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rondeb
Aug 13, 2014Explorer
Healeyman wrote:rondeb wrote:
Our first tow was a 2006 Mazda Miata 6 speed - Put in neutral and go-
But Ron, did you know that Mazda says not to tow that car with the driving wheels on the ground because the transmission will be under splash lubricated and it and the whole car will catch fire and burn to the ground within the first 200 miles? :B
I towed my 2000 Miata for 35,000 miles and have now pulled my 2010 and 2012 over 20,000 miles and it hasn't happened yet.
I wonder if Mazda's lawyers are saying not to tow, not their engineers who know better? Hmmm...
Tim
We put over 20,000 miles towing this car. We went 1000 miles many times without unhooking it. Your help got us going with the setup to tow the Miata. If my knees hadn't finally just quit LOL, we would still be towing the car. We put it on Craigs with the information that is was ready to tow and a couple came the same day. They were wanting a Sports car to tow and daily driver, so it will continue on as a towed for many more miles. The only issue we had was the the bottom of the front got quite a bit of road rash. I think one of the screens that go under the tow bar from under the RV to under the Miata would have stopped that.
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