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Old 03-03-2008, 12:40 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView View Post
Yea, I know that, but most cars that small are usually decent at aero. It doesn't look all that bad either.
That's because they're small (not necessarily because of a low cD) For that reason, it's usually more useful to look at cDA rather than just cD. The Goodyear blimp has something like a .19 cD (or was it .09?) - it just has a freaking huge frontal area

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