New headlamp bulb tests

Always wonder about that. It may sound good in a sale brochure, but those
two (or four) lamps are nothing compare to the big gapping hole that feeds
the radiator. I think it has more to do with aesthetics. If it looks
aerodynamic, it might be aerodynamic...

 

Without the big gaping hole feeding the radiator, you won't need lights.
And if the air flows through the radiator effectively, it doesn't
restrict too much. Look at the big gapping holes on an F1 car, to cool
the engine, to cool the brakes etc, but they still make those tiny
little mirrors as aerodynamic as possible.

It is all about give and take, lighter is better for fuel mileage so we
make everything we can out of plastic. We haven't yet made an engine
that keeps running out of plastic so we have to use some sort of metal.
A steel bumper cover weights nothing compared to a V8, I don't care
what it is made of, but we use a plastic bumper cover because we can and
it saves us a few pounds.


Dan

 

Indeed, the first car that had plastic headlights and the crappy 9004
bulbs was the '84 Lincoln Mark VII. Automotive lighting engineers refer
to these as the first of the Aero-horrors. Not to be outdone, they
(Lincoln/Sylvania) actually made the headlights even WORSE on the '93
Lincoln Mark VIII, to the point of actually being dangerous to drive
behind at night, even in town.

 

Both of you did not get it, shame on you. Proliferation of proper
posting techniques is marginal at best. Take a look back at the history
of this thread. Therein lies your answer.

- D.

 

As a friend of mine says: "!irritating it's - post top don't Please"
Al

 

Everyone knows references FOLLOW the text!

 

<phrrrttt> another top posted brain fart. Uhh, those are not references -
they're comments for carrying on a dialogue... just as you would in an umm,
intellegent conversation.

If you care about Usenet as a medium for articulate debate:
<http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html>... otherwise just keep up
the cerebral flatulence and be ignored as a source for serious, well
expressed opinion and commentary.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??