http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MidzfPBaMJQ

that test was at 29km/h, now imagine what would happen at 3times the speed (=9times the kinetic energy) which is still legal on most rural roads

so yes, it is possible to rip a car in halfs without speeding

Quote from JeffR :

For one thing, most traffic on the autobahn is running around 200 kph or 124 mph, so less speed differential. The lanes are wider. There are also rules, the "slower" cars need to stay on the right, and getting rear-ended in the left lane will often be considered the slower drivers fault (unless the speed differntial was so high that the slower driver couldn't see the approaching car in time). There a courtesy rule about using turn signals when the slower cars do go into the left lane when passing slower still cars as a warning to any fast approaching cars.

no, no NO
thats just way off

"most traffic is running around 200kph"
The Autobahn is actually a great place to show societies two-class-system:
There are people that run 200+kph, and there are people who have to pay for fuel themselves.
From my observation and personal experience most people drive somewhere between 100 and 160kph.

"the lanes are wider"
thats actually the only correct fact

"slower cars need to stay on right"
...if the right lanes is free, but even then the faster drivers have to go there too

"and getting rear-ended in the left lane will often be considered the slower drivers fault"

BULLSHIT
it will only be slower drivers fault if he pulled out right in front of the faster guy


"There a courtesy rule about using turn signals"
definitely not a courtesy rule but rather law

Quote from Mp3 Astra :

Holy crap! How did I miss that. HAHA

consider yourself lucky, i had a tough time figuring out that THAT was supposed to be 2 people dancing

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

Try it yourself. Put your hand in front of a fan that's turned off, or running very low. It will be warm air. Now turn the fan up full. Cold air.

okay

-hand in front of fan
=> water particles on my skin evaporate
=> absorbs energy (body temperature)
=> it FEELS cold

however the fact that it FEELs cold (which i never doubted) doesnt change anything on the fact that the air in front and behind the fan has still the same temperature

What you are implying is that temperature got lost while being sucked through the fan. Since temperature is messurement for the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance, energy got lost! If it didnt get lost, where did it go? Congratulations, you just threw 160years of physics overboard. LOL at those retards who always thought energy cant get lost but only transfered from one state to another.

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

Well the HDD cage is at the front of the case, and the two HDDs are spread out just enough to hold a can securely, where the front fan sucks in cold air And being Ireland, "summer" is never more than like 20 degrees in my room, so it's not bringing in hot air either. The fans can spin up to 2500RPM when necessary, thereby sucking in almost ice cold air, and at that speed air is almost pushed straight through at the same temperature.

okay, so your room temperature is 20°C, what do you think how cold the air gets as it is sucked into the case? -2°C as shown in your picture?

the 51°C is supposed to be some bug but you believe the -2°C without any doubts, are you really that stupid?

fact: no matter how fast your spin your intake fan, the air will not cool down, as a matter of fact it might even heat up if its getting compressed
(trying to explain this scientifically to you doesnt seem to be worth it, i highly doubt you would get it, but just to give you something to think about: why would turbocharged cars need an intercooler if the air cools down anyway while being compressed)

anyway, do you think you can compare this with cooling headwind while riding a bicycle? YOU CANNOT, whats cooling while cylcing is not the speed of the wind but the sweat on your skin, the faster you go the faster it evaporates*, for this it needs energy (in this case: your body temperature)

and then theres one last thing: your cpu generate heat, lets say 50W, constantly!, how does this depend on the fanspeed?


to sum it up: your posts are full of crap

Last edited by speedway, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 17:56. Reason : condensate =/= evaporate, translation mistake

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

During summer I can ramp up the fans, and enjoy the ice cold room. The HDD cage doubles as a fridge when the front fan is on too, very handy for chocolate and cans

WOW, you seem to have invented a way to make your case suck in warm room air, which picks up the heat from cpu, vga, northbridge etc. and eventually exits the case at a much lower temperature: cold enough to cool your room, chocolate and cans

i am REALLY IMPRESSED

Quote from pipa :

hmmm

...for maximum downforce while driving backwards! I hope he converted the car to FWD for this as well

Quote from samforey12345 :

I use colgate, you?

dentagard ftw

PS: you actually made me run into my bathroom to look, all i usually remember:
big and blue can: shaving gel
small and green tube: toothpaste

PPS: since youre so curious sam, im using a d-link 624+

Last edited by speedway, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 20:42.

Quote from sam93 :

I thought it would just be intresting on what Routers/Access Points people use/have.

i think it would be really interesting what kind of toothpaste people are using

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Wow, the view per post count of this thread is skyrocketing!

