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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / July 2005Can you tow a chevette 4 wheels down?
We're looking at getting a small car to tow behind our RV and a chevette is on our minds. Can it be towed 4 wheels down? Any other older small cars that can be? Anyone know of a comprehensive list of "tow 4 wheel down" vehicles on the Net? Most websites I've searched list newer vehicles but have very little on older. Bax -------------------------------------------------------------- Believe there's life out there? Help Seti! Join my team today! http://tinyurl.com/9nhp6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Electrical, Plumbing & more. 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[quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > My E-Bay Auctions: http://members.ebay.ca/aboutme/bax2005/ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > We're looking at getting a small car to tow behind our RV and a > chevette is on our minds. > > Can it be towed 4 wheels down? > Any other older small cars that can be? I've known several people who have towed standard transmission Chevettes 4 down. Probably most older standard transmission cars can be towed 4 down. I've been told that you have to keep an eye on the front end parts on any flat towed car but specially the 'very light weight' ones. I am currently towing a 1999 Malibu automatic 4 down behind a 33 foot class A. A 7000 mile trip went well with no problems. I am using a Demco adapter and bar and a Brake Buddy. Wow a Chevette, I had one of those when I was in high school. I recently did some research on that car for goofy project for work and had a tough time finding allot of information. I am sure Chevy would provide info to you but there only seems to be a few enthusiast left out there with pride and joy Chevettes. Good Luck Ted Not the auto. Well if not the auto, than what? Time to re-read the thread, Eh. Without so much as a single word of quoted material from the message to which s/he is replying, the Web TVer said in article <14380-42CC5E3A-73@storefull-3336.bay.webtv.net>, wwaabbitt2@webtv.net wrote: > Not the auto. Considering this thread is several days old and, IIRC, has even had some "morphed" (unrelated) discussion, this three word reply is almost incomprehensible. It is, therefore, no wonder a Yahoo User, also equally clueless when it comes to BASIC (and I mean "Day One" basic) posting conventions such as QUOTING, says > Well if not the auto, than what? Which is a good question considering the incomprehensible message to which he was replying. Until you re-read the message a couple of times and realize s/he PROBABLY meant to say: Not the automatic (transmission). But the second usenet novice continued, obviously comfortable enough in this medium to invite The WebTVer to re-read the thread. > Time to re-read the thread, Eh. Nice. <sigh> I have kept out of this thread since the original article was posted. I will now contribute MY opinion on the Subject "Can you tow a chevette 4 wheels down?" - Yes, but the ordeal is over much more quickly if you pull it a few miles with all 4 wheels UP! <big grin> Alternate Response: - Yes, with a manual transmission in neutral, but why would one WANT to? Fer gawd's sake, Chevrolet/GM quit making the Chevette a "million" years ago. Unless the car is FULLY and properly RESTORED, you indeed qualify for dubious status as "motorhoming on a shoestring". There are MUCH better towed-car (toad) candidates, even those 12-15-years old, than an old, rear-wheel-drive Chevette. However, remembering that the would-be Chevette/toad person has a limitless source for "good" and "free" automotive batteries to use as his OLD motorhome's house battery, I can see a Chevette (or what's left of one) behind his rig. In any case, at $2.30-gallon (and rising) and 7-8 MPG, I can see why digging-up some old Chevette might help when selecting a toad. Good luck! I want to see PICTURES! :) JR  Signature2000 Skamper Ultra 249 TT 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Vortec 8100 - Allison 1000 Hey, thanks for the education. I have learned today that your intelligence is judged base on your email provider. Aslo thanks for another long winded worthless post that offers nothing that anybody can use. A Yahoo User > Hey, thanks for the education. