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MetroMPG · 11-28-2007, 09:43 AM

It doesn't say, but I'd assume windows were all the way down. And it's a North American GTI, so it only has front-opening windows.

It's about the FE penalty I would have expected to see for windows all the way open.

11-28-2007, 09:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
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