...i guess i just have to write something now after viewing this thread

Quote from bmwe30m3 :

Ricer Heaven
http://www.lfsforum.net/newrep ... mp;noquote=1&p=898135

how about posting the url thats above the "ricer heaven", and not the one that was on top when you posted your message

(i must admit, this confused me at first
"WTH, i didnt hit the reply button!!111111111one")

...unless this was your plan

Quote from Luke.S :

ha ha very funny.

a shame you think its funny, because i was dead serious

i'm sure the guy that got BBQ'ed in that lambo also though he "can" drive a car

see: i even led us back ontopic

Quote from Luke.S :

can you drive? I am 13 and i can drive.

no you can NOT, you might be able to operate a car but you CANNOT drive it

I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned before, but ill say it anyway.
Dont you think you should earn your own money before thinking of spending it. And the amount of money (and others work) you intend to spend is just insane, what are we looking at here? 10000£? or more close to 20000£? That money will make you survive 5years at university without having to work at night

Furthermore, have you you informed yourself about the c20let engine and how much you can get out of it? Sure its possible to get 400hp out of it, but this means the car will spend more time sitting in the garage for engine revisions than driving on public roads (or standing at "modified car shows" ...having to push the car of a trailer will look beautiful btw). Cars without their revisions will usually end up on ebay or some online car market, where they usually stay for several years...for a really good reason.
Changing a Corsa to RWD? Good luck with your insurance and the vehicle registration, and dont be surprised if they ask for the engineer calculations on the stability of the chassis. I suppose rwd will not be possible without cutting out huge parts for the drivetrain.

Btw: Is money growing on trees nowadays? If so, i really want one of those trees!!!!

Quote from sam93 :

Why is this a useless thread?

basically it just shows us some BBQ'ed people who were irresponsible enough to race in public and drove beyond their driving abilities
".....but its a lambo"
yes, and i like i said before it could happen with any other car too (misteriously approved by the guy whose name is taken, even without calling me gay for once )

so theres nothing special about this thread, i found a pic of a yellow flower on teh! internet today, YELLOW...wanna have the link?

Quote from sam93 :

I just thought I sharing my findings that's all.

there is a reason why human gateways are not very much liked on pretty much every other forum i know

if you roll any car, the roof will eventually come down a bit (or a little more, depending on circumstances)
unless you have fancy frameless windows the door will most like be jammed no matter which way it opens

so if youre not capable of forcing the door open, find the knob for the side window or braking the side window, youre either unconscious or already killed in which cases you wont even realise the fire

whats my point? i've no clue...maybe: "a reason not to buy a car with doors"

Quote from BAMBO :

This is the best off-roader period:
"insert pic off flying monster truck here"

dont think so, (better read carefully now bambo, im gonna write something constructive, btw: still no thread about me yet, what takes you so long)

- by the time you got into rough terrain with that, you will have ran out of fuel, lets hope the fuel tanker has better offroad capabilities than a hummer
- because of its portal axles the unimog still has more "effective" ground clearance

Quote from BAMBO :

"Is Speedway gonna say something informative or will he act in a foolish manor?"

btw: i would love to see you open a thread like that

Quote from BAMBO :

What about: "Is Speedway gonna say something informative or will he act in a foolish manor?" thread

yes, i was trying to imply that neither of the suggested cars is ultimate offroad machine, unlike an unimog or anything else that was built for loose ground

btw: an H1 weights over 3,5tonnes, and is thus (in germany at least) not a car anymore, but a real truck

so why does that count but not the unimog?

let me answer it for you: because it would destroy your ideology of the hummer being the "bestest" offroader ever built, additionally so far you managed to ignore all the arguments and opponions against the hummer or turned them down on "driver" or facts being faked


all what i just wrote was in my last posts as well, even though way more subtle

btw: that poll isnt stupid enough yet, how about:

Which ultimate offroader would you take after you married Sabine Schmitz who just recently dumped the stig in his brand new pink overall?

seriously bambo, how can you always come up with such silly stuff

Quote from BAMBO :

Blah Blah that's amateur Off-Roading

lmao...wheres the difference to your vids then?

Quote from wien :

Here's one Hägglund's BV206. (That's me driving BTW)

any real off-roader (like an unimog) wont be counted, nice try though

all i saw in your vids was jeep drivers who didnt know what they were doing

touchè?

Quote from BAMBO :

H2 is not bad, show me another off-roader (excepting it's big brother , the H1) that can do what it's doing.

...stubborn as a mule

you might wanna watch the top gear polar special, and then repeat your last statement

edit: the one before your last one