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Mon 1 Oct 2001 00:58

WEIGHT - ROBIN

i NOTICE THAT MY NEW XSARA TD110 ESTATE WEIGHES 60KG MORE THAN MY 6 YEAR OLD PEUGEOT 405 TD ESTATE.
wHERE WILL ALL THIS END?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEIGHTS OF THE VARIOUS vw gOLFS OVER THE YEARS YOU REACH THE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THAT THE THINGS ARE GROUND OUT OF DEPLETED uRANIUM.
i'M WELL AWARE THAT THINGS HAVE TO BE MORE CRASHPROOF,BUT ADDED WEIGHT INCREASES THE ENERGY TO BE DISSIPATED IN DIRECT PROPORTION.
oNE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO GET A DESIGNER OF AIRCRAFT INTERIORS TO DO THE SEATS,HAVE YOU TRIED TO LIFT A CAR SEAT RECENTLY?
dONT.
aND WHY DO DEISEL ENGINES INVOLVE GREAT LUMPS OF PIG IRON AS CYLINDER BLOCKS?
HAVE THEIR DESIGNERS SOMETHING PERSONAL AGAINST ALUMINIUM?
aND WHAT ABOUT COMPOSITES?
lOUGHBOROUGH TECH WERE RUNNING ENGINES WITH COMPOSITE BLOCKS DECADES AGO,ITS NO NOVELTY.

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Mon 1 Oct 2001 09:18

Re: WEIGHT - spencer the artist

I was told that the manufacturers of range rovers used ultra thin wire to save weight, but they also put in a gearknob made out of turned steel that weighs about ten pounds (slight exagerration)

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