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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since we are having discussions about cars, there is a comment I forgot to post before. If we back off on top speed requirements, we get some cool stuff in return, such as more freedom on shape. Note the styling of old cars, how they had a lot of aerodynamically messy surfaces, vertical windshields for instance. Wind resistance isn’t so important at lower speeds. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We don’t have those styley cars anymore, but higher coefficients of drag have advantages: they look cool. Adds character. Today’s cars all look too much alike, boring featureless ovoids. Can you picture a 55 corvette? A 50s era Bel Aire? Sure, now visualize a 1995 Impala? You can’t picture the 95 Impala, because it looks just like every other yank snoozemobile produced in those years, and pretty similar to what is coming off the line now. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another advantage to lower speed is that if the motor is decreased in size and weight, it improves repairability. One feller can pull and replace an engine without special hoists and such. A prole could even keep a spare engine at home on the shelf without using up so much room.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On a related note, the Germans maintain a positive trade balance even though they pay workers some of the highest wages in the world, they are dragging the dead weight of Greece nearly singlehandedly in spite of that unfortunate Colonel Klink accent, and still they do stuff like this, way to go krauts! Check it out, is this cool or what:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=yiv952323516msonormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0">http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>