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04-27-2012, 08:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drmiller100

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frontal area - height times the width.

If you drive a cube van. Usual estimates are arrived at by h x w x .85-.90.

IIRC the Mayfield site that pops up from time to time was created for gamers and the figures were estimated this way. Not to be used if accuracy to the nth degree is wanted, but better than nothing.

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