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > A Yahoo User Who's Aslo, anybody we know? HD in NY I think he ment to say "Also" or "a.shole". > Hey, thanks for the education. Don't mention it. > I have learned today that your intelligence is judged base on your > email provider. Nope. But a general opinion of a poster is understandably based on how well s/he does with his/her contribution. If the submission lacks THE most BASIC of conventions (quoting), it is less likely to be understood by the reader. These and other on-line "rules" are easily found. > Aslo thanks for another long winded worthless post that offers nothing > that anybody can use. Thank-you for reading it, even if you didn't quote ANY of it in your tirade -er- reply. Happy Camping! :) JR "popupguy2001" <popupguy2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey, thanks for the education. Don't mention it. > I have learned today that your intelligence is judged base on your > email provider. Nope. But a general opinion of a poster is understandably based on how well s/he does with his/her contribution. If the submission lacks THE most BASIC of conventions (quoting), it is less likely to be understood by the reader. These and other on-line "rules" are easily found. > Aslo thanks for another long winded worthless post that offers nothing > that anybody can use. Thank-you for reading it, even if you didn't quote ANY of it in your tirade -er- reply. Happy Camping! :) JR Look I Quoted. Coming from a person who over past few years has preached about how he is not a Net Nanny and does not try to be one and has written many post about Trollers, sure contradicted himself on this one. I generally read your post also, I would have to agree with the Popupguy, they sound intelligent but the bottom line is they are nothing more than a grasp of the obvious and rarely offer anything useful. Ted > Look I Quoted. Thanks. The need for quoting goes back MANY years and has it roots in the earliest days of usenet and FidoNet, among others. Strictly speaking, however, you didn't REALLY quote my words, as there was no attribution and quote indicator ( > >> etc). You simply cut and pasted my words - which is a start. There should a quote FUNCTION somewhere within the application software you are using to participate here. Try it. Post your test messages (if any) to <news:alt.test>. > Coming from a person who over past few years has preached about how he > is not a Net Nanny and does not try to be one and has written many post > about Trollers You've done your research. That's rare. I'm impressed. > sure contradicted himself on this one. I agree. (You got me.) > I generally read your post also, I would have to agree with the > Popupguy, they sound intelligent but the bottom line is they are > nothing more than a grasp of the obvious and rarely offer anything > useful. Aw, shucks. Couldn't you have resorted to an ad hominem attack? I could dismiss that MUCH more readily than a well-thought, eloquent, albeit NEGATIVE, critique. <sigh> JR > Hey, thanks for the education. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > A Yahoo User With your inane drivel, you have confirmed many of the points made previously about a lack of basic posting etiquette with some users. Had you bothered to read the entire thread you would have found that the original question was answered by the very poster you so wrongly maligned. That is you can tow a Chevette four-up but only if it has a manual tranny. In other words, if you have one with an automatic tranny - the answer is No. Well - actually you can tow either four-up but the automatic tranny won't like it and neither will the towing person when they try to operate the Chevette in the stand-alone mode. Now, you see that both of your points were erroneous. Dave D > you can tow a Chevette four-up but only if it has a manual tranny. It's really "four down". I said four UP (dragging the Chevette down the road on its TOP - with all four whees pointing UP) as a DIG at the ancient little car that was never much, even in its heyday. There are driveshaft disconnect systems that are supposedly ideal for rear-drive cars. There are other means for front-drives and automatics to be towed (toad), "four down". :) JR > In article <42cf5cec$1@news.acsalaska.net>, "Dave D" > <ddodson@acsalaska.net> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > :) > JR Yeah Jim, I simply let my fingers do the walking prior to engaging my brain. I meant 4 down! Always did have problems with that. Maybe that's why they would let me pilot my own plane. Ya think??? Dave D Kinda ascerbic, aren't you Jim, or am I reading your 'dry' sense of humor wrong? -- Sparrow > Without so much as a single word of quoted material from the message to which > s/he is replying, the Web TVer said in article [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD > Vortec 8100 - Allison 1000 > Kinda ascerbic(sic), aren't you Jim Yes, absolutely - in that particular article that I posted a while back. I try my best to avoid playing "net nanny" and climbing on a soapbox but the combination of TWO, clueless posters, at that particular moment, got to me. > or am I reading your 'dry' sense of humor wrong? Nope. They were quite deserving. :) JR |
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