BOLOCS S.O.S. (car trailer needed... S'ton, B'mth, Winch)

[toxic frog]

as many of you now know, my car has died, and i'm too pathetic to get it sorted...

I used my Heritage Rescueline recovery service to bring the car back to my office... but now I think it would be best to get it to Sportmotive in Salisbury so they can get it sorted properly... rather than letting me cock everything up by my amateurish spanner-monkey destruction.

Heritage are unlikely to cover moving the car once more... so I need to get hold of a car trailer for a couple of hours.

Anyone in the local area have one?

Cheers

[Cuzza]

Are you really going to go to all that hassle to change the coil packs? A post along the lines of "Can anyone in the Bournemouth area change my coil packs for a case of beer" might be a better place to start

What's the rear track and width of the rear clam on an Elise?

[boobles]

Mines going to Sportomotive on Wednesday, hope to see the Frog there.

[toxic frog]

Cuzza said:

Are you really going to go to all that hassle to change the coil packs? A post along the lines of "Can anyone in the Bournemouth area change my coil packs for a case of beer" might be a better place to start

What's the rear track and width of the rear clam on an Elise?

if i knew conclusively that the coil was the culprit, then of course i would sort it out myself... i don't however and it could be a number of things.

as for getting the car to sportmotive... a trailer has now been offered up to me (thanks speedy!) so it really isn't too much like hard work... besides, i am yet to use their services and am quite keen to see how they compare with Plans & Lakeside.

[Gooby]

Doesnt Cos have a recovery truck / trailer etc?

[toxic frog]

Gooby said:

Doesnt Cos have a recovery truck / trailer etc?

no point paying a garage +/-£100 to recover a vehicle if I can half'inch a trailer from speedy and a land rover from jonti!

[Cuzza]

toxic frog said:

if i knew conclusively that the coil was the culprit, then of course i would sort it out myself... i don't however and it could be a number of things.

Fair enough - you seemed quite certain in the post I looked up about the problem.

Don't forget the Elise needs to go onto the trailer backwards.

[JontyB]

Why does it have to go on backwards?
Is it to get the weight distribution right for towing, as engine would be to far back over the rear,
Or is it just about getting it up the ramps without doing the front clam in?

[tricky 100]

Engine/weight always has to go forward of the trailer wheels to stop the trailer fishtailing . Very scary Especially at 60 MPH on a busy M5 ! Knew i should of listened to that transporter driver .

[Cuzza]

^^ exactly

Hopefully Mr Frog has added a rear towing eye to his car and Speedys trailer has a winch.

[Mozzie]

Does Speedy offer the trailer out on a rental basis?!

We might be in need of one for a week in Sept but had no idea where to start looking to get one.

[toxic frog]

Right... all sorted!

Thanks speedy for the offer of your car trailer... i don't need it now.

Jonti nipped round after work with his Disco' and a huge flatbed trailer... we managed to push the car up the ramps with millimetres of clearance at the top of the ramps (the flatbed was above the wheels of the trailer, so it was quite a push!)... Put it on forwards first as the with the car at the front of the trailer, the engine was just between the two sets of trailer wheels (like i said... big trailer!).

The Frog is now happily sat at Sportmotive so fingers crossed, they will sort it out so I can come out to play again!

Cheers all