Reasons to be cheerful!

[Arturo]

You are all my potatoes.

[Tank]

King Edwards or Jersey Royals?

[Essie Mae]

An opperdoezer myself.

[Dave]

I'll be almost anything other than a "pink fir apple"!

Nice spud but . . .

[Guardian85]

To celebrate finding a better job, I decided to treat myself and order a pair of bonnet stripes for my Mini. It's going to look so cute with them on.

It'll go faster, too.   

And it is a scientific fact that vehicles with stripes are quicker then vehicles without. 

[Dave]

To celebrate finding a better job, I decided to treat myself and order a pair of bonnet stripes for my Mini. It's going to look so cute with them on.

It'll go faster, too.   

And it is a scientific fact that vehicles with stripes are quicker then vehicles without. 

Painted on stripes maybe, the edges of the stick-on ones only increase the drag factor

[Asmodean]

To celebrate finding a better job, I decided to treat myself and order a pair of bonnet stripes for my Mini. It's going to look so cute with them on.

It'll go faster, too.   

And it is a scientific fact that vehicles with stripes are quicker then vehicles without. 

Since Gloucester took care of the sciency bit already(depends on the relative slipperiness of stripe material to car paint, by the way),

Go-faster stripes making shit faster, it's a Top Gear fact, which is the next thing to a religious fact when it comes to being scientific. I'm above average interested in cars, but I would not stick racing stripes on anything less than a sports car, which would not normally need them to be cool anyways. A pickup truck is not a sports car. Neither is a van. Neither is anything named Kia, Hyundai, Suzuki, Proton or Sang Yong. I actually saw stripes on a Ssang Yong once. *shudder*

[Recusant]

Painted on stripes maybe, the edges of the stick-on ones only increase the drag factor

Nuh-uh! I'm pretty sure it has to do with laminar air flow, and if anything decal stripes increase that effect.   

[Dave]

Painted on stripes maybe, the edges of the stick-on ones only increase the drag factor

Nuh-uh! I'm pretty sure it has to do with laminar air flow, and if anything decal stripes increase that effect.   

Depends where the stripes are and at which point, between the very front and back wheel arch or the back edge of the roof, turbulence free laminar flow develops. If ever.

Cars with stick-on stripes front to back will go faster than those with stripes side to side.

But then, basing this on my work in the flow of water in pipes it might only apply in very heavy rain. Or driving through full storm drains in submersible Minis . . .

[Tank]

The last few posts demonstrate that people who join forums will argue about anything!

[Dave]

The last few posts demonstrate that people who join forums will argue about anything!

I would like to take issue with your statement, Tank . . .

But that would only confirm it.

[Recusant]

The last few posts demonstrate that people who join forums will argue about anything!

Perhaps, but I would posit that what Gloucester and I have produced is an intentional parody of such an argument. 

[Magdalena]

The last few posts demonstrate that people who join forums will argue about anything!

News:
Nitpicky? Hell yes. 

[Dave]

The last few posts demonstrate that people who join forums will argue about anything!

Perhaps, but I would posit that what Gloucester and I have produced is an intentional parody of such an argument. 

"parody"
 

Thought it was a valid scientific discussion . . .

Been working on designs for a submersible Mini to test my theory. Going to take a lot of duct tape , WD40 and bath sealant though. Oh, and two very big balloons, one for the air in and one for the exhaust out. Know all too well what a flooded exhaust pipe does!

[Recusant]

Excellent! I see a groundbreaking paper published in a reputable fluid mechanics journal in your future.