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Offline heffay

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towtruck er.. um.. bike
« on: April 18, 2006, 05:28:32 PM »
http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20040414-towbike.asx

this is pretty sketchy but, it might catch on
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 06:35:27 PM »
I wonder what it's 0-60mph time is Heff ? ;D ;D ;D
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 08:14:15 AM »
I can see a BIG market for this. MAybe not in the US whre we still have these ideas of size but elsewhere around the world

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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2006, 02:13:34 PM »
Impressive piece of engineering. Wonder what Honda thinks of their Flag Ship in this configuration...lol
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2006, 02:27:22 PM »
If honda were smart, they would get behind it.

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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2006, 03:10:32 PM »
Interesting video!

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a question for any Web wizards here. I usually don't bother with video links because I use dial-up. However, I did try clicking on this one and low and behold, it started playing pretty quickly, though low quality, but good enough. I noticed the .ASX suffix and did a little research indicating it was a meta file and found it is used in conjunction with a .ASP file which "starts" the streaming. Is this some sort of advantage over traditional video which takes an enormous amount of time to buffer before playing, which is why I generally pass on them.
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2007, 11:07:41 PM »
Now, I was a tow operator for over five years, right here in sunny California, and I would give my left ear for a ''Retriever''. That would have helped me out so many times!
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2007, 02:05:46 AM »
If honda were smart, they would get behind it.
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Re: towtruck er.. um.. bike
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2007, 03:08:31 AM »
Now, I was a tow operator for over five years, right here in sunny California, and I would give my left ear for a ''Retriever''. That would have helped me out so many times!

Well there you go Dusty, convert "Rita" into a "retriever" and make her earn her keep, ha ha! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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