A Practical Guide to Pickup Truck Aeromods

[Xist]

Pseudonyms?!

[MetroMPG]

Well, we're integrating the 65+ Mods master list with the EM garage. So, input/feedback on the list will be welcome (we will face the onslaught regardless of seeking it or not).

We also need to revise the way the garage handles "retired" vehicles, so cars like the Anal Probe need not fade away, but can continue to be a source of inspiration with its many mods perpetually connected to the 65+ Mods master list and their build threads as shining examples.

Sorry for going off-topic.

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Glad to hear you're on Oppo and that your post will get a second kick at the can! I read Jalopnik almost daily, but don't comment (too busybusy to get sucked into that vortex). Keep us posted.

[freebeard]

Jason Torchinsky likes Beetles. If you want to do an aero-Beetle article you may re-use the 3D renderings I posted here. In fact, if you wanted them redone to order, that might get me off my b*tt.



I need to take another pass at the Beetle's front wheelwell.

so cars like the Anal Probe need not fade away

Amen

[MetroMPG]

That is excellent strategy: pander! Seriously. Not in jest. Although they already have a truck guy in Andrew Collins, so...

I have massive respect for Torchinsky for his take-down of the NY Times' scathing review of the Mirage. Because Beetle and Metro aficionados grok the Mirage. Pampered autojournos do not.

Sorry! Keep going OT.

[freebeard]

if a car that can get to 60 in around 11 seconds is giving you a "sense of peril," you're either driving it wrong or racing for pinks against a camaro.

l0l

[Sven7]

Now I'm thinking I should delay the car article until the new Master List is out.

I don't think retired vehicles need to be taken that seriously, personally. You could easily just make a permalink for each one, then allow people to post that in the old build threads. I personally will probably get rid of two of my "retired" cars altogether if they become integrated into the rest.

Then you have the issue of people- not naming names cough cough BZP - who create a new car entry every year, complicating things. How to deal with that?

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As far as the current article goes, I'm almost to 350 views and have gotten comments from three different people with exactly the questions and presumptions you'd expect.

One of them seems generally interested in aero/FE and I had to politely explain that we don't have many efficient cars because the average consumer doesn't care, and therefore car companies don't care.

Either way, I look forward to more EM plugs and efficiency discussion on my page. For as long as I decide that it's worth my time. After all, if I quit tomorrow, the articles will still be there until the Kinja servers succumb to the apocalypse.

[Sven7]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

That is excellent strategy: pander! Seriously. Not in jest. Although they already have a truck guy in Andrew Collins, so...

I have massive respect for Torchinsky for his take-down of the NY Times' scathing review of the Mirage. Because Beetle and Metro aficionados grok the Mirage. Pampered autojournos do not.

Sorry! Keep going OT.

Honestly, I don't know if pandering is going to do much. As you all know, I am a bit of a square peg sometimes (many times). The "reg'lar" bloggers for Jalopnik don't seem to read Oppo often either.

I think to make this worth it to me, I will just write whatever I like to, and if it gets featured, great. If it doesn't, maybe it will continue the dialogue.

I did appreciate the Mirage rebuttal, but consumers seem to be flocking to the car anyway because of its value. As someone said, many people don't realize that they don't need all the gadgets the 'mainstream' cars offer.

Now, I'd personally take that a bit further, but few would follow that reasoning.

Originally Posted by freebeard

Jason Torchinsky likes Beetles. If you want to do an aero-Beetle article you may re-use the 3D renderings I posted here. In fact, if you wanted them redone to order, that might get me off my b*tt.
Amen

As mused above, I don't think the Beetle stuff will even be seen by Torch, but if I find some really cool Beetle content and/or a finished build, I'd be glad to share it. So finish that boat tail and get us some MPG results!

[freebeard]

I'm being publicly shamed. I guess I'll have to just stop posting.





...or not. I'm really better at doing things for other people than for myself. Your interest has been noted. The least I can do is go out and cut up some cardboard for templates.

But for MPG results, I'd have to have money for gas. I just spent that on car insurance.

[Sven7]

freebeard,
Feel free to work on it if you like. I'm just giving you a poke in the side

A commenter on my article shared this, and I'm not sure if it's been posted in EM yet:
How Ram Games the Fuel-Economy Test with a Badge

...the 21/29-mpg HFE is the result of Ram engineers shrewdly navigating the EPA’s byzantine fuel-economy regulations and recognizing that one configuration of the umpteen-million cab, bed, and equipment combinations cuts through the air with slightly less drag. That truck is the two-wheel-drive Ram 1500 quad cab equipped with 20-inch wheels, wheel-to-wheel step bars, and a tonneau cover.

[skyking]

Thanks Sven. I just looked for belting material for side skirts and a front dam on my new truck, no luck. You reminded me to do that.
I do have the steps but I figure I can go down another 6" without any negative affects. Probably go 8" below the bumper up front too.