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Old 08-13-2008, 12:50 PM   #21 (permalink)
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you forgot the perpetual machine aero!!!

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Old 08-13-2008, 12:53 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Hey isn't that the same isle with gweebo discs and spray squelch?
also headlight/horn fluid?
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:20 PM   #23 (permalink)
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listen to this

where did this woman come from?


http://www.ourlighterside.com/videos/phone-call.html
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Old 08-13-2008, 06:45 PM   #25 (permalink)
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sorry,I was levitating in front of the computer in the perpetual motion machine,and I couldn't see the toothpicks for the sticks.I levitate corrected!
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Man,I'm headin' for Virginia Beach! I've just gotta have some of that headlight/horn fluid!!!!!!!
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I can't stop laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'll have to get to a computer with audio,looks like fun!Thanks!
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Old 08-13-2008, 09:05 PM   #29 (permalink)
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A shiny car will get better mileage... The reference to the NASCAR cars triggered a special I saw where they talked about using skins instead of decals on the bodies of the NASCAR cars. This would be similar to removing all of the little emblems on the car to smooth out the surface. Also, in WWII, the USAAC discovered that there was significant drag associated with the olive drab painted aircraft, and that by removing the drab paint and leaving the bare metal, they not only saved some weight, but big gains were the reduced drag on the plane.
The Americas Cup was lost to the Aussies after they applied "Ripplets" to their hull. These triangular shaped bumbs would produce a back eddie to push the boat forward. Not sure if it would work on a car
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Wow, and nobody cried foul for tech cheating?

It might work on large cars or trucks but on smaller vehicles it might create more drag than its worth, nevermind that water dynamics are so different from air.

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