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Grex > Agora46 > #18: license plate observatoins and comments | |
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bru
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response 158 of 261:
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Aug 7 01:32 UTC 2003 |
DEANERC
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dcat
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response 159 of 261:
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Aug 7 04:57 UTC 2003 |
PT N ME, on a PT Cruiser
Maybe it's just me, but PT Cruisers seem to be disproportionately likely to
have a custom licence plate, compared to other makes & models.
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gelinas
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response 160 of 261:
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Aug 7 04:59 UTC 2003 |
Could be. Could just be that their plates are more likely to be
self-referential. But I did see M1ATA on a Mazda convertible two-seater
today.
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jaklumen
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response 161 of 261:
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Aug 7 05:04 UTC 2003 |
resp:156 drift: so often, spoilers have got to be the gaudiest
accessory I have seen on cars. More often than not, they look
unbelievably stupid. Next, I think, are some custom wheels,
especially some that look like wagon spokes and make the tires rubber-
band thin.
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dcat
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response 162 of 261:
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Aug 7 05:08 UTC 2003 |
Racing stripes and spoilers on cars with four-cyl. engines. I've seen them
on both Honda Civics and Dodge Neons, although the Neons seem more common (or
maybe I just see the same couple more often).
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jmsaul
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response 163 of 261:
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Aug 7 12:17 UTC 2003 |
A lot of spoilers out there don't do anything aerodynamically, either.
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slynne
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response 164 of 261:
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Aug 7 15:45 UTC 2003 |
Sometimes they make a car look more interesting but more often, they
just look stupid. *shrug*
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albaugh
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response 165 of 261:
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Aug 7 21:06 UTC 2003 |
On a maroon-/wine-colored PT Cruiser: DIVA PT
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albaugh
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response 166 of 261:
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Aug 7 21:06 UTC 2003 |
A plate Bush detractors would probably like to see: WMD 000
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bruin
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response 167 of 261:
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Aug 8 01:43 UTC 2003 |
Virginia "400th Anniversary" plate MOUN-10.
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albaugh
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response 168 of 261:
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Aug 8 17:16 UTC 2003 |
On a black Lexus: SNOOTY
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gelinas
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response 169 of 261:
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Aug 8 17:26 UTC 2003 |
Reminds me: On the front a red Jag: She Won (the back plate was SHEWON2)
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jep
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response 170 of 261:
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Aug 8 18:07 UTC 2003 |
Michigan plate: SCSI DR
It seems to me at least 1/3 of the new VW Beetles I've seen have
personalized plates; many more than PT Cruisers.
Most new cars look so much alike that a spoiler is probably required
for a lot of people. There're the Ford Focus/Honda Accord/Pontiac Vibe
cars, the Pontiac Lemans/Ford Taurus cars, then pickup trucks,
minivans, and SUVs. There's not a lot of variety in body styles of
cars being sold these days, leading to crimes like the Pontiac Aztek
(which is not quite a minivan; it's a slight variant on the PT Cruiser,
seems to me)
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bru
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response 171 of 261:
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Aug 9 00:57 UTC 2003 |
YUICHI
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jep
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response 172 of 261:
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Aug 11 03:24 UTC 2003 |
re resp:163: What *is* the aerodynamic function of a spoiler?
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gelinas
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response 173 of 261:
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Aug 11 03:30 UTC 2003 |
It is _supposed_ to force the car down onto its wheels, improving traction.
This is especially useful on a rear-wheel drive car whose engine is in the
front.
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scott
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response 174 of 261:
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Aug 11 12:11 UTC 2003 |
Don't forget the "only works at high speeds" disclaimer, Joe. On your average
shmoe car it's not going to do much at all, at least in an engineering sense.
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gelinas
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response 175 of 261:
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Aug 11 12:21 UTC 2003 |
Right; the original comment noted that they don't work, so the question
I was answering was, "What do they do [when they do work]?"
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goose
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response 176 of 261:
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Aug 11 20:52 UTC 2003 |
Here's a long list collected over the last week or so:
SUNDNCE
LP CPA
HUNTR
SKYWARD
2QUAHOG (?)
MELLOWW (on a yellow C5 Corvette)
SUNNSKI
SHANTI1
MORENA1
ARKTEKT (an architecht that visited our office)
HARDLUK
HNDARON (on an RV hauling a big trailer with Honda motorcycles in it)
STAZ (OH plate)
VET1976 (a '76 'vette)
SOAR HI
ILUVDEB
PRCP
GABB
FLGATRS
DA 1 RESA (OH)
DSNEY19 (IL)
KWIC 1 (IL)
MAGICK (ON)
B26BMBR (there was a B-26 a thte airshow this weekend, the pilot perhaps?)
FONDUE
AIRSHOW
CPU WZD (on a Honda Insight)
YALE 71
Whew.....all plate from MI unless noted.
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gelinas
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response 177 of 261:
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Aug 11 21:02 UTC 2003 |
I saw BNICE yesterday.
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dcat
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response 178 of 261:
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Aug 11 22:01 UTC 2003 |
BUGBOMB a "new beetle" sporting a spoiler & racing stripe
FINZ UP
BUMBLBE a bright yellow Porsche
BKMNIAC
PRNTCPY
MARUTHI
BLUDVIL
STOPHER
SPYDHER
all MI.
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jaklumen
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response 179 of 261:
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Aug 12 00:40 UTC 2003 |
resp:174 Supposedly then, isn't that why the Turbo Beetles deployed
the spoiler at a certain speed (100 MPH?)
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bru
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response 180 of 261:
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Aug 12 01:11 UTC 2003 |
Lighthouse plate COVE
owner lives at lighthouse cove
2 XCELL
DOGLOVER
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jmsaul
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response 181 of 261:
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Aug 12 02:34 UTC 2003 |
Re #175: If you're talking about my comment, what I meant by it is that many
of these spoilers won't work at any speed -- they're aerodynamically
neutral, so they can't produce downforce.
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albaugh
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response 182 of 261:
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Aug 12 17:06 UTC 2003 |
R W K 1
On Mr. Balboa's sports car in "Rocky 3": SOTHPAW (Pennsylvania plate)
Virginia plate on vehicle driven by a man at the time: DEMF
BS on van of some business:
Drive has no money.
He's married.
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