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Your car is most likely front wheel drive. You will need to use a two wheel dolly. Secure the front wheels on the dolly, shift the car into park and lock the steering wheel.
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Turbos are usually designed to last about 250,000km so a turbo blowing this soon is unusual. The most common reason for turbo failure are...
Poor oil supply to the bearings, faulty seals and gaskets, foreign objects in the turbo and in rare cases serious misuse of the turbo.
Turbo fan blade spin at a massively high speeds, (between 150,000 and 280,000rpm), so poor oil flow can cause the bearings to dry out and seize.
Faulty seals and gaskets can cause oil pressure to change and leaking oil into the wrong areas of the turbo. This can cause the turbo to wear out faster.
Foreign objects is simply something that has fallen or been sucked into the turbo damaging the blades or other areas of the turbo.
Misuse of a turbo is rare but not using a turbo correctly can wear them out faster. A general rule is don't just turn a turbo engine off when you park. Let the engine idle for about 10 to 15 seconds to let the turbo slow down as when idling the engine is still supplying the turbo with oil.
You may need to get a turbo specialist to look at this as soon as possible as a damaged turbo can cause damage inside the engine itself.
If you are "lugging" the engine, you will get increased exhaust temperature (EGT), this will trigger your "turbo" light(not a good thing), ideally you should have an aftermarket "pyrometer" fitted to your car, this will show you the optimum revs etc you should be using in any given circumstance.Or revise your driving technique, ie change down gears earlier.
The turbo should be idled down after long trips or heavy towing, this allows the oil temps to stabilise and turbine speeds to stabilise, thus idle for 2-5 minutes.
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