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Dino,
9 B5 wimbledon coupes
12 B5 wimbledon cabs
Let me know if you want it further broken down by interior.
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Of the Wimbledon coupes interior, all 9 had partial leather:
2 Black
1 Classic gray
1 Black/Light gray
5 Black/Cashmere
7 6spds, 2 Tips, all 1993s, 2 M030 cars (one was a Motorweek compare test car for 1993)
Wimbledon cabs, all 12 had partial leather and V9 black tops:
8 Black
1 Classic gray
3 Black/Cashmere
7 6spds, 5 Tips, 10 1993s, 2 1994s
They pop up.
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yeah, excellent color on the 968, the pictures are great, love my silver 968 (since they are the fastest), but would take that green any day, maybe even the slate grey like in the other "how many" thread.
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Hi Pauli,
Really LOL! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> Thanks.
Now I will relent, you are correct.
Here is proof from the
Green Car Congress entitled: "
Predictive Model for Near Surface Turbulence Could Lead to Improved Engineering for Lower Fuel Consumption"
Green cars have lower drag <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> This article strongly suggests that green cars have higher performance.
As we know, lower fuel consumption can be achieve via lower drag, and we know lower drag can be directly correlated to higher speed, and green cars have lower drag. Therefore green cars have higher performance.
But we should also question the green-ness of Wimbledon Green. It looks green, the paint code sticker says it is green, and there is no evidence in conflict of it's green-ness. Since all the evidence and testimony suggests that Wimbledon Green is in fact "green", I don't think we have to test or debate if Wimbledon Green is in fact a green color.
Further evidence can be presented through understanding the paint finish. Since Wimbledon green cars have no clear coat layer on the paint, yet Polar Silver cars do, we could perhaps infer some difference in drag from this characteristic. The clear coat is a very hard surface, which may not present an efficient challenge to waxing. Since waxing accomplishes both a filling of low spots in the surface, and also a shaving effect of the surface itself. Waxing is much easier, and also provides significant benefit when considered from the perspective of drag reduction, on a car without a clear coat. This evidence suggest a much lower drag and therefore higher performance for a Wimbledon Green car. Because Wimbledon Green cars benefit more from waxing, they will have higher performance.
That's it, it is final, Green Cars are faster, especially Wimbledon Green.
Additional study is needed: Further research may reveal that "surface turbulent effects" in fact provide lower drag and therefore favor a slightly choppy paint surface providing additional support for the higher performance of the Polar Silver 968.
Roland
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I stand firmly with Langley on this one...
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One thing for sure, silver is the fastest driving west in the morning and east in the afternoon. Why? Because silver is the most reflective, and the photons coming from the sun simply bounce off of the rear pushing the car along.
And certainly black interiors are the poorest performers. Why? Because it absorbs more sunlight than lighter colors, converting it into heat, thus requiring more output from the AC and creating more drag on the engine.
Roland
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'93 Coupe Tip Silver on Grey, '02 911 C4S, '89 Vanagon Syncro -- (RIP: 944, 911SC, 931, MGB, VW Bug, GTO, Sprite.)
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