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2013 Ford Fiesta dingy
I am looking at a Ford Fiesta 2013 manual transmission to purchase for my son. The previous owner used it a dingy. The car is set up to be towed and to also tow something as it has it's own tow hitch and the hardware is still there from being towed. I wasn't to concerned about it being a previous tow vehicle until I saw the scrapes underneath the front bumper which I'm sure will happen in a small car. Because this will be the first car my son will finance I decided to do more research about it. In our full time RV days we towed a 2008 Jeep Cherokee with no issues. And most of the time I would drive it to our destination because I just loved driving it. LOL. So, it really never saw much tow time. But based on the Carfax it looks like this vehicle has done a cross country trip. 1 owner but showed up in California, PA and Florida and currently in NC. It has most likely seen quite a bit of tow time. I was not aware until I started reading that even if a manual transmission is in neutral there are still issues of lubrication when being towed. Right now the car shifts nice and I see no issues other than typical dingy things such as chipped paint on the hood and scrapes to the underside of the front bumper. I've also read no matter what the manual says I should call Ford to find out what the recommendation was about towing the vehicle. Any thoughts or words of wisdom?2.8KViews0likes7Comments
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