Shark skin paint.

[mrmr96]

K87 said:

It's an interesting concept.... There was a mythbusters episode where they created dimples all over a car body to create turbulance, in the same way that a golf ball works.

Reduced the fuel consumption by quite a noticeable amount

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/mythbusters-gol...

I asked my mate who worked at Williams F1 this question, he said "they're working on it."

[300bhp/ton]

Cupramax said:

While you're done being an idiot (j/k ), take a look at a golf ball and try and figure out what the dimples do. When you've finished try Goolging boundary layer.

[k-ink]

I must admit I have thought about this before. It seems strange it has not been seen on more concept cars at the very least.

[Snoop Bagg]

Didn't Jackie Stewart develop tartan paint, for use on the Stewart Ford F1?

[130R]

Snoop Bagg said:

Didn't Jackie Stewart develop tartan paint, for use on the Stewart Ford F1?

Can you pop down the builders merchant and pick some up? Oh and we also need some spirit level bubbles and a long weight.

[Snoop Bagg]

130R said:

an you pop down the builders merchant and pick some up? Oh and we also need some spirit level bubbles and a long weight.

Yes of course, they're right by the glass hammers!

[croakey]

dredging back into my childhood, wasnt there a late eighties/early 90's super car with "golfball" textured panels to aid slipperyness?

Would be a nightmare to keep clean with all the dirt getting trapped in the pores