??? If you are in control of the process when you call AAA or whatever autoclub you are with in the states you CAN (and should) make it abundantly clear what it's flatbed, rollers of the trucker takes a hike.

If you are not sensible enough choosing a parking spot and you are being towed in your absence (gawd bless tow efficient us of a) then it's a liability for the tow operator and they'd probably want to do it right since they generally can't get inside to get the car into neutral and get it off the parking brake. Or can they?

Yup. On a tow rope. 4 down. Engine dead. (spun con-rod bearing)

About 15 miles at low speeds. Behind a Honda Civic.

No damage apparent after two years.

Steve

Yes. Flatbed both times at my insistence.

Was the tow truck operator trying to convince you that he knew better?