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Old 08-23-2009, 10:59 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Christ and Hermie,
I think I have an easy way to aid in solving this disagreement. First, was a spoiler standard equipment or was it an option? Or perhaps this spoiler was an after-market add-on? If every single stock MR2 has a spoiler, it is possible that there was an engineering reason for it. However, if this spoiler was an after-market job, then it is almost certainly to be more fashion statement than safety or handling requirement.

Still, I've come across a relative few situations where a spoiler produced a measurable improvement in safe handling at normal highway speeds.
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