i just wanted to know if its still legal to get a piece of rope, attach to both vehicles and simply pull the one behind, with someone driving it, as they did in the good old days! people used to do this all the time, and ive not seen it recently so i wanted to know if theyve stopped it being legal...... ive found a donor and dont want the hastle of borrowing a trailer/dolly etc.

Towing with a rope as far as I know is legal but only to recover the car to a safe place.Also the car you are towing must i believe be road legal.

think you are ok, as long as the lights on the towed vechicle are ok and a big notice on tow is dispayed and i think there is a min/max tow rope length.
you may find one of them solid towing bars more easy to use.

The car being towed must be road legal.

tha road legal thing seems very pointless, im only going about 6 miles, so i might just gamble it and hope not to see a copper along the way if i do, i may ask the friendly mot centre to tell anyone that rings that the car is on its way to an mot

insurance and tax too, no point getting it impounded and 6 points

if its only 6 miles, I would phone the local MOT place, and goto www.dayinsure.co.uk and get it insured for a tenner

then drive it back home legally as you will be insured, and on the way for a MOT

We towed an XR4x4 for about 120 miles on a piece of rope. The Sierra wasn't taxed, tested or insured at the time. In hindsight it wasn't a very clever thing to do and I'm not condoning it but fortunately we got away with it. Even had the police behind us for a short while but didn't get pulled.

Towing with a rope is still legal but only on A roads and below. Towing on motorway is legal with a rigid link only. just thinking about dual carriageways...errrmm....pretty sure ropes are ok on duals. One option is to find someone who has breakdown cover for any vehicle they are in or driving. then get it recovered to your home address!

Most recovery firms won't take a car unless it's taxed.
If it was me, I'd book it in for an MOT but mention to the MOT guy that you 'may' have to cancel at the last minute! But for 6 miles? I'd probably risk it if the car looked respectable........