Aerodynamic dyslexia
Posted Apr 19th 2007 6:07PM by Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: Etc., First Drive
This seems to be a case where the image says pretty much all that needs to be said. Driving in to the office this morning, I spotted this peculiar looking Firebird and felt it needed to be immortalized on this site. For some reason, the wing plane seemed to be vibrating more than normal. I hate to think of how this thing would feel going through a high speed sweeper.
Tags: DIY, wings
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Cody Peterson @ Apr 19th 2007 6:17PM
Somebody ditched out on 7th grade physics class...
djSyndrome @ Apr 19th 2007 6:23PM
When that thing wrecks - and it will - I wonder if the insurance company will be willing to pay the claim?
Viv @ Apr 19th 2007 6:33PM
poor firebird.
johdaxx @ Apr 19th 2007 6:34PM
I miss beaterz.com...
Viv @ Apr 19th 2007 6:34PM
poor firebird.
hampton @ Apr 19th 2007 6:34PM
Malcolm Bricklin is planning a flying car. Maybe this is a prototype.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/18/good-old-malcolm-this-time-bricklins-planning-a-luxury-ev-and/
RM
Lithous @ Apr 19th 2007 6:36PM
Please people, you mock what you don't understand... This vehicle is a double entry into the Ansari AND Automotive X-prize competitions. The second spoiler (never thought I'd every have to write that) is for slowdown on re-entry.
Otto Ingineer @ Apr 19th 2007 6:41PM
Mmmm, oversteer tasty, if you catch my drift. The owner just didn't like the bright lights in their rearview mirror at night, and did not know about the dimmer lever. Their next "upgrade" will be window louvers.
BillPrince @ Apr 19th 2007 6:46PM
You have to drive to work?
I thought all you bloggers worked in your tighty-whities from home!
Proud Japanese @ Apr 19th 2007 6:53PM
It's not rice when dumbestics do it right?
Jason @ Apr 19th 2007 6:55PM
Where was this on the Thruway?
Gregg W. @ Apr 19th 2007 6:56PM
...the driver's hair was also cut really short in back, but he had really long bangs in the front...
ssgtakeo @ Apr 19th 2007 6:56PM
Sheesh, I hate em too but where are the "ricer-hater" commenters now? Just goes to show you, stupidity has very little with the nation of origin of your car.
Brian M @ Apr 19th 2007 6:58PM
Yet a cop pulls my wife for going 7MPH over the speed limit and this idiot continues to drive
Brian @ Apr 19th 2007 7:01PM
Once upon a time I was driving behind an Integra that had one of the stock rear spoilers that some of them had, but this one looked a little funny. It was higher up than usual.
As I got closer I saw how the genius owner had done it.
With 2 inch pieces of PVC pipe used as spacers.
Shoaib @ Apr 19th 2007 7:05PM
Theres physics in 7th grade? Where on earth did u go to school?
Drew @ Apr 19th 2007 7:06PM
This is the kind of thing that deserves to be on Topgear.com's Carbage area. Utter trash.
Rémi @ Apr 19th 2007 7:12PM
This guy just wanted to imitate the Mercedes-Benz SLR airbrake, but all those moving parts are so difficult to reproduce... Just let it on all the time, it will do the job ;)
John P. @ Apr 19th 2007 7:20PM
hehe, that's pretty cool.
Anyone consider that some people have a sense of humor? I am willing to bet he gets the most flames from the punks in the civics. He might get off on that kind of thing.
I remember completely fingerpainting my Festiva when it passed 300,000 miles, and getting pulled over by a cop with Zero sense of humor. Come on guys, don't be one of them.
Bill Hancock @ Apr 19th 2007 7:30PM
i think i recognize the overpass