Comments on: #18 – Wing (3 Comments) http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/2012/01/11/18-wing/ Jokes with pictures Fri, 24 May 2013 23:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tahrey http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/2012/01/11/18-wing/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 tahrey Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:18:03 +0000 http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/?p=108#comment-1155 My previous car had a factory-fit but pretty much pointless spoiler on its hatch lid... it was front-wheel-drive and had an absolute Vmax of about 125mph. The wing didn't do anything I could see other than restrict rear visibility and reduce fuel economy. But, I didn't care much. The car was a cheap, 10-year-old stopgap and it was sometimes handy for opening the hatch when the rest of it was dirty, or resting a drinks can on when working on it. Then I saw another one much the same but without the spoiler and realised what a ridiculous mess of a design it actually had. With spoiler: Looked good. Sporty and well balanced. A bit like a fancy running shoe. Without spoiler: Blobular mess. Utterly bizarre. The wing was nothing more than a styling accessory. BUT A VERY NECESSARY ONE. My previous car had a factory-fit but pretty much pointless spoiler on its hatch lid… it was front-wheel-drive and had an absolute Vmax of about 125mph. The wing didn’t do anything I could see other than restrict rear visibility and reduce fuel economy. But, I didn’t care much. The car was a cheap, 10-year-old stopgap and it was sometimes handy for opening the hatch when the rest of it was dirty, or resting a drinks can on when working on it.

Then I saw another one much the same but without the spoiler and realised what a ridiculous mess of a design it actually had.

With spoiler: Looked good. Sporty and well balanced. A bit like a fancy running shoe.
Without spoiler: Blobular mess.

Utterly bizarre. The wing was nothing more than a styling accessory. BUT A VERY NECESSARY ONE.

]]> By: das-g http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/2012/01/11/18-wing/comment-page-1/#comment-55 das-g Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:15:10 +0000 http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/?p=108#comment-55 LIMA OSCAR LIMA! LIMA OSCAR LIMA!

]]> By: Notebooked http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/2012/01/11/18-wing/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Notebooked Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:24:59 +0000 http://minimumble.thebookofbiff.com/?p=108#comment-22 This is the single greatest thing you've ever done. Congratulations, man. I applaud you. This is the single greatest thing you’ve ever done. Congratulations, man. I applaud you.

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