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AndrewW
 


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Magnetic tow beam...

Today's BMW advert has something to with the date Whistle and details their new magnetic tow beam.

You approach a car in front of you, engage the beam, and his car then pulls and guides your car - you turn off the engine and let him pull and steer.

Unusually for BMW they suggest a polite flash of the headlights when you disengage and turn off the road as a form of thanks.

Reminds me of a sillier April 1 advert of theirs in the early 1980s. That crazy article described an impossible system in which the tyre pressures of all 5 wheels was transmitted to the dashboard, to be read at will, and with an alarm if any tyre pressure was low! Just imagine that! Wink

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BMW Mad Tow

Fair play to the germans they sure make cool stuff

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1...81,00.html

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Loving the department/project name

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AndrewW beat you to it

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic33102.html?highlight= Tintenter
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Saw this in the Metro News this morning Rolling Eyes

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Re: BMW Mad Tow

pom wrote:
Fair play to the germans they sure make cool stuff

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1...81,00.html

pom

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