GaryB

Last year, i blew a tire while driving on a freeway in Nevada and rather than figure out how to change tires for the first time with cars flying by inches from my rear (mine and the car's), I called a tow truck. He struggled to find anything to wrap his straps around to pull the car up on his flatbed, and finally got them on the front wheels.

Every since I've been wondering whether I should have screwed the tow-eye into the front bumper, and whether it would handle the strain of pulling the car up an incline. Any thoughts or experience?

thanks,

Gary

ca993twin

Yes, that's exactly what the tow hook is for.

Mark in Baltimore

Yup, been yanked out of a gravel trap by a tow truck once or twice using the front tow eye as the attachment point. No big deal!

ca993twin

There is a second attachment point in the rear, behind the license plate.

IamSMC

Is there an owners manual lying around out there...

Onami

Yep, used mine too without any problems at all!

TheOtherEric

lol, think about what you're asking us man!! "Should I have used the tow-eye for the tow-truck driver to towmy car up the towtruck?"

I think the answer would very likely be yes.

gtroth

Drag it up on the flat bed with the tow eye, but not supposed to tie it down with the tow eye.

freeman

Actually had a tow truck driver refuse to use the tow eye to extract me from a . ditch. He claimed that he pulled a bumper cover off a 911. I had to sign a waiver.

GaryB

Thanks for all the replies. Sorry if the question implied its own answer, but lesser minds need help from our more experienced and wiser brethern. I do think I'll have to remove my rear license plate to look for that tow-eye hookup, just in case.

Gary

My993C2

Must have been an inexperienced flat bed tow truck driver. I recently needed to have my car towed and the tow truck driver did not hesitate. He asked me to pop the hood, then he fetched the tow hook, removed the cap, hooked it all up towed my car away. Then he even took the hook off once the car got to its destination, put the cap back on, and placed the tow hook back into my trunk.