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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3244<br />
| date = May 11, 2026<br />
| title = Pullback Drive<br />
| image = pullback_drive_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 303x292px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = "How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic is a reference to toy cars with {{w|pullback motor}}s. In this comic, [[Hairy]] suggests a 'more renewable' car using a pullback engine. Normally used for small toy cars, using a pullback car on that scale would be a ridiculous project, & it would be very difficult to pull back the car far enough to take it any reasonable distance{{citation needed}}.<br />
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Unfortunately no matter how far back the pull is that title text claims, eventually it will run out. So you would have to put energy back in some way, which probably would still use gas or electricity.{{cn}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[Hairy & Cueball are talking in front of a white car. Hairy has his hand raised]<br />
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Hairy:You won't have to worry about gas prices ''or'' electricity prices with our new pullback drive.<br />
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Hairy:At the factory, we put the car on the ground and tow it backward until it starts clicking.<br />
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Hairy:To drive forward, you just release the brakes and away it goes.<br />
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