New Ford Crosswind

[sun dog]

Top Gear finally found a good use for a Ford.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1309610693318372088



It will give you something else to think about during that next takeoff.

[87natty]

That was lovely. I want to see it throw one of those billboard trucks.

[Recklessrob]

I always liked Texas A&M's trebuchet. Too bad they had to
waste a '59 Buick with it first.

[DCEPTCN]

"Whoa, crikey!"

......that doesn't huff quite as hard as my PT-51....it actually blows Mustangs right off the road.

[Be4u]

Theres an old story in England about a road that runs behind where planes take off. Sometimes planes would blow cars off the road. Myth or fact? They tried this experiment on Mythbusters with a couple jet engines. After a couple minutes the car started to come apart but it didnt blow the car away. I guess these guys debunked Mythbusters.

[ledzeppac]

hmmm no Robert the cars did in fact blow away.....  some cars actually flew back about 100 or more yards...  I saw the episode

[Be4u]

Phil, you are incorrect. They used one car and it started to blow apart after a couple of minutes.

[sun dog]

That MythBusters show is the best.  I learn more from them then Jeopardy.  Felt stupid when they proved that you get worse gas mileage with the tailgate down then up in a pickup.  When I had a pickup I took the tailgate off to save gas mileage but must have added some on.

[Recklessrob]

I used to leave my tailgate down when I'd go to the drags.
They say a toneau cover is the best for fuel economy though.