12-23-2009, 07:44 PM
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Video: Chrysler Airflow cross-USA "economy run"
How times have changed...
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L.A. to N.Y.
Speed? Around the 50 mph mark, "even as you and I would drive on a leisurely tour."
3072 miles
18 mpg
$35 (incl. 2 quarts oil).
"Not only champion of all fine cars in performance, but the champion in economy as well!"
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12-23-2009, 08:03 PM
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I seem to recall reading somewhere that the drag coefficient of that body is better in reverse than forward. Pick the body up, spin it 'round on the chassis, do the trip again.
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You're not in front of me...
I'm 25,000 miles in front of you.
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12-23-2009, 08:19 PM
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Well you aren't recalling correctly.
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12-23-2009, 09:28 PM
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Where's Mythbusters when you really need 'em?
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12-23-2009, 10:07 PM
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chop suey
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Where is Google when you need it? Sometimes I think I'm the only one that knows how to use it.
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12-25-2009, 10:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elhigh
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the drag coefficient of that body is better in reverse than forward. Pick the body up, spin it 'round on the chassis, do the trip again.
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That was the Pinto - ask Bob Glidden! (edit: or was that Jack Roush? Gawd, the '70's were a long time ago!)
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'84 Merc Grand Marquis, affectionately known as "le barge"
~35,000 mostly 2 lane highway miles a year.
I was born a Rambler man, but with the passing of AMC (sigh), just give me another Ford.
How many kids with A.D.D. does it take to change a light bulb?
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Hey, ya wanna go ride bikes? 
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12-25-2009, 11:08 PM
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chop suey
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