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Bicycle Bob · 07-03-2009, 05:01 PM

I think you may have heard of the experimental technique of boundary layer control involving powered suction.

RandomFact314 · 07-03-2009, 11:51 PM

Yeah I have seen this golf ball idea I don't know if it would work, although i would totally slap it on my car if I got some for free and try it out

especially on my side view mirrors

besides, you know this is probably spam because he has been here a month and only has 1 freaking post...

tripp323 · 07-08-2009, 08:23 PM

- maybe just wrap your ride in one of those new Speedo LZR swimsuits?

Christ · 07-08-2009, 09:06 PM

Fix your aerodynamics - chop the top.

Be a real golf fanatic - get "Fast Skinz" dimple wrap.

'Nuff said.

alohaspirit · 07-08-2009, 11:05 PM

i think im better off shaving my head to get better aero in my convertible

RandomFact314 · 07-08-2009, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by alohaspirit

i think im better off shaving my head to get better aero in my convertible

lol you could always put on one of those rubber caps pro swimmers wear, no need to cut off precious hair, we don't get to have hair forever~~

<--- He is not rolling his eyes, he is looking at his bald head

alohaspirit · 07-08-2009, 11:31 PM

yeah but you can always tell the hardcore swimmers by the shaved head

pmaltinsky · 07-11-2009, 10:58 AM

just because I have only posted one thread does not mean it was spam. Some people are just too busy to sit in front of a computer all day. I agree that a 20% reduction in drag sounds like b/s, and I'd have to see it to believe it, but I tend not to dismiss anything without proof that it doesn't work either. If it wasn't so expensive I'd buy some and try it and post the results.

Christ · 07-11-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pmaltinsky

just because I have only posted one thread does not mean it was spam. Some people are just too busy to sit in front of a computer all day. I agree that a 20% reduction in drag sounds like b/s, and I'd have to see it to believe it, but I tend not to dismiss anything without proof that it doesn't work either. If it wasn't so expensive I'd buy some and try it and post the results.

It's not that you've only posted one thread, but the topic that the thread covered. Try searching for the topic you intend to post the next time.. if you had done so this time, you'd have found several threads talking about this very product.

If you just randomly post something that you think is interesting, with no new information about it, all we do is clog up the servers... and I don't think Darin likes that.

There are certain things here that get a rise out of people, that can be discussed page after page, only to get a new thread a few weeks later, to be discussed all over again, with the same arguments, etc.

This isn't one of those topics.

instarx · 07-11-2009, 08:19 PM

I never thought it was spam. First, he didn't capitalize it correctly as any marketing type would have done, and it turns out it's one word FastSkinz, not fast skinz. Seemed a genuine request for information to me. Maybe he should have searched first, but hey, nobody's perfect.

And if a little thread like this taxes the ecomodder servers then someone needs new servers.