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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
Anyone who knows a thing or two about aerodynamics will tell you dimples do not scale up to work on a car. An 11% increase in FE at 65 mph is more or less between 15 to 20% reduction in drag, that's way too much for not having been universally accepted in the past.
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Possibly, but judging by comments on the internet and even here, it sounds like most people wouldn't want a car that looked like that. Just like the people who think a grille block, mirror delete, etc, looks ugly, despite the real-world gains.
However I do agree with the others that there is a better solution than 850 pounds of clay. I'd drive a dimpled car any day. Kudos to the Mythbusters for testing something useful in a controlled way. Maybe we should get on their message board and suggest they do a full-tank test, or something to that effect for more/better results?