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Old 06-06-2009, 10:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alohaspirit View Post
I was thinking about aero-ing it but as we know, aero is mainly useful on the hwy.
This is a common misconception.

With a .45 drag coefficient, half your fuel is being burned to overcome aero drag at just 25 mph. (Estimated, by plugging .45 into the estimate for my vehicle.)
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