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marshall - 17/10/09 at 09:36 PM

hi can you toe a mini with a toeing bar?

MakeEverything - 17/10/09 at 09:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by marshall
hi can you toe a mini with a toeing bar?


depends on the towing vehicle.

marshall - 17/10/09 at 09:40 PM

the toeing car will be a zafira?

02GF74 - 17/10/09 at 09:42 PM

you been on the cider again?

owelly - 17/10/09 at 09:50 PM

Yes and no.
Yes, if it's on a trailer and the trailer/Mini is within the tow limit of the Zafira.
Yes if you're using a tow rope, A-frame or tow-pole and the Mini is fully road legal, and it's for recovery to a safe place only.
No, if the Mini isn't road legal and any of the wheels are touching the road.
No, if it's on a trailer but the trailer is plated at more then the weight the Zafira can tow regardless of what the Mini weighs..
etc, etc....

Andybarbet - 17/10/09 at 10:16 PM

Maybe he means - does a mini have a towing eye ??

Ben_Copeland - 17/10/09 at 10:19 PM

Can you tow a mini?

Yes.

Is it legal?

Depends on many things

Are you likely to get done?

Probably not, as long as you not going from one end of the country to another

Does it have a towing eye?

Depends if it's rusted off or not

scootz - 17/10/09 at 10:42 PM

How do you 'toe' a Mini? Also, how many 'toes' are on the 'toeing bar'? Is there 10 like on the average pair of feet?

rusty nuts - 18/10/09 at 07:03 AM

You could tow a Mini with a towing bar if it had a towing eye but IIRC Mini's didn't have one as standard making attaching the bar difficult. It is possible to replace the front subframe mounting bolts with an "eye bolt" but you would only be able to use an 8mm threaded one

britishtrident - 18/10/09 at 08:29 AM

Question nobody asked Mini or MINI (ugh !) ?

hillbillyracer - 18/10/09 at 09:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Question nobody asked Mini or MINI (ugh !) ?


A fair point! I just assumed (like I think everyone else here did) that it's classic Mini but it could be the BMW MINI.

Classics do not have a towing eye, & the A frames I've used mabye would'nt be easy to hook up to the suspension arms as a Mini uses track control arms & forward mounted tie rods which are pretty easy to bend.

02GF74 - 18/10/09 at 10:21 AM

ah, towing. wondered what was meant by toeing????

blakep82 - 18/10/09 at 11:22 AM

toeing? giving it a kicking?

hillbillyracer - 18/10/09 at 11:44 AM

Well "toeing it" as I understand it would involve pushing the right hand pedal as for as it goes!