ok, so like, I have a very steep Driveway and I backed up a little and slid on ice and now I am currently STUCK!!! My left back tire can not grab onto anything !

My dad and I tryed pushing it and everything, bbut all the Ice and dirt is making my tire just spin and spiN!!!!

My dad likes to know if there is anyway where he can grab on and hook it for we can pull the car with a truck....

Help

 

buy salt.

 

we tryed, Dirt, Salt and pebbles for traction.

 

go in the trunk, there is a tow hook where the jack is. On the front black plastic grill on the passanger side there is a fake part in the shape of a square, it is very hard to see. Use pliers to pull this part out, then screw the tow hook into the reinforcement bar.

Now you have a tow hook

 

Shovel?????

 

use the tow hooks the car came with

 

PS: RX8 + snow/ice =

 

beat me to it

 

so are you trying to go forward or backward? try clearing some of that snow behind you and go in reverse with someone pushing from the front.

 

ill try all these guys thnx! im trying to go straight, if u can see in the pics, the more reverse i got the CAR FALLLLLLS ONTO A BUILDING!!!!

 

Where cna we put this Tow Hook???

 

In your front grill you will find in the upper right had corner a squar piece that can be pulled out with pliers or pried out with a knife. This is where the front hook attaches.

 

ahhh....that would make it a little more difficult to go backward. to me it looked like a driveway.

 

The manual (Page 7-26) shows where to install the tow hook (aka tie down). Obviously you'll need to do so in the front. Then you can attach a come-along, or a tow cable from another vehicle. Be sure to block your wheels until you get ready to tow it out!!!

 

ill take more pics of how bad this situation is

 

yeah use the tow hooks and you will b just fine with a little push from behind and a tug u will roll right out in style.......

 

Dude, if its really that bad, just shovel your driveway completely, back it into the street, shovel your driveway again, lay down some salt+sand and drive it back up.

 

ok, so my dad and I finally took out the RX-8 out of the Dirt/Snow area! thanks everyone for that Hook Situation, now we got a broken Shock on the back driver side... ...we think thats why it was getting stuck.

 

It's been awhile and I don't have my manual on me. But it's a "Tie down" not a tow hook.... those are 2 different things...

I'd be careful yanking on the Tie Down.. anybody got that video were the a guy tears off the rear of his car trying to tow his car using a tie down hook?

LOL.. found it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z_wlRnNAhI

 

how the hell did you break a 'shock'?!

 

ahh... the good o'l days.

The shocks are cheap in the 8.

Replace both of them. Actually now is a good time to get coilovers like Konis.

 

yeah but how much do koni coilovers cost?

 

koni struts are around $700 for a full set. (I think)

 

Thats why I don't let the 8 leave the garage from Nov till first few rains.. That and I don't need to brake the front bumper on a chunk of ice.. heh

 

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