Something that always bugged me about Regular Car Reviews

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
03/22/2019 at 13:29 • Filed to: STUPID RANTS WITH THE ASPIRING SEMANTICIAN

“Potential is wasted energy”

Makes me cringe, even if I’m not that good at physics anyway.

No...

Potential is according to google:

“having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.”

But the real reason it bothers me is that Potential Energy isn’t waste-able because energy can’t be destroyed. U Is just energy stored in a thing because of its charactersitics. Once you liberate it - you know, when it’s energy - You can feel free to disperse it in ways that aren’t linked to what you want to do.

If you make an inefficient circuit, if you make one of these and there’s a lot of friction in the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , or if you don’t feed a car the ideal fuel-air mixture.

If the S2000 has a lot of potential, but potential is wasted energy in the analogy, then virtually every vehicle with an internal combustion engine is the same. As pretty much every single car out there makes more power at higher RPM ranges.

Whatever,

“Potential is wasted energy, I want to see what you’re capable of”

Well, band director, potential energy describes exactly what your students are capable of if you were to throw then down a ledge.

Bah, I'll stick to watching Binging with Babbish.

DISCUSSION (29)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:31

He also was an English major if I remember correctly.

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:33

He’s trying to make a literature history-themed car channel. Mistakes will be made.

LongbowMkII > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:35

The funny thing is that the S2000 doesn’t even have that much potential. 100k under the hood isn t an exaggeration...

Spanfeller is a twat > LongbowMkII
03/22/2019 at 13:38

The AP2s are’t bad at all i mho.

Gerry197 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:38

I’m lost interest in his videos after his Corvette C4 review which he based almost entirely on the mistaken assumption the Nissan 300Z had 100 less horsepower. Makes no attempt to really address it.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:42

Counter point - Potential energy that isn’t converted into Work is energy that is not doing anything. And when you need the maximum amount of Work but are not converting your potential into kinetic energy, then you are effectively ignoring it so that it might as well not exist.

So i f you use your potential to perform Work that isn’t relevant, then it is wasted in the eyes of those who need that Work done.

Also, the analogy to the S2000 is more in the owners’ mindsets than the car itself. And even then, that’s an outdated analogy IMO. They used to be owned by people who talked more about how good their car could be rather than go out and prove it but risk being shown up. Nowadays people want them to drive the wheels off of em.

Spanfeller is a twat > Gerry197
03/22/2019 at 13:43

I mean if you compare the base model Z32 vs the highest end C4 then the diference was 90hp (or 110? I can’t remember) But that’s not a fair comparison.

Spanfeller is a twat > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/22/2019 at 13:45

But it's not wasted... it's just stored!

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden
03/22/2019 at 13:46

He said the Stinger reminded him of the M4....

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:48

So what do you call it if you only give 50% of a resource to something that asks for 100%?

Future next gen S2000 owner > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:52

I think he means, potential energy isn’t used and therefore wasted. More of a philosophical approach than a mathematics/physics.

He want’s people to use the decidedly aggressive ramp of the S2000 vs dawdling and boasting about the capabilities of the car without ever using them.

Spanfeller is a twat > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/22/2019 at 13:52

I call it an ineffective use of that resource, say, an incomplete chemical reaction.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:53

While I do enjoy RCR, I’m not some rabid loyalist, so let me muse some thoughts in here:

1. RCR has never focused particularly on 100% technical accuracy. They usually get the data about 85 % right and power through , because it’s more about the social statement about the car and ideation of the car itself.

2. Regarding potential energy, you’re not wrong, but I think you’re missing the point. The S2000, at least in his neck of the woods, in his perception has the biggest dichotomy between what people think it can do vs what it can actually do. That’s the potential energy that he speaks of, which is why he quotes his band director, as it has nothing to do really with U. It’s ultimately a human thing, not a car thing. It’s wasted because it’s shit talk, not real numbers.

3. It’s a metaphor, not science. Sometimes I wish it could be more both or more science , other times I’m fine with it.

Gerry197 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:54

No, he assumed the base C4 vs 300ZX turbo.

Future next gen S2000 owner > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/22/2019 at 13:54

I want an AP1 so bad.

Spanfeller is a twat > Future next gen S2000 owner
03/22/2019 at 13:56

But from a philosophical approach it’s also flawed since virtually every car on sale behaves like an S2000... theres less power at the bottom end.

Though I don't get to see many S2000s around here, so I wouldn't know if the owners baby their cars all the time and show off...

Spanfeller is a twat > Gerry197
03/22/2019 at 13:58

Well that's... that's upside down.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 13:58

He, by his own admission, isn’t the worlds greatest driver. He does excel at locating the car into culture vs its limits/performance.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 14:00

True, but the S2000 is decidedly unique in it’s two stage nature. At one point they were owned by people that loved the potential of their car and didn’t use it.

Think about a sport bike. If a person owns it, talks a bunch of smack about how fast it is, how well it handles, but never get’s past 6K or above the speed limit.

Wasted potential.

Gerry197 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 14:01

Yes, a lot of his poetic prose during that video is based on that assumption.

Mercedes Streeter > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 14:30

RCR is one of those things you can’t take seriously...because if you do you’ll find yourself facepalming yourself so much you’ll leave a permanent handprint on your face.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/22/2019 at 14:36

He 100% was an english/journalism/writing major. I think he even has a master’s or a doctorate in something. The SVX review was him flexing on everyone about his english skills

Ash78, voting early and often > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 14:49

You guys are all missing the point. This thread is like a college professor who shows up at a frat party (Voiceover: NAAARC ALERT) and tries to fit in, but his tweed coat makes it obvious to everyone around him that the last song he ever listened to was Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue on a Sony Discman (32 TIMES OVERSAMPLING SHOCK PROTECTION!) after his wife left him for having an affair with a perky coed who only visited during office hours because her guidance counselor made her go as part of her academic suspension, but the only suspension she ended up with was the sex swing hanging in his basement rec room.

And that brings me to today’s car...THE HYUNDAI SCOUPE. Or Ess-Cou-Pay if you speak that other English.

/rinse and repeat ad nauseum

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Gerry197
03/22/2019 at 15:08

I didn’t know anyone watched RCR for the takes on cars. I assumed everyone watches for the witheringly funny prose that just happens to be related to cars most of the time .

Gerry197 > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/22/2019 at 15:12

Yes, but it was always based on a foundation of reality.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often
03/22/2019 at 15:13

I do own a tweed coat.

412GTI > Spanfeller is a twat
03/22/2019 at 15:17

I’m just gonna comment on how much I love watching Binging with Babbish. Someday I hope to cook at his level.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Ash78, voting early and often
03/22/2019 at 15:20

While there are notable exceptions to the rule, that is usually the norm, more’s the pity.

The problem is that his fans demand that sort of thing and Mr Regular’s inner monologue does sound a lot like that as well.

I prefer when they get a bit more artistic or reflective. The last minute or so of the Lotus Elise review is the kind of shit I like with them.

Spanfeller is a twat > 412GTI
03/22/2019 at 15:24

Being with Babbish made me cry