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Grex > Agora46 > #18: license plate observatoins and comments | |
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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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gull
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response 183 of 261:
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Aug 12 20:10 UTC 2003 |
Re #146: I always thought 2 Kings 9:20 would be good, but there's no way
to fit that on a plate. Maybe a bumper sticker? ;>
Re #173, 179: I think sometimes they're just meant to separate the
airflow to eliminate lift, too. An example would be the little spoiler
tab they added to the trunks of Audi TT's after they started having
spin-out wrecks on the Autobahn. The car is basically airfoil shaped
and was generating enough lift at high speeds to break traction. The
New Beetle Turbo's spoiler is probably of this type. People who souped
up old Beetles found the rear end would start to come unstuck above 90
mph or so, I've heard, so it doesn't suprise me that the New Beetle
needed some airflow tuning.
Re #176: "2QUAHOG" Maybe a Family Guy reference? It was set in Quahog,
Rhode Island.
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russ
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response 184 of 261:
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Aug 13 02:13 UTC 2003 |
Various, all Michigan AFAICR:
FORBINS (on an old VW bus)
BLUSTO
MUNEDOG
KASH (seen right next to the above)
Z9M9Z (can't figure that one out)
Re spoilers, the Mitsubishi 3000GT had a retractable spoiler
which popped up at speeds over something like 40 MPH, if you
selected that setting (it was controllable by dashboard switch).
I've seen some econo-GT cars with serious-looking spoiler wings
set way up high on struts over the trunk lid. Those would appear
to be at ieast potentially effective, if the speed got high enough.
Holding down the back end would improve traction there and help
keep the car going in a straight line, which is probably a good
idea at the speeds you'd have to go for the spoiler to work well.
Most of the time I bet they just slash a few MPG off the highway
mileage.
The little molded plastic pieces on trunk lids are just jokes.
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gelinas
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response 185 of 261:
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Aug 13 02:20 UTC 2003 |
The last above is a palindrome, but I can't pronounce it.
I saw LITE FT this evening.
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dcat
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response 186 of 261:
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Aug 13 19:18 UTC 2003 |
KUANG
JLKMNS
both MI
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gelinas
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response 187 of 261:
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Aug 13 19:23 UTC 2003 |
Michigan Bridge plate: VA GIRL
I also saw U MICH, but I didn't see who issued it.
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