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  1. larrymika

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    #1 larrymika, Apr 20, 2023
    First - I don't smoke weed. I noticed yesterday that my car has 4 body colored magnets attached to the rear deck lid (engine cover), in pretty much the furthest spaced louver corners (left/right, forward/backward). They are very roughly 3/8 by 1/4 inch by maybe 1/16 thick (I did not measure them).

    Sorry I don't have a photo right now - but are these normal? What do they do? I only noticed because I found one of them sticking up a bit.
     
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    #2 308 GTB, Apr 20, 2023
    Larry, maybe the previous owner used them to hold down a plastic sheet so water wouldn't enter the engine bay when he washed his car.
     
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    #3 bjwhite, Apr 20, 2023
    I'm more puzzled by why don't you smoke weed myself. haha.
     
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    #4 Closingtime, Apr 20, 2023
    Those magnets are used for extra downforce
     
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    #5 larrymika, Apr 21, 2023
    Interesting theory - but it's strange they are body colored
     
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    #6 larrymika, Apr 21, 2023
    Well they certain have moved the center of gravity rearwards a bit.
     
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    #7 larrymika, Apr 21, 2023
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    #8 Closingtime, Apr 21, 2023
    Isn't that how you get metallic paint to stick? :rolleyes:
     
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    #9 larrymika, Apr 21, 2023
    I'd say "Detroit Agate" but it's more like Maranello.
     
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    #10 Closingtime, Apr 21, 2023
    Let's see how strong those magnets really are. Have you tried going through a bank drive-thru or parking next to an armored car?
     
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    #11 larrymika, Apr 24, 2023
    I'm not a conspiracy kind of guy, but I'm wondering if my magnets had anything to do with the SpaceX launch "unplanned disassembly".
     
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    #12 Closingtime, Apr 24, 2023
    Lol It was either you or some snot nosed kids shining a keychain laser into the sky
     
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    #13 larrymika, Apr 24, 2023
    That's funny - because in the late 80's and early 90's I worked for Amoco Technology - where Amoco (the oil company, eventually acquired by BP) put all their non-oil, non-chemical, high tech research ventures. I worked mainly on laser related stuff. And kids - lasers are NOT toys. Small ones can blind people pretty quickly!
     
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    #14 Closingtime, Apr 24, 2023
    That sounds like a fun break room
     
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    #15 larrymika, Apr 24, 2023
    Looking back, it was the best time I've ever had in a job. According to some of my colleagues at the time, we were "pulling back the foreskin of science". Business unit got shut down in early '94. Not sure where Biotech stuff went. Laser stuff mainly went to Scientific Atlanta (a cable tech provider). Other not-near-term commercial stuff was dropped. Vacuum microelectronics was the main one. Very fun times for a young engineer! But then I got an MBA and much higher paying jobs - and that's why I can afford to buy Ferrari's.
     
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