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This will be for my journey from Fort Worth, Tx to Whidbey Island, WA, then from there onto Washington D.C.

Our Stable of Cars.



























$3000 out the door. Only thing is it's tossing out a CEL. I think it's doing that because of the aftermarket or incorrect MAS in the last few pics.

How are you getting the 3000 out to DC?

Towing it behind the Uhaul.

ew
.. if you're happy with ur Ford

the reman maf makes me wonder.

get me the code(s) stored

[quote=""eljefefx""]Towing it behind the Uhaul.[/quote]

Hope you're not planning on towing anything uhual with the explorer cause they wont let you

[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Hope you're not planning on towing anything uhual with the explorer cause they wont let you[/quote]

Why not?

What year is it? I may have something that will prove useful to you...

[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Hope you're not planning on towing anything uhual with the explorer cause they wont let you[/quote]

Well except for the Uhaul car dollys & flatbed trailers you can rent, you can pull those with whatever. I'd assume their little enclosed trailers too.
If you pickup and drop-off at different locations, you pay expensive mileage fee $$$.

[quote=""Sean Johnson""]Why not?[/quote]

[quote=""TajMan""]Well except for the Uhaul car dollys & flatbed trailers you can rent, you can pull those with whatever. I'd assume their little enclosed trailers too.
If you pickup and drop-off at different locations, you pay expensive mileage fee $$$.[/quote]

Uhaul actually has a ban on explorers towing their equipment. They Claim they are 'unsafe for towing.' The reality is they had a span where something like 40% of accidents involving uhaul trailers were being towed by explorers. The problem is this span where they collected data for was when the explorer was by far the top selling SUV.

Explorers are perfectly safe for towing with people just dont know how to tow

Well yeah thats if you are honest with them that you're trying to tow another big vehicle with your little V6 or something, you're supposed to keep that a secret

I towed a car dolly across the country with a CAVALIER
(I rented that one from other place though not Uhaul)

[quote=""vr4""]the reman maf makes me wonder.

get me the code(s) stored[/quote]


Will do. I won't be able to get it to a place that will do it until probably later next week. I'm' 80% certain that is why it's tossin' out a CEL.

[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Hope you're not planning on towing anything uhual with the explorer cause they wont let you[/quote]

No. Nothing will be towed with this thing.

[quote=""Gatecrasher""]What year is it? I may have something that will prove useful to you...[/quote]


It's a 1999 Explorer Sport.


Like I said, for 106k on the clock and $3000 out the door, Tax, Title and License included in that cost, I'm not to worried about the damn thing. We just figured it would be better to buy it now and have plenty of time to fix all the issues with it.

[quote=""TajMan""]Well yeah thats if you are honest with them that you're trying to tow another big vehicle with your little V6 or something, you're supposed to keep that a secret

I towed a car dolly across the country with a CAVALIER
(I rented that one from other place though not Uhaul)[/quote]

Explorers (1st and 2nd gen 4doors) are actually rated to tow 5000lbs...and trust me they can

It's a 1999 Explorer Sport.

Damn. My Ford service info only goes back to 2000.

Let me see what I can dig up.

[quote=""Gatecrasher""]Damn. My Ford service info only goes back to 2000.

Let me see what I can dig up.[/quote]

what are you trying to dig up? i guarentee i have more access than you


true about the uhaul thing. though you can tow with a mercury mountianeer (identical truck)

[quote=""vr4""]what are you trying to dig up? i guarentee i have more access than you


true about the uhaul thing. though you can tow with a mercury mountianeer (identical truck)[/quote]

or my ultra rare 4 door Mazda Navajo :suspect2:

Alot of the ban had to do with the Firestone tire recall too. And yeah, if you tell them its a Navajo, or a Mountaineer there is no problem.

As for twoing, I dont know how many tiems I have towed a "Civic".

Mikes 93 VR4 was a "civic" being towed with a Grand Cherokee
The 92 VR4 Mike and I went half on was a "civic" being towned with the same GC
My dads Toyota was a "civic" being towed with the GC
My Stealth was a "civic" being towed with my cousins jacked up F150.

[quote=""stealthee""]Alot of the ban had to do with the Firestone tire recall too. And yeah, if you tell them its a Navajo, or a Mountaineer there is no problem.

As for twoing, I dont know how many tiems I have towed a "Civic".

Mikes 93 VR4 was a "civic" being towed with a Grand Cherokee
The 92 VR4 Mike and I went half on was a "civic" being towned with the same GC
My dads Toyota was a "civic" being towed with the GC
My Stealth was a "civic" being towed with my cousins jacked up F150. [/quote]


my 97 was an 85 crx


my stealth was a stealth TT. (i was using an 06 f350 diesel 4x4 long bed crew cab.) seeing the guys eyes widen when he saw the weight of the car was priceless.

Yeah, the weight was the only reason I lied about what was being towed.

Then when I got the dolly to the Stealth to pick it up I rememberd why I hated loading Mikes VR4 up. He had the stocker 8.5" wide 18" chromies. It BARELY fit on the dolly. (I unhooked the driveshaft from the rear diff)

So I go to put my car on, and I realize my 9" wide Villains arent going to cut it. I had to let the air out of the tires to get the car to sit in the "gully" so I could strap it down.