Towing Eye and Recovery

[JamesOC]

Quick word of warning to recent owners ( or any others)

Make sure the towing eye is in situ in the boot; I hadn’t realised my new car was delivered to me without it; as I found out to my cost at the weekend when I blew a front tyre......without it loading/recovery is very tricky.

I’m still waiting for the car to be delivered back to me, despite it being promised for yesterday morning by Jaguar Assistance who are a bit shambolic. They also told me I’d have to make my own way home as with COVID you can’t travel in the cabs! After waiting Sunday night for 5 hours they agreed to get me a taxi and also the AA patrol said I would have been welcome to travel in the cab (juts a shame he couldn’t lift the car !)

Anyway, main thing was to warn others about the towing eye, but I’d be interested in other people’s experience of Jaguar Assistance.

 

[scharlton]

If you have the eye, remember it's a left hand thread when trying to fit it, I don't know why, but it is.

 

[JamesOC]

Thanks.

I’m hoping that I never need to use that useful information!

 

[scharlton]

It's not always for a bad reason, if you every do a track day they'll ask you to fit it in case your enthusiasm exceeds your ability

 

[JamesOC]

Good point!

 

[Tel]

I've checked my boot and I can only find an industrial kids bubble blowing thingie!

What happened to choking a soft strop around both front lower wishbones and connecting the hook/chain to that?

 

[JamesOC]

They tried that but the cable was fouling the front splitter.......