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It is so sad that, in the US, that is the case. in the UK, you get taught about static friction and equations of motion as part of your GCSEs (the standard subject school-leaving exam taken at 16) whilst dynamic friction is part of A-level (a 2 year set of courses in 2-6 subjects taken between...

There is a trick, which works with cops, but not with cameras. Its the 'ferret' or 'blocker'(as it was termed in the smokey and the bandit films) method. Basically, find someone else going faster than you close to you. Stay slower than them whilst you're within say 1/8 mile of them, when they're...

and 35 during rush, especially ont he connector :-) - just look at how many cars impact the bank staying on I85 comming south at the connector - I think its like 3-4 a DAY I live a bit south of atlanta though, and cops often live a county or two from where they work. There's one Griffin cop I...

The Magnum is a hot car! The noise from that car's Hemi V8 gives me goose bumps and makes my body hair stick straight up! The only thing that would keep me from buying it if I were in the market is that it's only available with an automatic transmission. AND it handles like shit, AND its...

gop - I still think that a comparison on the indoor 'speed record' is going to be the best for you. Its a comparison, teachers like that. Your teacher will know Top Gear, and will appreciate the cultural outreach. It also shows force dynamics, , plus, most importantly, figures for both the...

and who can forget volvo kicking arse at the BTCC with the 850 estate, to the point where they changed the rules to disallow them.

It depends what you want. I drive a 97 town and country, and whilst its nothing special, its nothing bad either. Sure, its not a lexus, or 7-series (and thank god too) but its what it is, an if you accept that, they're not bad. Sure, its got nothing on my twin-turbo MG metro, or my fathers old...

More specifically, you change from static friction to dynamic friction, which generally differs in the corefficient factor. Of course, tyres are one of the worst things to discuss in relation to friction and coefficients of it, because rubber is the rare exception to the rule, in that ? is R...

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There's always the V-badge. in either T5 or R badge, they're very fast. should match all your criteria. personally, I like the 70 over the 60, but thats just me - I also prefer the old shape 70 to the recent one - so much so I almost bought an XC last december, but went for a minivan in the end...

You'reall wrong- the best driving shoes of all are hi-tec Magnums. I've been using a pair of megnum classics for the last 5 years - they're great. Just replacing them with some ViperII's, because, well, the tread's wearing down, and the leather's seperating where the ends of the toecap are...

ACtually, they're pretty damned cheap. Police crown vic interceptor list price - $18k, but they're not bought at list. Car companies bid on them. I''ve heard of PDs getting CVI's for as little as $13-14k/vehicle. A lot use the scoring data from the michigan state police tests to weight the bid...

Ever actually looked up the specs of them? 0-60 time of over 10 seconds. top speed of 120 or 130mph, depending on the final ratio selected. Handling time, not great. Dodge charger and magnum - both fast, handle better than the crown vic - cops, however hate them the same reason they hate the...

I did physics at both A and S levels (NOT AS level, easy to confuse them) At no point did we do any such assignments, but then that was 10 years ago, with the UCLES sylabus. In the US, things are even worse, Take the A-level, with the S-level add-on, and you've pretty much got the equivilent of...

Used to have a fair few of these jap microvans for transport. A 88 Bedford Rascal (like hammonds, but with the 50hp 1litre engine) then a 98 Daihatsu hijet (with a 1.3, and came with 6 seats, engine also under the front seats, but this time there's actually something in front of the drivers...

You might be too young to remember, but thats only in the last 10 years. even in the mid-90's some stations had the ppl and ppg displayed. Main reason, though, is because of the treasury. Under the tory's, they realised, "if we have them price petrol by the litre, then we can increase the duty...

IIRC it was one of Harry Enfield's characters, or similar, but its also a sort of generic boring nerdy person voince in the uk, the kind of annorack (hell, I can't even spell it, let alone remember what they look like) wearing, pimple covered trainspotters. who go on caravan holidays, and carry...

Re: Old Stig? Re: Old Stig? Have you actually bothered to read this thread at all? The 'well soken man' was James Hewitt (as I said back on page 4) whereas the old stig was Perry McCarthy.

the posh sounding bloke was Maj. James hewett - - famous for shagging that adultering trollop, Diana. (He does actually say his name when shaking hands with richard, about 24:42 mark) the convertable espace has given me an idea though, i've an 87 caravan gong spare, so unless i sell it in the...