Penny pinching or not. Let's have a laugh during these cold boring nights.
Would you pick up a single penny if you found it laying on the street or in your car seats?
Hhhhmmmm, perhaps not.
Most of us have been guilty at one time or another of never giving it a second thought. What's a pennies worth for?
It's just a penny... right?.
Well, on the other hand, I would bet if there were 200 pennies laying and scattered about on the street, you would pick 'em all up simply because: #1 Visually, it looks like a good amount. #2 When the math is finalized, you're looking at a full $2.00 worth.
This is the same when it comes to weight. A single penny may more or less be over a couple of micrograms in weight, and if 173 of those pennies add up to one whole pound, that's pretty good returns for the money. 173 cents equals a pound. On removing weight, I wish it was that easy and cheap, but it isn't because cars are a complicated puzzle of parts.
The other day, I noticed that my main drive belt seen here (NAPA #25-7453) was a little stretched past its adjustment swing on the alternator bracket, so I decided to look into a belt about a 1/4 to 1/2" shorter to regain some tension. I ended up with a NAPA #25-7445 which was a whole 1" shorter. Obviously after installing it, I regained my tension swing and probably.......probably lost an ounce via less belt material....... but at a $20 cost for the belt.
Now that Gals and Gents, is where the laughter is.
The analogy here is that a gram may look so minute that it is virtually invisible in the scope of things, perhaps irrelevant, but take 28 of those and all of a sudden you've got an ounce. Find and combine 16 ounces and all of a sudden you've got a pound.
I'd bet my bottom dollar that you all would definitely pick up a $2.00 bill tumbling in the wind. After all, it is lighter than 200 pennies.
