1million old 1pound coins in the boot of a vw golf

bonkers

is it possible? would they fit?

Mr. Incognito

Appropriate username buddy.

bonkers

no

you moderate taxation.

right back at you.


this is a big question. and deserves your consideration.

KungPao

Good question, I was just thinking this.

My conclusion is:

Yes.

minidazzler

no

bonkers wrote: »

you moderate taxation.

right back at you.


this is a big question. and deserves your consideration.

It would fit once the appropriate tax is taken out. How did you come about this money?

Turtwig

no

They'd fit alright but I don't think it would be healthy.

starbelgrade

The suspension would be f*cked.

Overheal

volume of a pound * 1m (<, >, = ) volume of a VW golf boot

ChristyCent

I thought this was gonna have a link to some kerazy news article about an abandoned car that was after being used to rob slot machines years ago.

minidazzler

no

Overheal wrote: »

volume of a pound * 1m (<, >, = ) volume of a VW golf boot

You are not taking gaps when the money is stacked next to each other into account. ou need Volume of the pound and air around it.

mikom

What's harder than getting a pregnant elephant into a volkswagen?

jif

thats a new take on how many eggs/pickles are in the jar, too much Derren Brown for you

jif

mikom wrote: »

What's harder than getting a pregnant elephant into a volkswagen?

getting it back out again.

starbelgrade

mikom wrote: »

What's harder than getting a pregnant elephant into a volkswagen?

Getting 2 pregnant elephants into a Volkswagen.

bonkers

no

this is older than derren brown.. i asked this question over 150 months ago

mikom

What's harder than getting a pregnant elephant into a volkswagen?

Getting an elephant pregnant in a volkswagen.

Turtwig

no

Overheal wrote: »

volume of a pound * 1m (<, >, = ) volume of a VW golf boot

Ahh fck it...

Volume of coin ~ 500 mm^3
1 million coins ~ 500 mm x 1,000,000 = 500,000,000 mm^3

1 mm^3 = 0.000000001 m^3
1 million coins ~ .5 m^3

They'd fit no problem.
(I think??)
Suspension wise..
Anyone care to estimate density:p

Edit : nm density ~ 19000 kg / m^3
Can it handle that?

Schism

Depends, what else is in the boot? Golf clubs? Weeks shopping?

jif

Malty_T wrote: »

Suspension wise..
Anyone care to estimate density:p

Edit : nm density ~ 19000 kg / m^3
Can it handle that?

No said it had to drive away

crushproof

minidazzler wrote: »

It would fit once the appropriate tax is taken out. How did you come about this money?

come on now, that money was just resting in my account!!

Mr. Incognito

you moderate taxation.

right back at you.


this is a big question. and deserves your consideration.

Okay then- I presume you've declared this income?

congo_90

What golf? what year? estate? who cares?

TheZohanS

ChristyCent wrote: »

I thought this was gonna have a link to some kerazy news article about an abandoned car that was after being used to rob slot machines years ago.

By the sounds of it he's only picking the car now.

Go for a Ford Transit OP.

tech77

No.
Irish pound coin: 31.1 mm diameter.
Not sure of the edge thickness but if you go with 2.5mm, it's:

.0311 *.0311 * .0025 * 1000000 m^3 = 2.418025m^3. (with air between coins ie not melted down etc).

1000 litres in a cubic metre so that translates into 2418.025 litres.

A VW golf estate's boot space is no more than 1550 litres according to this.

So no.

starbelgrade

tech77 wrote: »

No.
Irish pound coin: 31.1 mm diameter.
Not sure of the edge thickness but if you go with 2.5mm, it's:

.0311 *.0311 * .0025 * 1000000 m^3 = 2.418025m^3. (with air between coins ie not melted down etc).

1000 litres in a cubic metre so that translates into 2418.025 litres.

A VW golf estate's boot space is no more than 1550 litres according to this.

So no.

So you'd need 2 VW Golfs then. Or use the back seats.

Turtwig

no

Malty_T wrote: »

Ahh fck it...

Volume of coin ~ 500 mm^3
1 million coins ~ 500 mm x 1,000,000 = 500,000,000 mm^3

1 mm^3 = 0.000000001 m^3
1 million coins ~ .5 m^3

They'd fit no problem.
(I think??)
Suspension wise..
Anyone care to estimate density:p

Edit : nm density ~ 19000 kg / m^3
Can it handle that?

tech77 wrote: »

No.
Irish pound coin: 31.1 mm diameter.
Not sure of the edge thickness but if you go with 2.5mm, it's:

.0311 *.0311 * .0025 * 1000000 m^3 = 2.418025m^3. (with air between coins ie not melted down etc).

1000 litres in a cubic metre so that translates into 2418.025 litres.

A VW golf estate's boot space is no more than 1550 litres according to this.

So no.

I chose a 50mm diameter coin and a thickness of 5mm and I got less than 1 m^3
where'd i go wrong?:(

Me thinks me sees a mistake in yours

1mm^3 =/= .001m^3

tech77

1000000 irish pound coins would weigh 10000 kgs (10 tonnes).
So the weight is the more important issue tbh.
20 cars maybe, i dunno?

starbelgrade

tech77 wrote: »

1000000 irish pound coins would weigh 10000 kgs (10 tonnes).
So the weight is the more important issue tbh.
20 cars maybe, i dunno?

Surely weight is only an issue if you intend to drive off with the cargo?

