[BMWCSRegistry] CSpoiler For Sale

[Art Wegweiser]

Disagee away, sir but the documented evidence supports my position. 
Owners of cars are free to do whatever they wish with their vehicles 
- even to the limit of absurdity such as a sound system worth more 
than the car in which it is installed. But I do reserve the right to 
dispute and critique the wisdom of such expenditures and express my 
opinion thereof.

>     a) If trunk wings are a fashion statement [to some], then why 
>would air dams not fall into the same category?

  They surely do except, on a track,  No substantial function has been 
shown to be served on highways even in modest excess of speed limits.

>  b) '...a dumbness - as about as [sic] functional as the fins of 
>cars of my youth' This is simply untrue; review aerodynamic 
>fundamentals before suggesting unfounded opinions as fact.

Are you saying the enormous fins of a the 1950-60's DeSoto, Cadillac, 
etc really served some function beyond style and fashion?

>c) '...fashion statement trunk wings' Although not technically 
>wings, the rear spoilers on E28s are well documented for providing 
>added stability at higher speeds (> 80 MPH, on track of course).

You just said it yourself - probably even at 80 they may not do much. 
The grey haired or balding driver of that that Buick with the wings 
or spoilers has likely not even even seen a track other than on TV.

>d) '...why spend $350 for a piece that is useless...'    Air dams 
>have been demonstrated to reduce the drag coefficient of virtually 
>any automobile; therefore, over a sufficient period of time your 
>initial investment will be recovered, after which time (if you don't 
>spend too much touching up damage from stones...) you will realize a 
>return on your investment.  Now about those troublesome curbs.just 
>stop your car before you hit the 'parking barrier.'

Again - you said it. Whatever minor saving would hardly offset repair 
and replacement of air dams when the first possum crossing the road 
is encountered. About the parking barriers, the hundreds of chips and 
scars on these things testify as to how easy it is to stop your car 
while still keeping its tail out of traffic.
Parking barriers should stop a car via its tires, not its body metal 
or plastic.

>Actually, this reply may be a bit overstated.  My fundamental 
>response is more succinctly expressed with: Dude - I think those 
>front spoilers look real cool!

Sorry Larry, but I stopped being a "Dude" a while back - nor do I 
wear my cap backward or have tattoos and piercings and do not find 
chubby girls/women in low rider/plumbers ass revealing jeans 
appealing.  Especially when the wearers approach the Golden Age.
But I respect different strokes.

Art

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>LA----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Wegweiser" <art at bmwcsregistry.org>
>To: "Bill Proud" <bmwbits at bellsouth.net>; "E9coupes BMW" 
><bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net>
>Cc: "Senior Digest" <gopostal at seniorsix.org>
>Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:02 AM
>Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] CSpoiler For Sale
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>>No answer to my inquiry (not out of interest but just curious - 
>>but this thing only does nothing as do the fashion statement trunk 
>>wings, a dumbness - as about as functional as the fins of cars of 
>>my youth).
>>My opinion  - why spend $350 for a piece that is useless at even 
>>modest extra legal highway speeds but will rapidly collect damage 
>>from stones and parking spot barriers?
>>Art
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