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Re: aerodynamic

Postby droid_ca » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:30 am

I have seen tons of videos and pictures but I'm always open to seeing more..I love getting new ideas for my tiny house I have been emailing people that have actually built and living in them...I find they can be some of the best resources as I ask what would you do differently and a lot of it comes down to space and space management.instead of a ladder going to a loft I would like to have a set of stairs to me it makes more sens beneath the stairs is storage space and built ins
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Re: aerodynamic

Postby eamarquardt » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:52 am

mckenney56 wrote:How about take the mirrors off and replace them with cameras. I hear they will require rear view cameras on cars soon. They think it will prevent me from backing over people, mostly little children.


They're gonna take all the fun out of driving.

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Re: aerodynamic

Postby Martiangod » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:09 pm

eamarquardt wrote:They're gonna take all the fun out of driving.

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They already have
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Re: aerodynamic

Postby TJinPgh » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:03 pm

eamarquardt wrote:
mckenney56 wrote:How about take the mirrors off and replace them with cameras. I hear they will require rear view cameras on cars soon. They think it will prevent me from backing over people, mostly little children.


They're gonna take all the fun out of driving.

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They're gonna do a lot more than that.

If you're watching a video monitor in the dash you're going to make it virtually impossible to check your blind spots.

Odds are this will cause more accidents than it fixes.

Monitors are only useful for larger vehicles with blind spots that can't be seen from the driver's seat.
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Re: aerodynamic

Postby Martiangod » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:05 pm

Know how many people back into stuff now because of them stupid back up sensors
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Re: aerodynamic

Postby angib » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:17 am

droid_ca wrote:instead of a ladder going to a loft I would like to have a set of stairs to me it makes more sens beneath the stairs is storage space and built ins

This would be an ideal place to use half-tread or spacesaver stairs:

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These are awkward to use the first time, but within minutes they become completely natural to use and save a lot of space.
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Re: aerodynamic

Postby droid_ca » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:53 pm

Andrew those stairs are neat I've seen pictures of them before I would just be afraid of guests not know how to navigate them and falling and wrecking my...oops I mean getting hurt...but for my stair Idea I think I'm going to have them come down to a small landing turn 90 degrees and then proceed to the floor as I believe I can make good use of the space that it would create underneath and just the visual I think would be appealing to look into the living room or great room as its been called
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