# Why weight a Pinewood Car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 16, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512 "2013-02-16T16:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/21 "2013-02-19T18:34:37Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Well then, that bodes well for my planned “ice cream truck” entry! The tape player and speakers will probably put it over the weight limit. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/22 "2013-02-19T19:03:02Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The tape player and speakers will probably put it over the weight limit. Not if I can find a musical greeting card that plays _Turkey in the Straw_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/23 "2013-02-19T19:27:32Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Not if I can find a musical greeting card that plays _Turkey in the Straw_. I’d say go for it. I won the informal dad’s race, and not just because my car was faster. It was modeled after the Death Mobile in Animal House, and I won before the cars even ran because it was the coolest car there. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/24 "2013-02-20T02:04:22Z")
**Skammer** , you absolutely must do this. That would be _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/25 "2013-02-20T02:58:02Z")
Thanks, all. Very interesting study vs. what academics teaches. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/26 "2013-02-20T15:34:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Skammer** , you absolutely must do this. That would be _awesome_. I’m inspired, now, but I’m having trouble sourcing musical greeting cards on the web. It doesn’t have to be Turkey in the Straw - Pop Goes the Weasel would work just as well of course. 🙂 I know there are places that will do custom sound chips, but they are provided in bulk and I’m not inspired enough to commit that level of financial investment! ETA: according to [this story](http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-05-27/local/35232845_1_ice-cream-truck-choco-taco-creamsicles/2), the most common ice-cream truck songs are “The Entertainer,” “Turkey in the Straw,” “Sailing, Sailing,” “Little Brown Jug” and “Camptown Races.” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/27 "2013-02-20T16:04:01Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > Thanks, all. Very interesting study vs. what academics teaches. Reminds me of an old saying. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/28 "2013-02-20T23:00:48Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I’m having trouble sourcing musical greeting cards … > I know there are places that will do custom sound chips, but they are provided in bulk and I’m not inspired enough to commit that level of financial investment! [Here’s a device](http://www.amazon.com/RE-Recordable-BUTTON-Sound-Module-seconds/dp/B006NFHLLW/ref=pd_sim_sbs_misc_2) ($10) that allows you to record what you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/29 "2013-02-21T14:20:31Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > [Here’s a device](http://www.amazon.com/RE-Recordable-BUTTON-Sound-Module-seconds/dp/B006NFHLLW/ref=pd_sim_sbs_misc_2) ($10) that allows you to record what you wish. That just might work! I’ll bump this thread in a month or so with results :). ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512/30 "2013-02-21T14:25:55Z")
Be sure to include a Dash Cam in case a meteor flashes by or a very bad actor throws himself on the hood of the car to claim injury damages\*. \*Reference to Daily Show and Colbert a couple nights ago with Russian video clips on YouTube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weight-a-pinewood-car/650512.md?page=1)