subaru87

Thanks for the replies everyone. Just picked up my car from the mechanic. No damage from the tow! They couldn't find a leak in the tires but I was missing lugnuts.

Is that definite? I told the driver that the wheels were turning but he didn't seem to care. I ended up having them bring my car to my hometown mechanic 70 miles away. My mechanic is going to take a look at it tomorrow, but I'm hoping that there isn't damage.

I drive a 1998 Outback. It's having electrical problems and won't start so I called AAA for a tow. The flatbed driver did not seem very experienced. He tried to put the car in neutral, but was unable to do so because the car was off. I told him to jump it then put it in neutral, but the tow truck didn't have a handheld battery jumper so he decided to place the car on skids and wench it onto the flatbed. The skids (basically plastic wedges that he hammered under each tire) fell off as soon as he started to wench the car. After a couple tries he just pulled the car onto the flatbed without the skids. The car was in park (without the ebrake on) and the wheels were forced to turn. The car wasn't pulled that far but I'm worried that he did some damage. Does anyone know if pulling a 4 wheel drive car in park a short distance would hurt the transmission?