At least it’s uncontroversial that you can have torque without HP—seized lug nuts and all. If the nuts are truly corroded onto the bolts, and I stand on my wrench and breaker bar, all 200 lbs of me, 3 feet from the bolt, but fail to budge the nut, then I’m applying 600 lb-ft of torque with no HP. Everyone agrees iwth…
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So, if I throw a 1 kg sack of coffee beans onto a sailboat, and move those coffee beans at 1 m/s, while the ocean is exerting 1 Newton of force against the boat, then I’m getting 1 hp of work done, right?
I’m truly fascinated by this exchange and hope it stays civil. What would be “the authority”? Is there something that’s considered the bible of physics? I’ll go look it up.
I didn’t think horsepower is defined to require rotation. I thought physics books just gave it as a measure of work done, units being Watts. But, I’m not an engineer, and I haven’t taken physics since the 1990s, so if you say so, I will defer to you.
Minor nitpick, but you sure can have horsepower without torque. Moving things by slingshot, rocket, air-gun, linear motors, etc., all provide horsepower without torque.
I beat all those cars. My 2008 e90 M3 has an in-dash MPG gauge. My combined average swings between 10 and 10.2 mpg.
drool. It’s not just the car, it’s the car + the setting.
Why?
Funny you should post this, because I recently got a 2013 BMW 135is, and I have since decided that a better car would be a bmw 135i, and I plan to find one soon. Which means, I have independently decided I want to go from a 320 hp car to almost the same car but with 300 hp.
2004 Forester XT with Bridgestone Blizzaks. I hate snow, but it won’t slow me down.
Good price for this car, but, if you’re going to spend that much, there are just so many better value propositions. CP
You’re not being greedy and cheap. You are offering your mom a wonderful intangible value. If she sells to you, she gets to keep the Miata in the family, so she can see it again in the future, and know it’s being taken care of. Plus, she’s building a lasting bond and legacy with you, her daughter. Family. Mother/…
I can deal with this:
There’s two major versions. On some SUV type vehicles, the entire C (or D) pillar is gloss black, like the side windows wrap around to the back window. I think some older Ford Explorers did that. That don’t bother me too much.
took me maybe a year, too. I gotta admit, it’s clever.
Any infiniti or Nissan with a “floating” c-pillar (what on Earth made anything think that looked good!?). Any car with stupid, giant, black plastic jowls (I’m looking at you Civic) that do nothing but look stupid out there on the front bumper.
Not at all. Because it’s an acronym. If you go with “the answer is always miata”, then the car is a Taiam. So, go with “Miata is always the answer” to avoid epic failure.
Here we go:
Exactly. Anyone who is capable of doing the required work, why on earth would they do it on this bike?