Thank you for the reply.

I am glad to hear you say it's likely not a driveshaft, as I had pretty much written that idea off too. It seems unlikely that they would make a near-constant noise, and more likely they would produce noises when the joints were stressed in turns, etc.

Also I'm glad to hear that the tow-truck operator's actions were likely not the cause.

Incidentally, what is the best way for this car to be pulled up on to a deck like that? Is there a tow point at the front of the vehicle? I'm pretty sure there is one at the rear on the 'reinforced section' of the spare wheel compartment...

I read in the user's manual that the car needs to be towed either with all four wheels on the ground spinning or on a deck, so I was glad they sent a deck truck for me! (As a side note the truck they sent was a 2008 model and it had over 350k kms on it already! Those guys really run their trucks hard!)


I guess since I wasn't having any problems before, I will just change the tie-rod ends and get it lined up - maybe the tires are making noise because it's out of line from the tie-rods being worn out. And I know the TREs are worn, so maybe they just got that little extra bit of stress to put them over the edge during the tow incident.

???