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Old 16-Nov-2003, 06:31 PM
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help....i need my car towed but im broke

hey ppl today my cat messed up reallyu,really bad at yorkdale when i was with my girl....my caqr made a big bang and stopped running so i pushed it popped th hood to find my motor sitting on the ground, my passenger side motor mount fucked up as well as my tranny mount and now my engines sitting pretty much down on the floor and i dont got anyhtign to tow it pretty much....i got 150 bux but i dont think thatl b enuv......id need it towed from yorkdale to islington and 401....nebody got any ideas?.......also when we went back we found 2 bearings sitting on the floor where it all happend ne idea to what there for?....im sooooooo mad and upset bout this
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damn that sucks
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Sorry to hear about that dude.
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 02:49 AM
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thats fawked.... sorry to hear..... did you try CAA? i think 150 is enuf to tow it from where your car is now to your house .. hope everything turns out well for you man .... peace
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 05:10 AM
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bearings on the floor is NOT a good sign.
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 06:20 AM
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bell mobility has this thing where they cover up to $50 towing if you have a phone with them. my buddy needed his car towed to a shop and he called them up and they had it towed.
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 08:21 AM
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Sign up for Gold CAA - $70, get towed - $Free... total money left: $80
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 08:27 AM
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holy smokes, sorry no CAA here, good luck with everything.
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 09:02 AM
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any signs before your engin mount fell off? sorry to hear that

try and rent a car dolly and if you have a friend with a hitch get them to move it for ya
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 01:36 PM
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thx guys, i had it towed for 60 bucks last night, im gonna need a new car now, this ones pretty much done, the tranny mount and passenger side mount snapped and since the drivers side was holding all the weight it kinda caved in a bit, all my front passenger side suspension if fucked and when u put the car ing ear it jsut rolls and doesnt stay put, snapped my tps sensor and crushed my header, also bent my throttle body up a bit since its sittin right on the firewall,,,,im just glad that this happend only doing 10km/h in the yorkdale parking lot and not 100km/h on the hwy with my girl...thia is really bad cuzz the car cant b fixed and im pretty much broke and need to find something a.s.a.p....i dont got good luck with cars i think, first i got it impounded for doing nothing from that one night (drunk driver story), and now this...
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 02:01 PM
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**** man, that's tight ****. Try looking in the trader for another 4th gen or something cheap cert and e-tested and try parting out whatever is on your car (non rotted) to pick up the new car.

Any how good luck with everything
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 03:50 PM
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i might buy my aunts 1983 monte carlo ss......its just got the original 305, its only got 80k's on the car tho b/c shes the original owner but never drove it, it jsut sat so the body is a lil rough but nothing is actually rusted thro, jsut surface rust, jsut lower it down put some nice chrome 18's on the front and 19's on the back and paint it black and good enuv for me
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thats wack how the mounts just broke like that
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 04:05 PM
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yeah its crazy
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Old 17-Nov-2003, 04:09 PM
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did you get an engine swap or anything like that? If you did id take it back to them and ask them whats up and why it broke.
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Originally posted by bbarbulo
Sign up for Gold CAA - $70, get towed - $Free... total money left: $80
It's only free if you have points on your card from filling up at Sunoco.

As for it costing $70?

Try $85+ or so for Gold, and around $35 for Basic. Those are roughly the $$'s you pay for it.


BTW, nothing is free.....you have to pay for membership first, before you get coverage.

I would help you out, but I only have one call left on my card, and I want to keep it just in case something happens to my car. (knock on wood)

Sorry to hear what happened, but wern't you the one that had one bolt holding the tranny and engine together?
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yeah i am, i think the car could b repaired, all i c so far as of damage is the header is kidna crushed, the tps sensor ir snapped and the piece that goes from the wheel into the tranny is snapped and thats what the bearings r from...if i gret new mounts could i possibly repairthis myself?
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Originally posted by coreyhayman
yeah i am, i think the car could b repaired, all i c so far as of damage is the header is kidna crushed, the tps sensor ir snapped and the piece that goes from the wheel into the tranny is snapped and thats what the bearings r from...if i gret new mounts could i possibly repairthis myself?
You could try

new axles $100
aftermarket header $250
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sorry, but from what I've heard, it's time to retire this car.... sure it could be fixed, but when motor mounts fall out - that's gotta be a sign
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Plus you HAD to realize that something bad was going to happen didn't you? Driving around with only ONE bolt holding the tranny and engine together, is NOT a smart move .

I don't know what to say......what's done is done.

Ah, ce la vie....live and learn.
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