RE: [DML] Towing the DMC
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RE: [DML] Towing the DMC



I have heard that about Saturn's, and also some Jeeps too.
I need to come up with a low, light weight tow system.
Maybe even a small dolly system that keeps all four wheels off the groung
but acts like a flat tow....might have to MAKE IT.
- VB


>From: "Tom Tait" <TTait@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [DML] Towing the DMC
>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:10:49 -0700
>
>Somebody here knows more specifics than I, but in general I'd say no way.
>If you think about the cars you see getting flat towed you will see either
>small SUVs (read - manual transmission) or its almost always a Saturn.  
>This
>was a big deal with Saturn when it came out.  It has a design feature in 
>its
>transmission which allowed it to be an automatic that could be flat towed.
>It was such a selling feature that Saturn built its own tow bar assembly 
>and
>included it as a dealer installed option right in the main brouchure for 
>the
>car.
>
>Now maybe you can also flat tow a CVT automatic like the Toyota, but in
>general you can't flat tow an AT.
>
>Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Videobob Moseley
>Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:08 PM
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Towing the DMC
>
>
>Does anyone have any experience towing a DeLorean?
>Mine is an automatic, I would love to be able to simply tow it with a pull
>bar,
>you know where it rides on it's own wheels with an attacthed bar directly
>behind
>the tow vehicle. I see a lot of RV's pulling cars this way.
>I figure I could just put it in nuetral right?
>
>I need to pull it with my car, a Dodge Magnum, which claims to only pull
>about 3800 pounds.
>Since the DMC is 2800, that only leaves about 1000 pounds for a cau hauler
>which is pushing it.
>If I could pull just the car itself it would be a huge relief.
>
>Any suggestions?
>- Videobob




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