Thread: Towbar blues

What a pain in the A's!
5 finger discount merchants are everywhere. The middle east approach should apply, lop off their eating hand.

It is interesting that the urban myths usually appear, with some posts. Gug you say it is an offence in NSW more info please, act ,section regulation where it applies.
For years on the equipment side of the NSW regs, there was an offence of not have drip tray under carburetor, a left over from a bygone era, now relegated into obscurity with the nationals regs. But it was a favourite defect for the not so humourous tyre bitters.
I am still trying to find the written word on tubes in tubeless tyres.


John

Originally Posted by Gug

Did you know you can now be fined (in NSW) for leaving a removable tow bar fitted when not towing?

Didn't know this one. I used to keep it there for the same reason as Zook. Allow other cars to hook themselves up for me to tow away.
I have a friend checking if he has a spare otherwise I will need to get one sometime.
Also learn't today that over the weekend in Canberra, Summer Nats the number of breakins and car thefts totaled the same as all of Jan last year.
That is scary!

Edd you didn't have it when you arrived up here so unfortunately it must have happened down your way

Yep. Probably when parked in Canberra. It was only when I went to use the snatch that I knew it was gone.

It's a shame when this sort of thing happens, Edd.

I've encountered people in recent years whose basic attitiude is that if they can get away with pinching something, it's the owners fault for not securing it properly!

Ive lost 2 (got them replaced by people who like to leave their cruiser CES behind) but have found that fitting the anti rattle bolt really really tight with locktite and a locking nut and loctiting that too also stops em.

and the height of the towball on a S1disco is matched so that when a wrx drives in to the back of you it will go in through the front of the grill, snag the bonnet release catch so when you drive off to get out of the accident spot to make a clearance for traffic you take the bonnet and front facias with you...

(and the bugger who hit me had the hide to ask for a tow)

A locked door only keeps an honest man out of your home

Originally Posted by Gug

Did you know you can now be fined (in NSW) for leaving a removable tow bar fitted when not towing?

I think this is more the rule against obstructing a number plate; many sedans have the plate mounted in the bumber and so when not towing the tongue & ball must be removed if it obstructs the view of the plate in any way. This applies equally to a conventional bolt on tongue as well as quick release hitch like HR.