If it's in neutral and parking brake is off then the wheels are free to spin regardless of fwd, rwd, or awd...to the best of my knowledge.

 

i think it should be the rear wheels on the ground. Or they should have just put it on a truck haha.

 

Guys, even the owner's manual says flat bed towing only, period. This car is AWD and the drivetrain can be damaged if not towed that way. I feel bad for that MS6...

 

Really? I thought neutral would free the drivetrain up. Guess I was wrong.

 

I've seen the same thing on a Subaru, also AWD, but the wheels on the ground were on a pair of skateboard looking things so no car wheels were actually on the ground.

 

Sounds like the car might have been repo'd!! Alot of the time when you see that it was a quick pick up!

 

I agree with Darren. Sounds like the tow guy didn't give a crap and just needed to get the car.

 

 

everything ive known and been told was any AWD vehicle should be towed only by a flat bet. when i had my kia break down, and they showed up with a basic truck, i wouldnt let them touch the kia till they got a flat bed out there. no way i was gonna risk it.

sounds like the owner was too stupid too watch. i really dont blame the tow truck driver since the vast majority of 6's are fwd, and alot of people dont even know the speed exist.

 

Even if the towtruck drive thought it was a regular 6, shouldn't be towed with front wheels on the ground, the fact that it was probably makes it a "snatch and grab" repo.
Repo guys pulled it from it parking spot by the ass end.

 

He may have assumed that since it was a M/T, that it would be ok for the front wheels to be on the ground. The PTO should be ok, but I'd like to know if the rear diff clutchpack was damaged.

 

My second job is driving a tow truck and yes all the wheel have to be off the ground. The tow truck I drive is not a flat bed but we have little wheels to get all 4 wheels off the ground.

 

FWD, towed with front off ground. RWD towed with rear off the ground. AWD towed by flatbed.

Just because I am picky, if I need a tow, I have always requested a flatbed regardless with any car I have ever had (havent had to have the 6 towed before)

 

I see some cars being drug around town on regular tow trucks, and I know there can't possibly be any paint left on the bottom of the front / rear bumpers by the time they get them where they're going. It's flatbed or nothing for me.

 

Well, if this car belongs to anybody on this forum, I took a picture of this heinous crime.

 

The guy who towed my car out of the seacan asked me why I wanted a flat bed. When I told him it was AWD, he asked me if that was aftermarket.

Just goes to show you, hardly anyone knows anything about our cars.