Tropic Sheild?!?

[STG]

Re: Tropic Sheild?!?

Noooo! If your speed is 10mph and you accelerate to 20mph, effectively doubling v then your drag will be four times higher than at 10mph. I'm going to assume you don't have any background in physics eh?

I understand and agree, however.....

I was illustrating the other PC's poor explanation.

He wrote "drag goes up with the square of speed".

That sentence doesn't make sense.

[MaximusZTS]

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the average room temp is around 75 degrees?

Thats awesome!

best thing to do is to buy the product and try it yourself.

I dont intend to use any of thier products, I just wanted to know if there is anything behind thier claims.

Look, I know we have a rule around here where we aren't supposed to bash other companies, products, etc, but........................come on!!

My intent is/was not to create a "bashing thread", more of ""wanting to become more informed" type thread.

But really, could people stop posting this garbage on the forum? I know I should ignore it, but I see too many people getting ripped off from it just to let it go. Maybe it's a ploy to get me banned?

Why is this thread garbage? It has gone a bit off track from where I expected it to go. (I want to know more about T E F L O N and how the claims made by the company add up. Are the claims blatent misrepresentations, or do they have some science behind them. Or is it all just maketing and they are just waxing cars!) But so far I am finding it most informative and enjoyable.

[the other pc]

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Per Webster:

Main Entry: with
Pronunciation: 'wi[th], 'with, w&[th], w&th
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English, against, from, with, from Old English; akin to Old English wither against, Old High German widar against, back, Sanskrit vi apart
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[pcfxer]

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Words in the math/science/engineering world mean different things than in the "normal" world.

That said, more on the topic, I still have seen a competitive edge from ANY products using ******. ****** is most effective when it is sprayed and adhered to a surface. With ****** in wax I could see it helping application and removal, but I just can't imagine how they would have it adhere to the surface.

[the other pc]

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…I dont intend to use any of thier products, I just wanted to know if there is anything behind thier claims….

I guess you’d have to go to them for that. Nobody else makes such unbelievable claims, even other companies that tout T***** in their product. The people who invented, manufacture and hold the rights to T***** certainly make no such claims. I wouldn’t hold my breath on getting anything from them but a hard sell.

… The people I work with seem to be having this done to thier cars despite my best efforts to educate them on proper car care. …

This is the problem. They don’t want to be educated. People want the easy way out. When somebody shows up making pie-in-the-sky promises people want to believe them. It’s much easier than accepting the responsibility of routine maintenance. You might as well let them, there’s no way you’re going to change their minds anyway.

Now, if somebody is actually interested in the rational viewpoint sure, go ahead and explain it to them. But don’t try to talk anybody out of something when they’ve already made their minds up.

Some of them will begin to figure it out as their cars rot though neglect and yours stays shiny. Others won’t see, know or care that there’s a difference and will be perfectly content with having spent the money.


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