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Dave Henrie skrev i meddelandet
> Basically here is the USA posistion, and, as we all have learned
recently,
>this will be the correct one...:)
> It is a WING if it sits off the deck, held up by one or more
>thingamajobbies(stanchions?) It is a SPOILER if it's bottom edge is
>connected to the width of the car. Euro/Aussie Touring Cars use Wings.
>Winston Cup cars use Spoilers. Trans Am cars used Spoilers until last year
>when they swapped over to wings. F15's use Wings....Typhoons use
>Canards...but that's another story.
> The front of the car can also have a spoiler if it connects along it's
>width to the car. I believe the European word would be splitter. Heck
back
>in the old days of Nascar, the front spoiler was little more than a two
inch
>tab of metal sticking down from the bumper and only maybe 36 inches wide.
>They called 'em Chin Spoilers.
>other common terms that have been bolloxed up by one side or the other.
>Hood=Bonnet
>Trunk=Boot
>The Hospital=Hospital
>A Vacation=Vacation
>Skirts=Valence
> that about covers ALL the differences...I think.
>dave(I call em like I see'em)henrie
recently,
>this will be the correct one...:)
> It is a WING if it sits off the deck, held up by one or more
>thingamajobbies(stanchions?) It is a SPOILER if it's bottom edge is
>connected to the width of the car. Euro/Aussie Touring Cars use Wings.
>Winston Cup cars use Spoilers. Trans Am cars used Spoilers until last year
>when they swapped over to wings. F15's use Wings....Typhoons use
>Canards...but that's another story.
> The front of the car can also have a spoiler if it connects along it's
>width to the car. I believe the European word would be splitter. Heck
back
>in the old days of Nascar, the front spoiler was little more than a two
inch
>tab of metal sticking down from the bumper and only maybe 36 inches wide.
>They called 'em Chin Spoilers.
>other common terms that have been bolloxed up by one side or the other.
>Hood=Bonnet
>Trunk=Boot
>The Hospital=Hospital
>A Vacation=Vacation
>Skirts=Valence
> that about covers ALL the differences...I think.
>dave(I call em like I see'em)henrie
>> >Lol, yes, the original post referenced the " rear" wing, so I was
>stating
>> >we call it a spoiler in this part of the country.
>> >The front would be air dam or valance I guess.
>> >Don Burnette
>> Must be a Southern thang Don...coz way own south (Oz) we too call it a
>> spoiler and at the front an air dam with or without a splitter. Though,
>to
>> be honest, when the discussion turns to adjustable spoilers sitting up
off
>> the rear deck, they tend to become rear wings....which kind of makes
>sense,
>> no?
>> Ben