Mythbusters "tests" efficiency of dimples vs. smooth, and clean vs. muddy car

[alohaspirit]

maybe another episode will have them say:

well, we got a lot of viewer mail and so were going to bedline the entire car and see if that makes a difference in mpg.

then theyll do the same "mile" test

[Christ]

Of course they'd have to run the same test... otherwise, it wouldn't be Scientific testing!

[brucey]

Mine is the sandpaper texture kind, not the rhino-liner kind. I don't know if that'd help with the 'dimpling' effect or not?

[alohaspirit]

what if...

you took a heavy sanding disk and sanded away the rocky bumps on the rhino lining...


revealing tiny divots or air pockets

ah ha...

[Spencer Fitch]

Well I just watched it their dimpled car gained 11% mpg increase who's up for a experiment

[bikin' Ed]

Look up the old thread on this.

[jtbo]

Originally Posted by Spencer Fitch

Well I just watched it their dimpled car gained 11% mpg increase who's up for a experiment

I don't need to put dents on my car, it is enough to park at shopping mall, every time there is a new dent by dynamic modern families

[GRU]

yeah that's so true. everyday there are new dents

[redorchestra]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD27V...e_gdata_player

[MetroMPG]

Lots of reasons to be skeptical of the results the mythbusters reported on this topic.

Also: merging this these posts with the existing thread: Mythbusters "tests" efficiency of dimples vs. smooth, and clean vs. muddy car