My polo sits about 5inch off the floor on a set of coilovers and porsche wheels, smooth bumper and a few other little mods,
I was on my way home from work coming up to a roundabout near heathrow airport where I work as an engineer, I tried to pull away but I had no drive, all the gears but nothing down to the wheels, So as you do I pulled out my RAC card ring them up, I told them the car was lowered and I thought the diff had gone
, so I was looking to be towed home. Fair play the RAC guy turned up within the half hour. He looks at my car and said , " that not a stardard polo" and has a look under the bonnet. confirms yer its the diff, we have get you towed home, He then said "oh you do know that it will cost you extra, due to your car being lowered" , I was like ok, thinking I just really want to get home and not really wanting my car sitting in the road, he said "Its only a small fee, for SPECIALISED LIFTING EQUIPMENT" then he rings the RAC centre for me to pay, lucky for me I asked how much is the fee, 100 quid plus extras and vat, So in the end I told them to stick it, called a mate out in his van and he towed me home,
I rang their members line the day later to ask whats the measurements that requires a "lowered car" to require specialised lifting equipment, they said its down to the patrol man, So if you got a lowered car watch out, its in you members t and c's which I pointed out to the call centre that everyone I spoken to havnt received theirs,
But the thing that really got my goat was that I keep seeing them trying to sell membership to guys and girls like us at shows, for modified cars which 90% if not more are lowered ,
P.s It was the driveshaft flanged bolt that had came loose damaging the diff, casing and snapping the flange, So at the minute Its all in my garage and I been reduced to driving round in a 106, 1.1
