lighten by X% = faster by Y%?
02-07-2007, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TD in DC
Removing weight is dangerous because it can take away a primary potentially valid excuse for why you are slower than others. I removed 200 lbs from my car this winter . . .
02-07-2007, 06:10 PM
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The only weight removal I see being useful in that photo Dave, would be the 200lbs of meat next to the car.
02-07-2007, 06:23 PM
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He is the master of "excuses for why you are slower than others"...
02-07-2007, 06:25 PM
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Reminds me of the old “I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.”
02-07-2007, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hayaku
each unsprung 10 lbs of weight loss = 1 hp regained at the wheels
Hey - that's my motivation to get off my fat butt and loose some weight! And I really don't need any complicated forumla involving 2 times the square root of pi to know that dropping pounds off my body will help.
-Z-man.
PS: Did someone mention pie? Mmmmm - apple pie - Mmmm
