<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Hello,<br><br>I did the tow truck thing (1995 Ford Super Duty with Chevron Aluminum bed) for my personal car collection.... Owned for about 3 years....<br><br>The good: No waiting for AAA. Also move boats, furniture, lumber, etc.... Quick hook up and go....<br>The bad: NEIGHBOR complaints. Commercial liability insurance required. Fuel/maintenance cost. In DemoKratic RepubliK of Kalifornia diesel issue for trucks... Friends LOVE you and expect you to VOLUNTEER your services...<br><br>My neighbor, another car junky, lusted after my truck. Made me an offer of a trade I couldn't pass up..... His Silverado 1500, with car trailer, and a cash sweetener... I have never looked back..... Does everything the tow truck can do, but
not as fast. The truck is more versatile and cost effective to run. No commercial license, less neighbor compliants, and your friend's still love you, and expect you to VOLUNTEER your services.....<br><br>However, I miss the "cool" factor showing up with your own personal tow truck.....priceless...<br><br>Best Regards<br><br>Paul<br><br>Works in process....<br>1955 MG ZA<br>1956 MG ZB<br>1950 Atlantic A90 DHC<br>1971 MG Midget....<br>and others....<br><br><br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, February 7, 2014 6:59 PM, Wayne & Isabel Hardy <gwhardy@suddenlink.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div>
<div class="y_msg_container">Now that you mention it we have in Houston, and who occasionally comes to <br clear="none">our "All British Car Expo" an owner of a British Armored car, military type, <br clear="none">painted in desert pink camo colors, and powered by a big Jaguar manufactured <br clear="none">V-12 engine with about 10 speeds forward.<br clear="none">Certainly a different kind of British vehicle, and interesting but sad to <br clear="none">say the machine gun and 20mm cannon are both de activated. They'd be a big <br clear="none">help in heavy traffic.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Wombat<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message----- <br clear="none">From: Steven Trovato<br clear="none">Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:13 PM<br clear="none">To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America ; List for the Z Magnette <br clear="none">Group - North America<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] OT - personal tow truck<br
clear="none"><br clear="none">Would you be crazy? No. We are car people here. Buy a tow truck, a<br clear="none">fire engine, an army tank, I'll just say wow, cool! Would I buy<br clear="none">it? Not really. First, I would say you need to check it out<br clear="none">carefully as you would any vehicle, especially of that age and<br clear="none">mileage. Second, think about what you would do with it and if it is<br clear="none">a good fit for your needs. I have a suburban and a car trailer. For<br clear="none">my purposes, that combination gives me a lot of flexibility. I can<br clear="none">use it to transport eight people. I can schlep my son and his stuff<br clear="none">to college and back. I can get around with four wheel drive when it<br clear="none">snows. I can tow my boat to the lake and I can hook up the car<br clear="none">trailer and move vehicles around.<br
clear="none"><br clear="none">-Steve T.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">At 08:14 PM 2/7/2014, John Elwood wrote:<br clear="none">>Would I be crazy to buy this? <br clear="none">><a shape="rect" href="https://nh.craigslist.org/bar/4304535212.html" target="_blank">https://nh.craigslist.org/bar/4304535212.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Zmagnette mailing list<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <br clear="none"><a shape="rect"
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