 Drive or trailer it to HPDE?, 192,000 mile Z28 |
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 Mar 10 2011, 05:57 PM
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Before yall freak on the miles the car seems in very good shape,been driving it daily for a few months with no issues.
The event is 3 hours from home. Thoughts? |
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Mar 17 2011, 08:49 PM
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Engine and Tools Moderator Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,859 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Lebanon TN Member No.: 6 |
Just curious, does anybody use a tow dolly, and are there any major pros/cons to that?
(one pro would be the ability to use a lighter duty tow vehicle...?) (one con would be the need to still swap a pair of tires) |
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Mar 18 2011, 03:30 PM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 239 Joined: 8-May 09 From: Columbus, OH Member No.: 4,935 |
QUOTE (John_D. @ Mar 17 2011, 04:49 PM)  Just curious, does anybody use a tow dolly, and are there any major pros/cons to that? (one pro would be the ability to use a lighter duty tow vehicle...?) (one con would be the need to still swap a pair of tires) I looked at tow dollys too. The problem for me was cost. New are $700-$1000 and good luck finding a used one in good shape. I paid $1400 for a 1-year old steel deck 16' trailer. The cost difference between dolly and trailer was far surpassed by the utility and ease of trailering. Just my $0.02.... |
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FASTFATBOY Drive or trailer it to HPDE? Mar 10 2011, 05:57 PM
StanIROCZ How much gear do you have? That is my biggest pro... Mar 10 2011, 06:21 PM trackbird If a trailer is an option and you're more than... Mar 10 2011, 07:41 PM
JimMueller QUOTE (trackbird @ Mar 10 2011, 02:41 PM)... Mar 10 2011, 10:07 PM cccbock QUOTE (JimMueller @ Mar 10 2011, 05:07 PM... Mar 10 2011, 10:14 PM JimMueller QUOTE (cccbock @ Mar 10 2011, 05:14 PM) Q... Mar 10 2011, 10:39 PM jensend The tow fees to a friend's, garage half the di... Mar 10 2011, 08:42 PM 1qwikbird If trailering is available, do it. I lost a brake... Mar 10 2011, 10:51 PM Blainefab I used to drive my car to ORR events, up to 1400mi... Mar 10 2011, 11:15 PM FASTFATBOY Car is a rock stock six speed with free mods and s... Mar 11 2011, 12:39 AM cccbock QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Mar 10 2011, 07:39 PM... Mar 11 2011, 01:08 PM Pony Exp.305 Rent truck and your own trailer would be cheaper.. Mar 11 2011, 03:36 AM nape As soon as I read the "3 hours from home... Mar 11 2011, 02:39 PM CrashTestDummy And even if something breaks that's easily fix... Mar 11 2011, 03:02 PM 1meanZ if anything happens to the car at the track or on ... Mar 13 2011, 11:31 PM Spruill242 Use a trailer. Mar 17 2011, 01:30 AM Eskimo One *major* con to a tow dolly is the lack of brak... Mar 18 2011, 01:13 PM trackbird Also, a tow dolly requires the towed vehicle to ha... Mar 18 2011, 03:19 PM wstukas Trailer it, breaking and being stranded far from h... Mar 18 2011, 11:31 PM John_D. QUOTE (Eskimo @ Mar 18 2011, 08:13 AM) On... Mar 19 2011, 03:28 AM cozog QUOTE (John_D. @ Mar 18 2011, 11:28 PM) I... Mar 20 2011, 10:28 PM StanIROCZ I just picked this up today:
I called the guy 10... Mar 22 2011, 02:17 AM FASTFATBOY UQUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Mar 22 2011, 02:17 AM... Mar 22 2011, 04:02 PM StanIROCZ I've been looking and shopping for quite a whi... Mar 22 2011, 04:58 PM CrashTestDummy That thing looks brand new. Nice find!
BTW... Mar 22 2011, 05:38 PM |
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