I think this classic “snow tow” is in the top five of worst tows ever. They literally tear the poor car’s ass right off.

PEOPLE! Look under the front and rear bumper of your car for something like this... it is call a tow point.

I don’t know that the utility company is totally to blame. Life in Russia is pretty hard on cars. Rust, bad drivers, alternator overload from all the dashcams, and so on. Here’s a Lada (really only a Fiat) doing a hard turn.

I expect that something below the waterline, say a pipe or even the asphalt itself, hooked behind some bit at the front, say the transmission/oil pan, or a piece of the front suspension.

You can see in the moment the rear end pulls apart the front of the car doesn’t even move.

I think if I was the owner, I would be happy with the result. Let’s analyze the situation - the car is in a sinkhole filled with fluid caused by a busted sewer line. Conventional wisdom is stay away from flooded cars because they’ll never run right and will probably always have mold. This car was flooded with poop…

It always hurts to see this one. At the same time, I’m amazing at how many videos like this that I see where they don’t set the parking brake before righting the car, resulting in it rolling away to another crash after it’s been righted.

Probably. If the guy has full coverage (comp and collision), his insurance would probably pay out, and then go after the tow truck driver’s insurance for whatever damage they feel was caused by the improper tow through a process called subrogation.

The best part is how that situation didn’t really require a tow.

Honestly, if my car was that deep in sewage, I’d want that to happen.

It should have been attached to a hard point(s) on the frame/unibody itself. Still, there’s a good chance some part of the front end was completely wedged in the hole, plus there was certainly hundreds of extra pounds of water in the cabin as well. It probably would have been damaged in some way no matter how they…

They “pulled it off” quite well.

That tow actually looked reasonable to me. I mean, right up until it didn’t. Is the detachable rear suspension some kind of special Fiat option package?

YOU BASTARD!

Mr. Putin would like a word with you about “ripping his utility company a new one”...........

Why does this truck have two sets of eyes? Weird.

Knocked a lot of the snow off the car, so they got them working for them which is nice.

Car is now long wheelbase. China will love it.

You said “no no no!” ? I thought you said “go go go!” Honest mistake, I’m sure your insurance will cover it.......

In Soviet Russia, You Tow Truck!

Yugo get new car.