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Oh.
My.
God.
I'm sat with my jaw hanging open at the
"Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight"
bit.
The explanation later on is just class....
"The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared."
Oh Lord... oh dear Lord
My.
God.
I'm sat with my jaw hanging open at the
"Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight"
bit.
The explanation later on is just class....
"The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared."
Oh Lord... oh dear Lord
25 May 2006, 01:32 PM
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It has no extra weight in the car, all glove compartments, cubby holes and the boot is empty. The rear exhaust may or may not add power. It has only ever run on Optimax, I know you get more boost out if this fuel on bigger engined cars but every little helps. The tyres are always inflated to 38 PSI to give extra grip and less tyre slouch. Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight. (Like why you crawl flat across a frozen pond so as not to break the ice). I regularly drive with around £10 of fuel, again weight saving, and often I use engine cleaner in the fuel load to remove debris from the fuel injectors. The car is always clean improving aerodynamic progress.
He thinks it's some kind of F1 car
25 May 2006, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
Now I know where I've been going wrong all these years! 
Can't fold the seats in my current car, is there any way of getting around this?
Can't fold the seats in my current car, is there any way of getting around this?
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Not bad eh? 
The other bonus that he fails to notice is that whenever you fold your seats down, you find a green 5p piece and a boiled sweet, remove these and you'll go faster still!
The other bonus that he fails to notice is that whenever you fold your seats down, you find a green 5p piece and a boiled sweet, remove these and you'll go faster still!
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He may have a point.
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You bunch of rotten sods!
Mind you, this: "I have tried to fold the rear seats down, but its a 996, and i some how feel that the impact of folding down the backrests is somewhat negated by a farking great big engine in the wrong place."
Was just classic!
Mind you, this: "I have tried to fold the rear seats down, but its a 996, and i some how feel that the impact of folding down the backrests is somewhat negated by a farking great big engine in the wrong place."
Was just classic!
Curses....my STi has a solid rear bulkhead so I can't fold down my rear seats.....Why would Subaru do this?!?!?! Don't they realise the benefits?
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Originally Posted by Kieran_Burns
Oh.
My.
God.
I'm sat with my jaw hanging open at the
"Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight"
bit.
The explanation later on is just class....
"The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared."
Oh Lord... oh dear Lord
My.
God.
I'm sat with my jaw hanging open at the
"Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight"
bit.
The explanation later on is just class....
"The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared."
Oh Lord... oh dear Lord
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