Saw it on my way home.
WTF is this?
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XenoVibe
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Cant tell if 2 dimensional Audi R8 or Tron motorcycle..Never seen that before. At first glance I thought it was this:
gre:Now that makes for efficient commuting! 80-120mpg depending on model and it's hard to beat. Although I guess there were bigger issues since the company shut down so fast....
Tron cycle.
silverbullet132
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Does anyone else not see a driver?
That was my first reaction when I pulled up behind them. But it's actually being towed by the fortwo in front of it. Which brings me to my next question; is it legally allowed to be driven on the road? The licence plate says "historic".
TheDirty
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It's being towed by the car in front of it. You can see the stick on brake lights they use for towing.
EDIT: Ninja'ed.
Ninja10
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I think with Historic plates you can only drive a certain amount of KM a year, i think its like 2000KM. Also with that plate its usually for people who just drive to and back from a car show or what not
A fortwo can tow? WTF....
Ya, it was quite comical to see it tow this thing. Wish I snapped a picture from the side.
I keep seeing Echo hatchbacks with canoes on top and small trailers behind them in the summer. They aren't much larger.
I pulled a 2001 Jetta out of a ditch with a dog cable and an 2000 Echo sedan, lol. Little pizza cutter tires were spinning all over the place.
I've seen a dirt bike on a trailer behind one. I instantly regretted selling my MINI because I thought it couldn't tow.
Can and should aren't always the same. With a small car and automatic transmission most manufacturers say you can't tow and personally I would also say you shouldn't. With a manual transmission, some manufacturers say you can't, but assuming you keep the weight down, it should work fine. On my old Golf I towed ~1500 lbs for a few 4 hour trips (including through the 507). Just kept it in fourth and let it slow down while climbing hills. I had no problems at all.
The real question for the guy above is why is he towing it? It's a cool car, drive the mother.
I thought to be licenced as a M/C it had to have handlebars and no roof. Like a Goldwing.
Many cars that are rated for low (1000-1500 lbs) or no tow capacity tend to have 2500 or so ratings outside of North America for exactly the same equipment so I'd tend to use those numbers as I've read that the only reason our ratings are so low is for liability. However, many manufacturers will void your power train warranty as soon as you put a hitch on it.
