NW_Merc
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pammy
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Been on a few times - but it is just so funny. Just shows how good men can be at mucking things up. 
Sp!ke
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Been on a few times - but it is just so funny. Just shows how good men can be at mucking things up.
The woman who attached the tow rope to the bodywork is behind the camera.
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The woman who attached the tow rope to the bodywork is behind the camera.
Yes - recording the evidence of the stoopidity
because let's face it - they would never listen to any thing she might have to say on the subject
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And clearly a bloke driving the car to get it stuck eh!!!
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I was going to say, it is a girls car ...
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Actually it's owned by a transvestite ..... so he didn't know if he was coming or going...
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I thought it was a demonstration of just sheer bad vehicle build.
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Actually, that technique is used quite commonly (and successfully) in moving cars out of the snow - its the rope thats wrong!
The idea is; you get an springy rope/elastic (alot like a bungee chord) get the towing vehicle to start accelerating away from the stuck vehicle. Meanwhile, the driver in the stuck vehicle should put the car in gear and start turning the wheels slowly. When the rope reaches the limit of the elasticity the momentum of the towing car will give the stuck car a gentle pull and aided by the stuck cars wheels turning it will move away.
The theory is that if both vehicles are in the snow, conventional towing wont work - the towing vehicle will just skid/slip if you gently accelerate. The important piece is the elastic rope - it stops the drivers from getting whiplash when the rope reaches its limit... (or half the car getting pulled off)
Great video tho
Michele
The idea is; you get an springy rope/elastic (alot like a bungee chord) get the towing vehicle to start accelerating away from the stuck vehicle. Meanwhile, the driver in the stuck vehicle should put the car in gear and start turning the wheels slowly. When the rope reaches the limit of the elasticity the momentum of the towing car will give the stuck car a gentle pull and aided by the stuck cars wheels turning it will move away.
The theory is that if both vehicles are in the snow, conventional towing wont work - the towing vehicle will just skid/slip if you gently accelerate. The important piece is the elastic rope - it stops the drivers from getting whiplash when the rope reaches its limit... (or half the car getting pulled off
)Great video tho
Michele