CHD

Great to see AH dealing with serious issues these days.

artanevilla

no

MK1, MK2?

tech77

Malty_T wrote: »

I chose a 50mm diameter coin and a thickness of 5mm and I got less than 1 m^3
where'd i go wrong?:(

Me thinks me sees a mistake in yours

1mm^3 =/= .001m^3

No, my calculation is correct.

starbelgrade

CHD wrote: »

Great to see AH dealing with serious issues these days.

You should see what's going on in the politics forum... last thread was "How many Fianna Fail members can you fit on a double decker?"

jif

CHD wrote: »

Great to see AH *NOT*dealing with serious issues these days.

fixed

bonkers

no

this needs to be tried in real life

theresa lowe should host the live tv spectacular..

in other news.. where do all the old pound coins go.. do they live in some far away country or are they melted down and made into bridges

tech77

Malty_T wrote: »

I chose a 50mm diameter coin and a thickness of 5mm and I got less than 1 m^3
where'd i go wrong?:(

Me thinks me sees a mistake in yours

1mm^3 =/= .001m^3

FWIW, for your coin (surrounded by air of course):
50 mm * 50mm * 5 mm would give you 12500 * mm^3 not the 500 mm^3 you calculated.

Ruu_Old

I'll go and check, be right back.

Nebit

good luck driving that car, it be like a micra with a few cans in the back :eek: ok maybe not that drastic but ya heavy boot anyways

artanevilla

no

I don't know why there's a poll, there's no opinion here, it's either fact or not. From what I've seen, fact is, yes. /thread.

Doc

no

bonkers wrote: »

is it possible? would they fit?

Is the parcel rack up or down?

tech77

artanevilla wrote: »

I don't know why there's a poll, there's no opinion here, it's either fact or not. From what I've seen, fact is, yes. /thread.

How did you get that from the thread?
It's no.

Mahatma coat

tech77 wrote: »

1000000 irish pound coins would weigh 10000 kgs (10 tonnes).
So the weight is the more important issue tbh.
20 cars maybe, i dunno?

Old Pound coins weighed 10g each

so this is the only realistic calculation so far

and NO, the Boot of a VW Golf would not be capable of holding ten tonne, Ten Tonne would be too much for a transit Even

I had a look at the carrying capacity of my Fleet

the only things I have that could carry that weight are
a Volvo F7 tipper truck
A Mercedes 1517 flatbed

and even then none of my loaders or Forklifts could lift it onto the truck.


if you had the chocolate ones that were around when we were kids they might work but you'd have to let the back seats down, so technicaly not in the boot


Just checked, the old 5p weighed 3g, so even a million of those is still 3 tonnes, I'd be interested to see if there was any currency in circulation that you could put a million of in the boot of a golf?

BrokenArrows

sorry not gona fit.

here is a picture of 1,140,000 american pennies. a bit more than a boot full.
pounds are just gona be bigger and take up more room

http://www.pennies.com/images/Pennies800.jpg

MrMicra

why old pound coins? why not 2 euro coins? the answer is no by the way. I would say that the most in old money would be 20 grand.

El Weirdo

Well this is 1,000,000 american pennies. So I would say no.

GavRedKing

No, maybe inside the whole interior of the car but not just the boot alone.

Steoob

Malty_T wrote: »

Ahh fck it...

Volume of coin ~ 500 mm^3
1 million coins ~ 500 mm x 1,000,000 = 500,000,000 mm^3

1 mm^3 = 0.000000001 m^3
1 million coins ~ .5 m^3

They'd fit no problem.
(I think??)
Suspension wise..
Anyone care to estimate density:p

Edit : nm density ~ 19000 kg / m^3
Can it handle that?

Why has noone point out how ****ed up this posters calculations are? You realise that 500mm^3 is 50cm^3 right? So your saying that a pound coin has the same volume as 50 blocks that are all a cm cubed?

Cookie_Monster

no

no bother to fit them however...

1. very heavy, car may not move after:D

2. where do you get them?

3. how do you stop everyone stealing them (a million quid is 1.27m in real money these days!)

Cookie_Monster

no

Steoob wrote: »

Why has noone point out how ****ed up this posters calculations are? You realise that 500mm^3 is 50cm^3 right? So your saying that a pound coin has the same volume as 50 blocks that are all a cm cubed?

Google say other wise...

500 (millimeters cubed) = 0.5 centimeters cubed

Ciaran500

If you are stacking the coins perfectly they would take up the area of a square.

So they're 31.1mm in diameter, so the square is 967.21mm². Assuming a 2mm thickness thats 1934.42mm³. Multiply be a million and convert to m³ give yous 1.93m³. Smaller than I expected.

Cookie_Monster

no

Ciaran500 wrote: »

If you are stacking the coins perfectly they would take up the area of a square.

So they're 31.1mm in diameter, so the square is 967.21mm². Assuming a 2mm thickness thats 1934.42mm³. Multiply be a million and convert to m³ give yous 1.93m³. Smaller than I expected.

a meter cubed is 1000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm
= 1,000,000,000 mm cubed not a million

correct answer: 1.93442 × 10-6 meters cubed

Ciaran500

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

a meter cubed is 1000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm
= 1,000,000,000 mm cubed not a million

correct answer: 1.93442 × 10-6 meters cubed

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=qFK&q=1934420000mm+cubed+to+m+cubed&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=