| | So I've been debating over things in my head these past couple of days. I like thinking in the car. When I don't listen to music, it gives me the chance to really just clear my head and think about the world around me and about some of life's biggest mysteries.
I recently was thinking about cars and rims. Larger rims are starting to make a lot more sense to me. So get this. From my understanding, you should technically get more mileage from having larger rims on your car. With a standard 15" rim, the diameter is probably a total of 24", meaning the radius would be 12" total (or one foot). That puts the circumference at about 37.7". So in one rotation of the wheel, it rolls 37.7".
Now take a 19" rim. Yes, you have to take into fact that the wheel base is smaller, but you still gain a little bit of space on the tire. Say now the diameter of the full tire is 28" (a gain of 2" on each side...sounds reasonable). The radius would now by 14", putting the circumferece at just about 44". That's a gain of about 6.5"
If a car travels at 60mph, it's technically traveling at 1 mile per minute. That's 63,360" per minute or 1,056" per second. So with a regular 15" rim, it equals to about 28 rotations per minute.
Now let's go back to the 19" rim. Theoretically it takes the same amount of time for the axel to spin the wheel in one rotation, just that the diameter is difference which results in a larger circumference. Let's look at the figures. At 60mph, it did 28 rotations perr minute. That times the 44" is about 1,232" per second, and 73,920" per minute. It does 6,160" per minute, which yields a 16% increase.
.... so what does that mean? Does this actually work? =P or does the weight gain from the rims balance out the length of the circumference gained? I still don't have all the answers.
One of life's other mysteries that came up recently has to do with Baskin Robins. They're a well known Ice Cream chain that has been around since the days of my youth. Well Joyce and I traveled out to one near our home since she saw a commercial advertising about a new Oreo Cookie Blast. When we went there we were shocked, dumbfounded, and astonished. It wasn't because it looked so great (but it did), but it was the fact that their small sized Oreo Cookie Blast was priced at $6.79!!! They're medium was $8.39, and the large was $10.99!!!
Who in their right mind pays that much for a shake? I'm hoping whoever had the bright idea to charge that much for things gets fired. The cost of a gallon of Dryer's ice cream at full price is cheaper than the small!!! I mean c'mon! So we ended up going across the street to Carls Jr. and buying their shake for $3.29.
Sorry for a lame, weird post, but in other news, I got married a month ago. I'll try to update about that and have something substantial in my next post.
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| | Posted 9/6/2007 5:21 PM - 101 Views - 12 eProps - 7 comments
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