Miata Mailing List: August 1999, Message #532

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Speaking of this...has anyone ever had a tow truck come to tow there car
thinking it was front drive?  I'm sure most know as they tow hundreds of
cars a month but I'm always surprised how many "motorheads" think Miatas are
front drivers.

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Nathan Ramsey
'91 Base silver/blue pearl
Portland, OR
www.eunosdriver.tsx.org

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Fischman <gary@miata.net>

> The rear wheels can be left on the road if the drive shaft is
disconnected.
> Otherwise it puts undue stress on the gearbox. It won't necessarily break
> anything, but it isn't the best of ideas. In an automatic, it probably
> *would* break something.